The marching band was led by Riley Mulherkar, a professional trumpet player from New York. Janice Jennings, Executive Director of Joye in Aiken, says everyone looks forward to the festival every year.

At the start of each school year, the sounds of high school marching bands begin to echo ... and singing,” said Kennedy Gibson, a junior trumpet player at Katharine Drexel.

Mason, who led the Marching 100's trumpet section when he was a St. Aug student, was holding his trumpet on the float, but couldn't be coerced to join in. After the surprise performance ...

Five or six years ago, Ryan Williams and Brandon Mitchell scored their first gig as professional ... Wilson on the trumpet, they shared dreams of one day playing in college marching bands.