CYPRESS, Texas – As millions of Americans gather around their televisions this Thanksgiving, watching the iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, two Houston-area students will be living their dream on the streets of Manhattan, performing in the 99th annual celebration.

Hannah Bockhahn, a senior at Cy-Fair High School, and Lance Jehlik, a junior at Cypress Woods High School, have been selected to perform in the Macy’s Great American Marching Band , joining an elite ensemble of the nation’s top young performers.

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For Bockhahn, the journey began with what she thought would be an easy P.E. credit.

“I honestly auditioned for it because I thought it would be an easier P.E. credit. It definitely wasn’t,” she said. “But after my first season of doing it, I realized that it wa

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