National recognition for high school band program
Newswatch 16's Marshall Keely shows us how the Shenandoah Valley High School band managed to stay in tune despite a global pandemic.
Author: Marshall Keely (WNEP)
Updated: 7:23 PM EDT April 29, 2021
SHENANDOAH, Pa. — If there's one thing any musician knows how to do, it's change—change keys, change tempos, change dynamics. But no sheet music can prepare you for the changes that accompany a pandemic.
Still, band director John Shoener says his students at Shenandoah Valley High School gave their best performance.
"I would say our students have been great throughout this whole process. It's certainly something that I never thought that we'd have to go through," Shoener said.