Deputy Lord Lieutenant Roger Bramble, left, principal patron of the London New Years Day Parade & Festival and representative of Queen Elizabeth II, greets Bryce Biffle of Garland, a junior in the Lumberjack Marching Band, following Wednesdays official reading of an invitation for the band to perform at the event in 2013. Between 200 and 250 SFA band members and alumni are expected to participate in the event, which is broadcast to a television audience of 280 million.