For the past several years, Hauser High School has not been able to field a marching band for the annual Hope Heritage Days parade due to the small number of students participating in the program.

But for the 50th annual Heritage Days parade, held yesterday in Hope, a group of alumni decided to help out.

Organizer Donju Taylor, a 1986 alumnus of the school, says that a group of former Hauser band members teamed up with current Hauser junior and senior high school band students to perform yesterday in the parade.

The group included Taylor’s father, Don, a 1966 drum major for the Hauser band.

Alumni of the former Hauserettes Dance Troupe, of which Taylor is a former coach, also took part.

Taylor said the plan came together at the last minute, but there was a lot of enthusiasm, especially with it being the 50th Hope Heritage Days.

The marching unit won the judge’s award for best entrant in the parade.