Tippecanoe Valley Band Students Perform with INpact
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On Aug. 10 and 11, six Tippecanoe Valley band students performed with the INpact Indiana’s Future-Band.
The massed group of more than 250 Indiana seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade musicians kicked off the Celebrate Indy Arts Parade with a performance of ‘America, the Beautiful’ in downtown Indianapolis.
That evening, the INpact Band opened the Drum Corps International World Finals at Lucas Oil Stadium with a performance of ‘Live for Music’ with Shaun Canon of ‘American Idol’ fame.
Bryston Canada, Angelica Heeter, Amanda Heltzel, Rob Morehouse, Damien Pelo and Matt Pelo were selected for this honor based on band director recommendation and instrumentation needs of INpact. In addition to performing for audiences numbering in the thousands, these students attended master classes and concerts by professional musicians such as the West Point Hellcats and participated in music leadership training.
Tippecanoe Valley Band INpact performers pictured are (L to R) Amanda Heltzel, Angelica Heeter, Damien Pelo, Bryston Canada, Matt Pelo and Rob Morehouse.
