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BAND, continued from page 8<br />
Zoom was really tough due to the quality,”<br />
he said. “Once we were able to start<br />
meeting again after school, we’ve been able<br />
to fit 24 kids at a time in the auditorium<br />
and we have the rest watch via Zoom, and<br />
then we rotate those groups so everyone<br />
gets a little of both.<br />
“It’s definitely been a stressful time<br />
and lesson plans have had to be altered<br />
dramatically,” Rovi added. “You’re just trying<br />
to make each day enjoyable for everyone and<br />
keep all the students engaged every day.”<br />
Despite everything from meeting<br />
together to getting feedback being altered<br />
dramatically by the pandemic, Rovi has seen<br />
great enthusiasm from every one of the band<br />
members. And it looks like things are starting<br />
to have potential for getting back to normal.<br />
While the December concert was<br />
canceled a few months ago, there are talks<br />
about a smaller scale concert in March that<br />
will hopefully be held in the auditorium.<br />
The May concert will hopefully be held<br />
outdoors, with two to three members of<br />
each bandmate’s family allowed to attend.<br />
Football has been approved to start in late<br />
February and the band is in talks with the<br />
principal and athletic director to perform<br />
at games again — although there are<br />
potential issues in terms of cold weather<br />
affecting the instruments.<br />
And as far as the Memorial Day<br />
performances in Lynn and Nahant, Rovi<br />
says that if the parades are happening then<br />
the band will be there.<br />
“We’ve met with the principal and<br />
the consensus is that it would be best for<br />
everyone if we could manage to make this<br />
spring concert<br />
happen and get<br />
things started,”<br />
said Rovi.<br />
“We’d love to<br />
do football<br />
games and<br />
we’re waiting<br />
to hear about<br />
that, and we’re<br />
really hoping<br />
that Memorial<br />
Day will<br />
happen as well.<br />
We know that<br />
a lot can change in a short period of time, so<br />
we’re just staying hopeful.”<br />
According to Rovi, one of the key<br />
reasons that the band has been able to<br />
continue on its path without a single<br />
outbreak has been personal accountability.<br />
“We told everyone from the beginning,<br />
we all have to take this seriously if we want to<br />
remain healthy and start getting things back<br />
to normal,” said Rovi. “They all understand<br />
the responsibility they have and they have<br />
continued to take the proper precautions, and<br />
it’s kept everyone safe this whole time.”<br />
Rovi has also learned a lot about<br />
himself over the course of the year, both<br />
personally and<br />
professionally.<br />
“The biggest<br />
things I’ve<br />
learned about<br />
are patience and<br />
flexibility,” said<br />
Rovi. “Patience<br />
has been tough<br />
because there<br />
have been so<br />
many new<br />
things to learn<br />
and it can be<br />
frustrating at<br />
times. Even though we’ve had 100 percent<br />
attendance almost every day this year, you still<br />
have to learn to be flexible as kids are dealing<br />
with so many different things in their lives. It’s<br />
truly been a learning experience for everyone.”<br />
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