Nederland High School Band selected for 100-year celebration in Washington, D.C.

Published 12:20 am Tuesday, March 30, 2021

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NEDERLAND — The Nederland High School Band will soon fund itself at footstep of national history now that it has been picked to participate a special Washington, D.C. celebration.

Superintendent Dr. Stuart Kieschnick announced Tuesday night that the band would perform in the 100-year celebration of the Lincoln Memorial, slated for 2022.

“I think that is a great honor to be selected,” he said in front of school board members.

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“We’ll be talking and making arrangements for that going forward so they can start raising funds and addressing those kind of items.”

Kieschnick called the band’s participation a really big honor.

“I’m really proud of them,” he said.