Finding harmony:

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Faculty steel drum band director, Edward LeBorgne, helps teachers Nicole Pennekamp and Angela Schnormeier.
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Science teacher Debra Hutchinson plays the steel drum during a faculty steel drum band practice.
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Laurie Cotton, math teacher, and Shannon Montiel, Spanish teacher jam out during an early morning practice. "“I think it's the highlight of my school week," Montiel said. "We don't want to stop, we want to keep going."
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Nick Lander, Latin teacher, demonstrates his flute playing prowess while Melody Riggs, librarian, laughs in the background. "“It's difficult because the notes are not necessarily arranged like a piano," Lander said. "So we're just like low to high and you kind of have to remember where they are.”
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Blake Taylor, pictured, has had some experience with music, however, believes he still had much to learn about the steel drum. "It doesn't take much to be able to make music," Taylor said. "It takes a lot to be able to make music well.”

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