After months of sweltering summer practices, the Sound of the Eastern Shore finally catches a break from the heat on a late Thursday afternoon.
The cooler temperatures, however, don’t buy the band any extra time.
From atop a tower overlooking about 250 student musicians at Daphne High School’s Faison Field, band director Jamar Dumas squeezes every possible minute from rehearsal before an approaching thunderstorm sends students scrambling indoors with their instruments…