FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4)- The Colorado State University Marching Band will be performing in front of the world this weekend during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland.

The first wave of students left campus Wednesday for the long journey to Ireland for the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade. Nearly a million people along the parade route and millions more will watch the event on television.

The marching band was invited by the parade’s organizing committee.

You can watch the parade live online on Sunday, March 17 starting at 6 a.m. local time at bands.colostate.edu.