Since 1990, when the Southern Regional Golden Rams Marching Band first appeared in the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships, it’s never had to climb a mountain like the one it faced this season.
“Last year definitely was a weird season,” said senior drum major Megan Caputo. “We had no camp, practices were much shorter and we had fewer of them, and we had no competitions or football games away from our field. A majority of our band hadn’t experienced much going into this past summer.
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