Five participants in a special peer mentoring have been given their chance to shine as part of an annual marching band performance.

Video of the five students playing in a marching band at the 2017 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California was shared to the Love What Matters Facebook page yesterday.

It has since been viewed tens of thousands of times.

The students attended the march as part of a national ensemble with 250 other musicians from all corners of the US, and were assisted by eight peer mentors.

“They wore the same uniform, marched the same parade, and played modified parts to the same music…it was pure joy,” the post’s caption reads.

The five students were participants in United Sound, a program dedicated to promoting the involvement of school students with intellectual or developmental disabilities in school bands and orchestras.

The end goal of the program, which views music as a powerful “language that transcends disability”, is for students to perform live once every semester.

The Rose Parade, held on January 2, is an annual New Year’s tradition that features flower-covered floats and marching bands.

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