On Sunday, the Band Table Singers, a gospel group composed of Glasgow High School graduates, will perform a benefit concert for the high school’s band program.   

Glasgow High’s band, known as the Glasgow Scottie Band, has been invited to participate in the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., but must raise its own money for travel expenses, according to band director Jonathon Holmes.   

“The band program has to raise money just for us to function, to go on routine trips,” he said. 

He expects the trip to cost around $800 per student, he said. The band has roughly 80 members, meaning the total cost is expected to be near $64,000, he said.

The show starts at 2 p.m. and tickets cost $10, according to Glasgow Independent Schools’ webpage. Though the webpage says the event will take place in the auditorium, it could be moved into the gym if the space is needed, Holmes said.

The concert was originally scheduled for January, though it had to be postponed due to heavy snowfall, according to Tambra Cambron, the music teacher at South Green Elementary School, who helped secure the Band Table Singers’ involvement.

This will be the first time a concert has ever been used to raise funds for the band, she said. 

All three of Cambron’s children have been in the Glasgow Scottie Band, she said. Her two oldest, Aaron and Daniel Cambron, are members of the Band Table Singers, she said. 

“They realize that it takes a lot of money to finance a band trip so they decided to come back and help out,” Cambron said.      

The Glasgow Scottie Band has not gotten to go on a major trip in at least seven years, she said. “It’s good for students because a lot of them don’t have the means to travel outside of Glasgow,” she said.

Luke Vaught, a member of the Band Table Singers, said he and the band’s other members are thrilled about the idea of helping the Glasgow Scottie Band. 

“It’s an honor for me,” he said. “We very much identify with being in the Scottie Band,” he said.

The band came together in 2008 at a breakfast table in the Glasgow High cafeteria, where the members would sing together and experiment with harmonizing, Vaught said. Originally there were three members but the roster has expanded to six, he said. 

Years after leaving high school, the band still exists, though its members gather infrequently, Vaught said. “We still get together every now and then to sing,” he said.     

He expects the show to have a fun, laid back atmosphere and for many of his family and friends to attend. “It’ll just be interesting for people to see what we’ve done with ourselves since high school,” he said.  

Holmes said he hopes the concert will fill the venue. 

“We wanted to do something that would bring in the community at large and be representative of the Glasgow Scottie Band,” he said. 

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