And tough decisions that make believers are not limited to athletics. The Sultan High School Band makes one believe in musicians. After practicing their routine through the summer and all fall, the 60-member band chose to forego its own state competition to support the Turks football team in a playoff game. At SHS, November 14th, after their indoor concert, they marched outside to perform the routine they had practiced for the state competition. Before their parents, the football team and home town supporters those young men and women demonstrated why kids do amazing things.
Real champions build up a huge supply of character every day.
Character building occurs in the music rooms of the schools your family attends, too. I hope the 1983 members of the Sultan stage band remember the triple standing ovation it received at the National Federation of High School Association meeting in that fancy hotel in downtown Seattle. George Ohlreich, like all dedicated school music educators, was no stranger to fantastic music. High school band members have the kind of character employers like to hire. Without attitude, responsibility and self-image, leadership and a game plan for success don't exist.