Practice Makes Perfect
You give yourself plenty of time to get to Western High, but as you step out of your car in the parking lot, you hear the band strike up the national anthem. Relax, you’re not late. It’s only the Western Pioneer marching band, which regularly warms up by practicing in formation inside the stadium gates a half-hour before game time.
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