The long hours of practice and missed classes finally paid off for the students of Holy Angels Higher Secondary School, Vanchiyoor, who won the first position in Band Melam in both the high school and higher secondary categories at the District School Arts Festival in Neyyatinkara on Wednesday.
The school has been consistently putting up a good show in school arts festivals, and this time too, they coasted to a victory.
The teams for both categories had 20 students each who played trumpets, euphonium, cymbals, side-drum, and bass drum, with one person holding the leader stick. The higher secondary team was led by Shefna Cleetus, and the high school one by Sandra S. Biju. The students have been trained by Ravindran and Sr. Angel Thomas. Their physical instructor Margaret Thomson too helped with the practice.