Pittsburg High School in Pittsburg, Contra Costa County, California, United States, is a suburban school serving Pittsburg. It has been in operation since 1924. Over 3,000 students attend the school. It is a part of the Pittsburg Unified School District. Pittsburg High School teaches grades 9–12.
The school's marching band, the Marching Show Band, is famous around the world for their high-stepping performances, taking part in many parades with many first place finishes. They performed in the Hollywood Christmas Parade, the London New Year's Parade, the Rome New Year's Parade, the San Francisco Italian Heritage Day Parade, the Santa Clara Parade of Champions, the San Francisco Fleet Week Band Challenge, America's Children's Holiday Parade in Oakland, California, the Cabalgata de Reyes Parade in Madrid, Spain, and many more, They have also performed at Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood multiple times, performed for the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Kings, were featured in the film Animal House, and they even opened a concert for rapper Busta Rhymes in October of 2018.
History with the Macy's Parade[]
The show band played The Mooney Suzuki single "Alive and Amplified" at the 83rd Macy's Parade.