Local high school band in need of help after rain leaves $28k worth of instrument damage

SAN ANTONIO – Nearly $28,000 in damages is what the Churchill High School band says it’s coping with after enjoying in the rain this weekend.

“I’ve never seen that much rain at a competition before. It was a completely new experience to me,” stated Corban Davis, a Senior for the Churchill band

“I couldn’t help but worry about all of that technology that was just getting drenched,” stated Tyler Reich, a Junior for Churchill band

This Saturday, the Winston Churchill High School band carried out on the Waco Band of Americas championships.

The festival introduced new demanding situations like heavy rain, however the scholars didn’t omit a beat, qualifying for the general, which used to be canceled because of the elements.

Saturday’s efficiency ended in in depth water damage to their apparatus that the band director says they aren’t absolutely ready for.

“Lots of stress, because the district will provide us some funds, our campus will provide us some funds, the student put in some fees at the start of the year to kind of offset some cost, but those are for repairs but not of this magnitude,” stated Amanda Stevenson Band Director for Winston Churchill High School.

Now, with the damages, the remaining of the season is in query for the band, together with Thursday’s senior evening and Friday’s festival on the Alamodome.

However, due to native colleges donating some tools, the band’s hopes of appearing are nonetheless alive.

“We have over 40 instruments that have come to us today. We’ve calibrated their current instruments to sound really great at a certain location placement, and now that these are brand new, we’re going to start from scratch re-tuning; they’re great instruments, but they are borrowed,” stated Stevenson.

Some donations will stick with the Churchill band, however others are on mortgage for the following couple of weeks. The donations are only a transient repair whilst the band tries to lift cash for maintenance.

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