Nearly two months since it made news by becoming the first high school band from Florida to take part in the Presidential inauguration, the J.P. Taravella High School marching band is still able to attract people in the community who want to help out financially.
In the last month, Meg Laudicina, a Coral Springs resident, has been busy putting together a rock concert featuring three bands that will play at the school auditorium Friday to raise funds for the marching band.
“We wanted to do this before they went for the inauguration, but it did not quite work out. They had so many fundraisers going on then,” Laudicina said. “The band members had to spend money from their own pockets. They still need the money. My two kids went to the school. That gives me another reason to make this a success.”
Laudicina’s son, Steve, is a member of the Coral Springs-based “Beauty to the Moon,” one of the bands playing at the concert. “He and his friends want to help the marching band. They know it is a worthy cause. They have a big fan base at the school. We also have ‘Horde’ and ‘In the Hands of a Tyrant,’ two bands comprising Taravella students. I am sure we will have a big crowd.”
The concert will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on March 13 at J.P. Taravella High School, 10600 Riverside Drive. Tickets cost $5 each. Call Meg Laudicina at 954-718-9903.