Pioneer Welcomes Four Students From Africa

Pioneer is proud to welcome four students from the Field Band Foundation to the 2011 corps! Read on below to find out more about our friends from overseas!

Xabiso Quinby Mpalala

I live with my mother, grandmother, aunt and my cousins. I joined the FBF in 2000 when I was 8 years old and ever since then I am still with the FBF till now. I really enjoy to be in the band because I’ve learned a lot as a child and I became a better person to my community because of FBF. I went to place I’ve never thought I would be able to thanks to field band. Me being selected as one of the candidates going to the USA is a dream come true for me, my family and my band. I’m going to make the field band proud and work hard and learn new skills so that I can be able to transfer them back to the FBF.

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