1.0UPDATE ONLINEhttps://update.midlandps.orgLillian Duffhttps://update.midlandps.org/index.php/author/lillduff29midlandps-org/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="n3julRejUk"><a href="https://update.midlandps.org/index.php/2026/09/students-surging-towards-sousaphone/">Students surging towards sousaphone</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://update.midlandps.org/index.php/2026/09/students-surging-towards-sousaphone/embed/#?secret=n3julRejUk" width="600" height="338" title="“Students surging towards sousaphone” — UPDATE ONLINE" data-secret="n3julRejUk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://update.midlandps.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Last May, nearing the end of the school year, the DHS band teachers gave band students the opportunity to try playing the sousaphone. The section had gotten small. While some didn’t enjoy the new instrument, many did.  “We have 23 tubas,” sophomore Austin Walter said. “It’s a low bass. I feel really heard.”  Many band […]