A collective cheer rises from the yard lines to the top of the tower where Jeff Seighman and Eddie Hirst stand with their megaphones.

This final run-through marks the end of outdoor band camp — and what band kid wouldn’t cheer for that?

No more standing at attention in the early morning August sun. No more sweat-soaked shorts and T-shirts. No more counting the minutes between water breaks.

Then again, none of the 165 members of the Walker High Band of Legacy are complaining — or moving slowly, though Seighman and Hirst know they’re tired.

"Last time," Hirt said, signaling the drum major to clap out the count.

Seighman takes this as his signal to put down his megaphone and ready his hands for applause.

"Our first home game isn't until the third weekend in September, so it's going to b

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