Cadets’ Horn Sergeant Gives New Members Encouragement

Kendra Orcutt, 20, has been a member of the trumpet section since 2009 and was the trumpet section leader in 2011.

At the Cadets’ banquet on Sunday, Aug. 14, she was honored to become the horn sergeant of The 2012 Cadets. This will be her age-out summer with the corps.

While section leaders answer for and guide their respective sections, the horn sergeant is responsible for the entire brass line. During the summer, they are most noticeable when they “dress” the arc (make sure it looks correct) every day when The Cadets warm up, but the job certainly requires more responsibility than that.

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