From left, Alexa Koga and Naomi Wipfler pose for a selfie in front of the Green Giant float on Thursday at the 96th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan, New York. Marching Mizzou members were awake for a 2:30 a.m. call time to rehearse on 34th Street before the parade.
From left, Alexa Koga and Naomi Wipfler pose for a selfie in front of the Green Giant float on Thursday at the 96th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan, New York. Marching Mizzou members were awake for a 2:30 a.m. call time to rehearse on 34th Street before the parade.
Freshman Naomi Wipfler got an email from Marching Mizzou band director Amy Knopps. With just two weeks before the start of conditioning camp, Wipfler had been given a spot. Now, the freshman can say she's marched in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
By Cora Mitchell
For the first time in Marching Mizzou’s 137-year history, the band was invited to participate in the 96th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Naomi Wipfler is a freshman animal science pre-vet student from Wildwood, Missouri, who auditioned for Marching Mizzou and initially was put on the priority waitlist. Two weeks before the Marching Mizzou conditioning camp, Wipfler got an email from Marching Mizzou band director Amy Knopps that a spot had opened up for Wipfler to join.
Throughout the weeks of preparation for the parade, Wipfler and the rest of the band worked tirelessly on parade formations, the feature to be shown on 34th Street, building endurance, and mastering the details of everything in between.
Cora Mitchell is an Editor and Visual Journalist at The Columbia Missourian pursuing a Documentary Journalism major and a Film Studies minor at the University of Missouri. Mitchell has always loved photography and making videos since they were a kid, and believes the best way to tell the stories of under-served and marginalized communities is through the visual medium.
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Photo Editor at the Columbia Missourian. Formerly the Assistant Director of Videography and Staff Photographer. Norman is a graduate student at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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