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'Rock to Joy' — Olive Peirce Middle School CORE Band Entertains Shoppers Over the Weekend
The community outreach band is raising money for field trips.
Visitors at the in the shopping center in Ramona on Saturday could hear strains of band music in the background.
It was 's CORE (Community Outreach) Band entertaining shoppers in order to drum up funds for field trips.
On Sunday, the group performed outside .
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As the heat of the day took its toll, teacher and drummer Karl Lampe gave the musicians a few minutes off.
"Okay, everyone— break!"
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Students returned, scooping mouthfuls of multi-colored frozen convections from small tubs, then warmed up their lips on their instruments again before delivering "Rock to Joy"—an updated twist on part of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" (9th Symphony), shown in this Patch video.
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