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Although 16 graduating members of the Shaw High School marching band in East Cleveland did not have their musical instruments in their hands, there was music in where they all sat facing their parents and other supporters.

The students all signed “letters of intent” to attend colleges or universities. The East Cleveland School System makes a special program of the letter signings for its members of the high school marching band.

“Thirty percent of what we do is music,” said Donshon Wilson, the band director. “However, the other 70 percent is academics.”

The students sat shoulder-to-shoulder at long tables as their parents and other supporters beamed smiles across a room, where marching band trophies glittered under the daylight streaming through the windows. Some parents cried with happiness for the graduating seniors.

“Mr. Wilson made him realize that you start being serious,” said Sheila Scruggs, describing how music helped her son find a stronger place in life.  “Mr. Wilson  taught him to be a leader, not a follower.”

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article courtesy of Newsnet5.com

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