She is a teacher at OSSB and a sighted guide for
the school's marching band. I decided to interview Cary to share with DVIQ readers her experience working with the OSSB marching band and
hearing the cheers of the crowd side by side with
her students. Below is the transcript of that interview.
Q: Tell us about yourself. What is your current
position? How long have you been teaching
and working with the school's marching band?
Cary: I am currently the English teacher for
grades 7 – 12, and this is my 2nd year. I joined up
with the marching band at the beginning of the
school year last year, so technically I've been doing that for two years as well (although I did not
attend band camp my first year). I happened to
be working late at school one night last fall and
Carol Agler [the OSSB band director] was short
on marching assistants… and the rest is history.
Q: What is your role and responsibilities as a
sighted guide for your school's marching
band?
Cary: My main responsibility is to make sure
our musicians don't run into each other! In other
words, they do the hard work of playing and
marching and I just help them get to the right
marks on the field.
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