SMYRNA, Tenn. (WKRN) — One Rutherford County high school band spent weeks preparing to showcase their skills on the national stage, but the show nearly didn’t go on after an unexpected twist.
Stewarts Creek High School band director Michael Chester recalled getting the unexpected announcement Friday as he and his 160-member crew were preparing to leave for Monday’s presidential inauguration.
“We got the call that we had been taken out of the lineup and it was just a gut punch,” Chester said. “It was a very hard pill to swallow.”
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