The administration of Island Coast Highschool in Cape Coral, Florida is threatening to take away the band program. We currently do not have a band director but that doesn't mean we can't have a band, with dedicated students to the organization we can teach ourselves and guide ourselves until we get a director. Band has been such an important oart of my life since I started in 7th grade, band has always been my escape if I have a bad day, I go to band and it all disappears when I see the laughing faces of all of my friends, the whole school loves our band and is excited whenever they hear us play in the halls, during games, or at the pep rallys. We have so many people who are dedicated to band and want to even persue it as a career, why would the school just take the program away? I believe that me and all of the other band kids who are just as dedicated into the program as I am will work together and we can save the band, we can teach ourselves until a band director comes in, we can keep the school spirit at Island Coast, and we will keep fighting for the things we love because thats just how much it means to us.