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Article: FACING THE MUSIC CHRIS GRIFA AND JOEY MONAHAN HAVE HAD TO GIVE UP GIRLS, SPORTS AND OTHER INTERESTS IN THEIR QUEST TO WIN SPOTS IN THE STATE BAND. CAN THEY HANG WITH VIRGINIA'S TOP BRASS?(DAILY BREAK)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 7, 1999
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Byline: LANE DEGREGORY, STAFF WRITER
THE HALLWAY smells like spit and sweat and brass. Teen-agers slouch along the cinderblock walls, lounge on empty instrument cases, silently finger scales. Behind a dozen wooden doors, muffled melodies climb and crescendo.
Chris Grifa has always dreamed about this day.
At James Madison University, a four-hour drive from home, on a Saturday in mid-February. Walking down a dimly lit hallway toward Room 226. About to face the music.
The tryout will take only three minutes. Chris has been practicing for seven years - at least four hours a night for the past two. He's determined not to blow it.
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