Morgan Benedict, the percussion leader in the Coconino High School marching band, plays in Wheeler Park with massed pipers, celebrating the Arizona Highland Celtic Festival in this 2024 photo.
Trenton Adson-Wagner on the snare drum, left, and Morgan Benedict on the tenor drum, right, perform in the Coconino High School marching band and color guard during NAU Band Day in 2023.
Morgan Benedict will be graduating from Coconino High School (CHS) Friday with plans to continue the education in music and engineering he started in high school.
“I’m super excited for graduating,� he said, noting that this will be his first time taking part in the commencement ceremony as a graduate rather than as part of the musical accompaniment.
Trenton Adson-Wagner on the snare drum, left, and Morgan Benedict on the tenor drum, right, perform in the Coconino High School marching band and color guard during NAU Band Day in 2023.
Morgan Benedict, the percussion leader in the Coconino High School marching band, plays in Wheeler Park with massed pipers, celebrating the Arizona Highland Celtic Festival in this 2024 photo.
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