Ashley Tisdale at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale attended the 81st annual New York City's Macy's Thanksgiving parade, stylishly attired in a double breasted black trench coat with brass buttons, a black captain hat and knee length fur boots.

Thirteen-year-old Nikki Ellis of Manchester danced in the leadoff as the parade marched down Broadway from Central Park West to Herald Square in front of Macy's.

The Virginia Tech marching band played in tribute to victims of last spring's campus shooting.

The nationally televised parade included 2,000 cheerleaders, 800 clowns and 11 marching bands. Some 10,000 people participated in the parade this year, half of them Macy's employees, reports AP.

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