By Mike Castellucci, KMGH – Denver 7 | Junior Liliana Rauenzahn and her classmates at Denver South High School are trading their lunch hours for a large stack of sheet music to play in a newly formed Banda club. The music, which originates from northern Mexico, fills the fifth floor of the school every Friday. Rauenzahn started the club, and the students are all learning the music together.
“Something that’s so nostalgic from my childhood and such an important part of who I am and seeing the rest of the school enjoy it and support it,” Rauenzahn said.
Band teacher Kyle Dobbins supports the student-led initiative by providing a rehearsal space and even joining in on the trombone.
“I basically told them I’ll play trombone and I’ll give you a spot to rehearse,” Dobbins said. “They have run the rehearsals. I don’t know anything about this music.”
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