By Ava Korkmaz – Staff Reporter

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Jonathan Law band is not allowed to rehearse inside, so Band Director Mr. Pelaggi is having the band practice their tunes on the football field. 

Pelaggi wants the band this year to push themselves past the limit. They are doing everything they can to help out the Law community in this difficult time.

“As the rules are now, we can’t play at any sporting events,” Pelaggi said. “If we do a good job with those things, hopefully we will be performing for people again soon.”

Despite the restrictions, members of the band said that the band is doing really well, especially since some of them are at home.

“I think the band is doing really well playing wise especially since there are band members in school and at home,” sophomore flutist Gabrielle Frumento said.

Not being able to perform for students and Law families is really hard for the band.

“We will not be performing these pieces as a part of our marching show,” sophomore flutist Katie Servas said. “We will however be using these pieces in the stands during the football games to get the crowd going.”

The music department might not be hosting the winter and spring concerts this year as well.

“If band was playing in concerts this year it would be different because they probably would take place outside and not be live,” freshman trumpet player Isabelle Maselli said. “The band would have to wear the new masks we received and we would have to socially distance to perform.”

Some of the band students here thought that the virus would be controlled enough at this point to perform at events, but unfortunately that has not been the case.

“The cancellation of the Spring Concert and Jazz Band last year was a huge blow to me, and I had personally hoped, like everyone else, that COVID-19 would’ve been gone by April or May,” senior trumpet player Max Warner said. “I am not particularly worried about catching COVID due to the widely-accepted mask wearing culture we have built as a school and community.”