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First disappointment and then a celebration as video captures high school band's big surprise

On March 19, Greene Central High School band director Andrew Howell boarded the bus after the North Carolina Bandmasters Association's statewide competition.
Greene Central High School, a small school in eastern North Carolina, had not participated in the competition for decades, last competing in 1987, and a few years ago, the band only had about a dozen students.
Andrew Howell solemnly presented the band with a plaque, revealing they had achieved a superior rating, the highest ranking from the North Carolina Bandmasters Association, which triggered a celebratory reaction.
Trumpet player Haley Kinzler, who recorded the video that went viral on TikTok and other social media platforms, capturing the moment, admitted, "I didn't expect to get a superior" and thought it would be a sad video initially.
Howell, who took over the program in 2019, composed a speech but abandoned it upon seeing the band, later stating, "I share in their excitement when they're successful...that was the most rewarding part of the entire experience," as the video of their achievement has been viewed millions of times.

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