BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Music students from Highland High are back in the classroom after performing at Pearl Harbor \u2014 and students tell me about the notes, the moments, and the memories they made.<\/p>\n
Students got to march in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade on December 7, and perform in an invitation-only tribute beside the USS Missouri.<\/p>\n
Alyssa Perez plays the flute and she says,\u201cI think definitely being at the USS Missouri and being able to experience playing there \u2014 that was such an honor and such a great experience to have.\u201d<\/p>\n
For many, it was a moment of honor \u2014 stepping onto historic grounds. Tyler Ortiz plays the snare drum, and he says, \u201cThey said a line before the parade started \u2014 \u2018freedom is not free\u2019 \u2014 and that really hit me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now that everyone is back home, these students are swapping instrument cases and ocean breezes for desks, pencils, and classroom chats\u2026 but the memories and the sound they created at Pearl Harbor will stay with them forever.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really cool getting to see all the traditional dances and to learn the Hawaiian alphabet \u2014 even how to pronounce things in Hawaiian,\u201d said clarinetist Emma Jones.<\/p>\n
Their trip was the result of more than a year of fundraising and hard work.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel happy because I\u2019ve been helping out with my brother \u2014 he\u2019s a senior \u2014 so I\u2019ve been helping with the band since he was a freshman. So it\u2019s nice to see the progress we\u2019ve made up to this point.\u201d Shane Ortiz, tuba player, said.<\/p>\n
And everyone feels they\u2019re closer to one another \u2014 becoming like family.<\/p>\n
Jonas Soleberg, a Snare drummer, says, \u201cThese guys have become mine steadily over the past year\u2026 the whole time we\u2019ve been fundraising.\u201d<\/p>\n
Their next performance will be at Highland High\u2019s Wesley Anderson Hall \u2014 and you can get in with a five-dollar ticket or a toy donation. If you want to hear Highland High School\u2019s music programs perform, you can see them on Thursday at 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
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