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Members of the Moon Area High School band practice in the shade of Washington & Jefferson College’s campus during band camp last week. Every summer, the band practices on campus and at the college football stadium; the weeklong band camp ends with a performance for family and friends at Cameron Stadium.

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The Moon Area High School color guard practices on the Washington & Jefferson College campus last week during the high school’s band camp.

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Moon Area High School band director Nick Barthen leads rehearsal during an afternoon practice on Washington & Jefferson College’s campus late last week. For the last 13 summers, Moon’s band has spent one week practicing at W&J for what Barthen calls “away band camp.”