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COMING BACK AFTER A TORNADO TORE
THROUGH IT IN MARCH.
THE DAMAGE FORCED EVERYONE TO
REBUILD A NEW LIFE - INCLUDING
THE HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND.
TODAY THE BAND GAVE A SPECIAL
PERFORMANCE IN FORT WAYNE.
NEWSCHANNEL 15'S RANDY SPIETH
ALYSSA, THE STORM DESTORYED MORE
OF THE SCHOOL, AND EVERYTHING
INSIDE.
FOR THE SCHOOL BAND, THAT MEANT
IT NO LONGER HAD INSTRUMENTS TO
PLAY.
WITHIN DAYS, THE HOMESTEAD HIGH
TRUCKLOAD TO SEND TO SOUTHERN
INDIANA.
ALLOWING THE BAND TO KEEP ON
A 200-MILE BUS TRIP DIDN'T STOP
THE BAND FROM HEADING HERE TO
SCHOOL FOR THE HELP, AND LETTING
THE AUDIENCE KNOW THEY'RE DOING
FINE.
THE NEW NORMAL IT'S THE NAME OF
THE HENRYVILLE
MARCHING BAND'S SHOW.
AND THE NEW WAY OF LIFE AFTER A
TORNADO RIPPED THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN INDIANA TOWN
SOT-SHANNA-HVILLE BAND DIRECTOR-
08:18:51:18-IT'S A WAY OF SAYING
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
WHO FOR SO MANY WEEKS WERE WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE NEEDED
WHAT THE BAND NEEDED WAS
INSTRUTMENTS SO HOMESTEAD BAND
DIRECTOR STEVE
BARBER, WHO USED TO BE THE
SOT-SHANNA-"THEY BROUGHT CHECKS
FOR THE SCHOOL, AND FOR THE
TRACTOR-TRAILERS FULL OF
EQUIPMENT AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES
FOR THE WHOLE
08:12:49:07-WE'RE JUST GLAD
MEANS
EVERYTHING IS RETURNING BACK TO
A NORMAL ENVIROMENT FOR THEM
THE BAND'S SHOW RELIVES THE
TOWN'S PAST SEVEN MONTHS.
SOT-SHANNA-START OUT AS A BRIGHT
SOT-ROBERTA-BAND
PARENT-08:49:45:26- WE ALL HAVE
OUR OWN STORY TO TELL
ABOUT THAT DAY.
WHERE WE WERE WHEN THE TORNADO
HIT.
BUT THE BAND DOESN'T WANT THE
FOCUS ON THE DESTRUCTION
SOT-SHANNA-HVILE BAND DIRECTOR-
08:19:51:21-WE FOCUSED ON THE
REBUILDING PART OF IT, BECAUSE
THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY GOT
EVERYBODY HAS WORKED SO HARD.
SO WE REBUILD AND WE KNOW IT'S
GOING TO
BE OKAY TO SOME - THE NEW
NORMAL IS BETTER
THAN THE OLD
SOT-RACHAEL-STUDENT-
BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE.
BETTER APPRECIATION FOR WHAT
THEY HAVE NOW AND HOW MUCH WORK
GOES INTO
EVERY LITTLE THING, NOW THEY
DON'T TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED.
SOT-RACHAEL-08:41:33:15-LIFE IN
TOWN IS ACTUALLY GETTING BACK TO
THE RESTAURANT THAT HAD THE BUS
THROWN INTO IT,
RENAMED IT THE BUS STOP.
WE'RE GETTING
THE PIZZA PLACE BACK.
EVERYTHING IS COMING TOGETHER.
THE DAMAGED HENRYVILLE HIGH
SCHOOL WAS REPAIRED IN TIME
FOR STUDENTS TO RETURN TO IT FOR
THE START OF SCHOOL ON AUGUST 7.
IN STUDIO 15, RANDY SPIETH, NC
15.
TODAY KICKED OFF FORT WAYNE'S