Kevin Golden, 18, a freshman at Penn State University and the son of Deanna and Kyle Golden of Penn Township, marched in the Tournament of Roses Bowl Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 2. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Kevin Golden started off 2023 marching to his own drum.

Well, he marched to his own drum and that of the 30 other members of his drum line in the Pennsylvania State University Marching Blue Band which took part in the Jan. 2 Tournament of Roses Parade.

Golden, 18, the son of Deanna and Kyle Golden of Penn Township, is a freshman at Penn State and plays the bass drum in the 320-member marching band.

And, although Golden was a drummer with the Knoch High School marching band, jazz band, concert band and pit orchestra before graduating last spring, he had to audition to become a member of the PSU squad.