LBHS Marching Band to Add Pomp and Circumstance to Boardwalk Ceremony

Written by Joseph Kellard and Rosemary Leonetti

Fresh off their performance in the Columbus Day parade in Manhattan, the Long Beach High School Marines Marching Band will take part in the City of Long Beach’s ceremony to mark the official reopening of the entire 2.2-mile boardwalk on Friday.

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The boardwalk is currently opened to the public in all areas except a one-block section, from Monroe to Long Beach boulevards, where tomorrow’s ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. and will include the LBHS band marching the entire length of the new boardwalk, from Neptune Boulevard to New York Avenue, the Long Beach School District told Patch.

City Manager Jack Schnirman, speaking at the West End Neighbors Civic Association meeting at the West End Community Center on Wednesday, said when he announced the ceremony: “Those of us here in the West End, we’ve had the enjoyment of having our piece [of the boardwalk] opened for a while now, but the rest will be opened Friday at three o’clock.”