Kicker: Band director’s big reveal

NICK EICHER, HOST: In the news business, you never bury the lede. Except, when you do. Because sometimes it’s buried treasure.

High school band members desperately wanted news on how well they’d done in a state competition.

So the band director steps aboard the bus, starts off with what a growing experience this was for them.

Totally priming the kids for bad news, when he revealed a plaque.

AUDIO: I knew it was going to be important to the students

Yeah, kind of important … it was precisely the “superior” rating they sought—the highest honor from the North Carolina Bandmasters Association.

Student Haley Kinzler caught the whole thing.

KINZLER: Halfway through, I thought it was going to be, like, a sad video… but I was just getting it for my friend. And then I decided to post it.

Band director Andrew Howell saying the moment meant as much to him as it did to them.

HOWELL: I share in their excitement when they’re successful… I think that was the most rewarding part of the entire experience.

Indeed it was.

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