Shree Muktajeevan Pipe Band was the showpiece participant in both “La Grande Parade de Chantilly” on 31st December 2008 and at the “Le Festival Des Musiques Du Novel An Paris Trocadero” on 1st January 2009. The Chantilly Parade drew a huge enthusiastic crowd as Shree Muktajeevan Pipe Band joined some of the finest marching bands from across the US and Europe, as well as a cavalcade of historic vehicles, carnival bands and dancers. A select group from the parade’s participants, again spearheaded by Shree Muktajeevan Pipe Band, performed on the afternoon of January 1st at the Trocadero in Paris – a natural amphitheatre with a magnificent backdrop of the Eiffel Tower.

The Paris Parade Festival has become the most prestigious celebratory event for New Year in France since its inception in 1992. While the Chantilly Parade has remained an anchor of the event, the Festival des Musiques has been hosted at various times by Paris’ most prestigious and historic landmarks; this year, the Trocadero.