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By Minh Anh Le, Josh Huyg, and Alex Randle BAND TOGETHER

Underneath the blistering September heat, the news hit baritone player Makoa Brown ‘25 like a bag of bricks. 14th place. Monarch had never scored this low at a marching band competition. They didn’t qualify for the next stage of the competition.

“It was clear that the practices before had not been productive enough,” Brown said. So who was to blame?

“It was all of our faults,” he said. “We knew we could do better.”

Brown has been a part of both marching band and indoor percussion for two years. Placing 14th motivated Brown and the band to work harder and push themselves through the upcoming colder weather and earlier