America's Fair, the Erie County Fair recently chose eighty-five local high school students (grades 9-12) to participate in the 2008 Pepsi-Cola Marching Band. All WNY high school students were eligible to try out for the 2008 season and listed below are the students who showed exceptional promise. The Pepsi-Cola Marching Band can be seen in the Daily Summer Fun Parade at America's Fair, August 6-17. The band will also be featured at the Eden Corn Festival on Sunday, August 3.

The students were chosen from various igh schools including...
Hamburg High School: Abigail Smith, Mike Tielke, James Louisos, Alexandra Michaels, Sarah Skelton, Michael Ruesch, Angie Klinczar, David Cox, Ian Richardson, Briana Talty, Amanda Phillips, Bobby Turchiarelli, Dave Kleis, Andrea Turchiarelli, Jessica Larde, John Vinti and Karissa Richert.

Frontier Senior High School: Michael Bossert, Samuel Suarez, Phil Best, Bill Gross, Brandon Podgina, Lauren Smith, Dylan Brawn, Eric Osborn, Katherine Valtin, Carrie Valtin, Ryan Miller, Samuel Chumra, Rhiana Scwarzott, C.J Ball, Kara Skowronksi, Bobby Brown and Rebecca Love.

Eden Junior-Senior High School: Donald Rice, Tim Schnaufer, Kaitlin Schnaufer, Miriam Harns, Sarah Harns and Virginia Partridge.

Orchard Park High School: Stephanie Wheeler, Eric Bodnar, Samantha Arcarz, Laura Hambridge, Jessica Kreuzer, Andrew Friedly, Jessica Saville, Kevin Mrigalski, Katie Kozlowski, Liam Allman, Sara Newton, Ross DiPronio, Matt Nedimyer and Erik Schuster

West Seneca Central School District: Nicole Murray, Faith Leone, Mary Juszkiewicz, Brisid Fay, Eric Fallon, Sarah Pressberg, Laura Mikolajczyk, Kevin Bucki, Emily Prenatt, Pat Wheeler, Pat Fay and Eric Hurlburt