HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- As the marching band director at Alabama A&M University, Derrick Yates has a problem. Well, maybe not a problem, exactly. "A new challenge," is how he put it.
Either way, he has work to do. You see, when school President Dr. Andrew Hugine kicked off a fundraiser to purchase 300 new band uniforms, he told Yates that band members should look as good as they sound. After seven years, the uniforms were worn and tattered. When the uniforms arrive by midseason, Yates will have a tougher time making the band sound even better than it looks.
"Dr. Hugine recognized as soon as he entered the university and saw us performing ...
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