Member Safetey And AAPA

From the Board of Directors at The Arizona Academy of the Performing Arts, Inc.

In light of investigative reporting recently published by The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Arizona Academy of the Performing Arts (AAPA), the parent organization of The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps, Phenom SoundSport, and The Academy Youth Guards wishes to express its sympathy to, and support of, the survivors mentioned in that article. These tragic episodes, and climate in which they occurred, as well as prior incidents that came to light earlier last calendar year have no place in the marching arts activity and will not be tolerated within any of the ensembles of the Arizona Academy of Performing Arts.

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