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- [Narrator] Students
at Stuttgart High School

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have picked up their drums,
and started to make music

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on the Legacy Drumline,

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all thanks to one soldier
within our community.

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U.S. Army Staff Sargent Clarence Everett

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who serves with the 1/10
Special Forces Group

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in Stuttgart, Germany,

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has taken the roll of a mentor

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further than just when he's in uniform.

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After proposing the idea of
a drumline to the high school

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in November 2016, Sargent Everette

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and the dedicated students
are finally seeing the payoff

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of their hard work.

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Every Tuesday and Thursday

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without even a break from the duty day,

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Sargent Everette heads to the high school

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where he works with the
students practicing music,

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choreography, and timing
that all comes together

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to create the Legacy Drumline.

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- I decided to start the drumline
at Stuttgart high school,

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because I have a love
and a passion for music,

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and I wanted to give back to my community

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with using my own talents of music.

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Something special that
I bring to the table,

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from being on a drumline myself,

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would be the discipline
that I've learned growing up

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in high school and also even
the military background.

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I like to bring leadership,
and discipline, togetherness

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and teach it to the students here.

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- [Narrator] From the beginning,

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Sargent Everette has
received amazing feedback

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from the teachers, faculty, and parents.

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Thanking him for being an
encouraging role model,

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and always pushing the
students to new heights.

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And from the students themselves,

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an award in appreciation for
everything that he's done.

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According to Sargent Everette,
this legacy is something

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these students should take
with them wherever they go.

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- Well, I named the drumline,
Stuttgart Legacy Drumline.

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I wanted the students to know

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that they're leaving behind a
legacy for each class to come.

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To learn discipline, and
most of all have fun.

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I would like to thank the
band directors, the parents,

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and the students who helped me

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from the very beginning
to start this drumline,

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and give back to the community.

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It's been an awesome year.

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Thank you.

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- [Narrator] Reporting for AFN Stuttgart,

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I'm Army Private First Class, Bruce Scott.