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Byline: Gina Davis
May 2--Concert is 'gift' for student
During the two weeks of rehearsals for tonight's spring concert, clarinet player Erin McDevitt felt pride. She also has endured waves of sadness.
But when she saw the tears streaking down a mother's face and watched as a father raced from the auditorium unable to contain his heartache, she felt the full weight of what her high school band was preparing to do: Unveil to the world a piece composed in honor of Joey Baseman, a 14-year-old schoolmate who was killed in a car crash.
Erin, a 17-year-old Hereford High School junior, said she cried during Saturday's rehearsal. The experience brought insight into her own family's grief after her mother's miscarriage a few years ago.
"I was hit with that when I saw how Joey's family felt," she…
Source: HighBeam Research, 'Choir of Angels' goes out to a friend: Hereford High concert honors...