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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla — WPTV is giving a voice to dozens of students who received the invitation of a lifetime.

The Palm Beach Lakes Community High School band in West Palm Beach has been invited to perform in London to ring in the New Year. But at a price of about $4,000 per student, the hefty cost to go international is out of tune. How you can help this high school band perform at London's New Year's Day parade

For months, the 180-member band has been thinking about the trip.

“We’re trying to get the whole band to go," Justin Young, a senior on the snare drumline, said. "That’s why Mr. Velez has been so hard about us fundraising."

The band was invited to perform at London's 2026 New Year's Day parade already in November of last year. So far, the group has raised over $600,000,

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