Who would have thought one night in a college dorm could inspire a large group of teenage band members to consider upping their game and trying for college themselves? We didn’t.
Neither us here at Catalyst Exhibits nor the 52 members of the Hubbard High School Band saw it coming but we are delighted that it did.
The band is one of our favourite projects and we’ve been helping keep them in instruments over the past couple of years? Did you know a new tuba could burn a $5,000 hole in your pocket? Anyway, on their last field trip, which involved a performance that had them marching 4 miles around the Indy 500 track in the baking sun, the members also got spend a day working and practising on campus with the Butler University band. That night they crashed at the dorms.
When asked for feedback on the trip, they were blown away by their day on the college campus and the whole college vibe. Even more surprising was the revelation that most are now considering going to college after high school. For many of the band members, college had never even been on their radar.
Considering the positive influence of the trip, we now want to make such university field trips an annual event. They are not cheap though so we are looking at a variety of options to help make it possible. If you’d like to help, get in touch.
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