A lot of people said it couldn’t be done. A lot of us thought it couldn’t. We didn’t have uniforms. We didn’t have instruments. [For] guys, it’s a pride thing. They don’t want to take...

It might sound corny, but this is history. These three bands won’t be together like this ever again.

Even if we marched without the uniforms, even if we marched without the marching 100, you know, it’s in us, you can’t take our spirit away.

Through all that’s going on, people expect us to stay strong. I just think it’s important that we keep reassuring them of everything that’s positive.