“Grief-stricken American Fork baritone marching band members pray on the practice field at American Fork High School, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. In October, their woodwind instructor Heather Christensen was killed in a bus accident. The band is trying to raise quarter million dollars in donations to go to Grand Nationals with Christensen in their memory. Many sections of the band decided to go home to try and raise money, while while others remained to practice and build unity.”

We post a lot of sports on here. What are we, “sport shooters?” Hahaha.

Shot this last week and thought it I’d share. I was sent to take pictures of the American Fork band rehersing to go with the story on them raising money. After realizing they weren’t on the practice field, and flipping out a little bit, I finally found them in a meeting about trying to get to nationals.

It was a difficult assignment. I sat in on the meeting, watched tears fall, witnessed their plan to raise money.

While many went home to try and get friends and family to help them raise money, some practiced, others met as sections to talk.

I waited patiently for a telling moment and shot maybe 30 frames the entire time there. But I think it paid off. And despite the mood, I thought color still worked. Thoughts?

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