Rose Bowl bound

Kira Harden is heading for the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

Harden is the daughter of Chad and Karen Harden of Casper, and the granddaughter of Allen and Barbara Youngberg of Saratoga. Last spring Kira was invited to audition on saxophone for the Wyoming state marching band. She made the band and has won several awards over the past year in competitions in both Colorado and Wyoming.

The state marching band leaves Dec. 27 to perform at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. After returning from the Rose bowl Harden, who has been invited to play with the Casper College Jazz band, will enroll in Casper College as a limited College freshman and earn credits while still a high school freshman at Kelly Walsh High school in Casper.