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How Hall, Gainesville school systems are holding band, chorus amid COVID-19

The Cherokee Bluff High School band performs at the corner of the football stadium Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, during the school's first football game of the season with Johnson High. - photo by Scott Rogers

09192020 BAND 1.jpg — The Cherokee Bluff High School band performs at the corner of the football stadium Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, during the school's first football game of the season with Johnson High. - photo by Scott Rogers

Local school districts opted to allow high school bands and choruses to continue practicing and bands to play at football games, though all music programs have taken measures to address risks of COVID-19 transmission.