To the editor:

Thank you for the wonderful article recognizing the marching bands of the area.

Marching band is much like any other sport. There is a season, and the students put in countless hours training, practicing and competing. These students have to be in good mental and physical shape to compete and perform as much as two or three times a week. Some of the students started practicing as early as the last week of July, and practices continue on through the final week of the season, which ends the first week of November for this year.

It is a huge commitment of time and energy, and we have 131 students and their directors who rise to that commitment with excellence.

LYN STOECKER

Cape Central Band Booster

Cape Girardeau