(LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL) – The Lakewood Ranch Band Program has been invited to represent Florida at the 2017 Presidential Inauguration. Band director Ron Lambert will take the Mustangs to Washington D.C. from January 17-22, where they will perform and attend the swearing-in ceremony, parade, and Inaugural Address.

"This is an historic day for Lakewood Ranch High School," said Lambert. "This trip will cross the curriculum of American history, political science, and music. I'm so excited. Many more details to come in the year ahead." The members of the marching band are ecstatic about the news. Junior Emily Spencer said, "I cannot believe something like this is happening to us, I am so grateful I get to be apart of something that will be a part of our nation's history."