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  • Highland High School
  • Palmdale, CA
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

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Because of the current condition of our sticks, mallets, and drum heads, our students are unable to practice, rehearse, and perform comfortably and with the best possible sound. Many students are using sticks that have been broken several times and are barely being held together with tape. Other students have no choice but to use broken snare, tenor, and bass sticks that really inhibit the player's ability to control their playing and sound quality. In addition, several of our tenor drum heads are very worn out and have been replaced with heads that have previously been used for 2+ seasons. This negatively affects the sound quality and the rebound the player receives while playing, making it challenging to practice and rehearse. We believe that YOUR contribution will have the utmost positive effect on our percussion students who will be competing in SCPA for the very first time! These students need replacements of their old, worn out, and broken equipment, especially because we will be competing OUTSIDE of the Antelope Valley in the Southern California Percussion Alliance circuit! This is a circuit that includes world-class groups and it's important for us to compete with the highest quality of instruments in order to stand out against the big leagues. The students and I would really appreciate your generosity in our time of need! YOU can make a difference in our students' lives and give them the opportunity to be even greater than they already are!

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Because of the current condition of our sticks, mallets, and drum heads, our students are unable to practice, rehearse, and perform comfortably and with the best possible sound. Many students are using sticks that have been broken several times and are barely being held together with tape. Other students have no choice but to use broken snare, tenor, and bass sticks that really inhibit the player's ability to control their playing and sound quality. In addition, several of our tenor drum heads are very worn out and have been replaced with heads that have previously been used for 2+ seasons. This negatively affects the sound quality and the rebound the player receives while playing, making it challenging to practice and rehearse. We believe that YOUR contribution will have the utmost positive effect on our percussion students who will be competing in SCPA for the very first time! These students need replacements of their old, worn out, and broken equipment, especially because we will be competing OUTSIDE of the Antelope Valley in the Southern California Percussion Alliance circuit! This is a circuit that includes world-class groups and it's important for us to compete with the highest quality of instruments in order to stand out against the big leagues. The students and I would really appreciate your generosity in our time of need! YOU can make a difference in our students' lives and give them the opportunity to be even greater than they already are!

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