'There's nothing bigger'

Posted 1/3/09

At 9 a.m. on the Monday after Christmas, Manning High School Band Director Ray Francis was already preparing for a trip that is now less than one month away. By 11:30 a.m., Francis and Assistant Band Director Alphonso Times were counting out rhythms …

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