WPTV is giving a voice to dozens of students who received the invitation of a lifetime.
The Palm Beach Lakes Community High School band in West Palm Beach has been invited to perform in London to ring in the New Year. But at a price of about $4,000 per student, the hefty cost to travel overseas is out of tune.
Help this high school band perform at London’s New Year’s Day parade
For months, the 180-member band has been thinking about the trip.
“We’re trying to get the whole band to go,” Justin Young, a senior on the snare drumline, said. “That’s why (Director of Bands) Mr. (Joshua) Velez has been so hard about us fundraising.”…