901 Performance Ensemble is one of three winter guards at Missouri State University. Founded in 2002, 901 Performance Ensemble joins the other Missouri State guards, The Pride of Missouri State and National Avenue from Missouri State, as participants each year in the Mid-Continent Color Guard Association and Winter Guard International. The members of 901 Performance Ensemble are students at Missouri State University, and during the fall semester join with the other two winter guards as the 70-member PRIDE Color Guard. As the PRIDE Color Guard, they perform as a section of the 300-member PRIDE Marching Band at all the home football games, host an annual marching festival called Ozarko, and perform in national venues such as Bands of America Regional and National Championships as an exhibition band. The PRIDE Marching Band has performed in the Tournament of Roses Parade, MACY'S Thanksgiving Day Parade, London New Year's Day Parade, Orange Bowl Parade, and the Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade. Missouri State University is the second-largest university in Missouri with over 25,000 students.