When the Sounds of Success Community Marching Band performs, don’t expect the usual. You won’t hear “Stars and Stripes Forever,” or any John Philip Sousa composition for that matter. There won’t even be the high school band staple, “The Girl from Ipanema.”
Instead, the band performs original compositions by its founder and leader, Antoine Miller.
But that’s not all. Sounds of Success doesn’t just march; they also dance, with a lot of stepping and stomping. Sometimes, Miller will give an about-face command and the band will march backward while playing.
But the really special part of the package is the members are all inner-city, at-risk youths from Palm Beach County in Florida….