The Mt. Zion High School marching band and chorus are hoping to close the funding gap needed to make the trip to Hawaii to join the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade.
The students were invited to the annual event last year after performing in Washington, D.C. for the National Independence Day Parade. However, the group’s trip to Hawaii totaled close to $160,000.
According to the band’s director, Terrell Mitchell, funding for the trip was under half the amount for the entire trip before a donation from the Clayton County Public Schools Foundation.
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