Inglewood High's marching band was one of the best around, but during the pandemic it cratered. Here's how school officials and a new band leader brought it back.
The 12 students lined up on the track, their caps and gowns signaling their status as graduating seniors. The commencement ceremony honoring the class of 2024 was over, but the show had just begun. In their final breakdown performance of the school year, the Inglewood High School marching band launched a send-off for the departing seniors, swaying to the beat they had marched to all year long.
The trophies that the band had earned over the years were piled up and collecting dust on the floor of a storage room. The instruments were old, rusty and in desperate need of repair or, often, replacement. Of the six band classes he'd been assigned, four were for beginning students. Everyone wanted to be a drummer. He recalls anticipating his last class of the day — the advanced class — hoping to finally see an ensemble.
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