Collections By Michelle Brown

After years of teaching and traveling to faraway places including Kenya and Brazil, Markita Moore returned to her high school alma mater, Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Michigan as band director taking the reins from the very band director who had instructed her. She is a passionate and versatile music educator who has dedicated her time and talent to teaching in Metro Detroit for the past eight years. Moore is honored and excited to follow in the footsteps of her predecessors by instructing the symphonic, concert, jazz, and marching bands at Cass. Moore is currently raising funds to help send the band to Washington D.C. to participate in the 2020 National Memorial Day Parade.” Rep. Rashida Tlaib nominated the Cass Tech Marching Band to participate in the National Memorial Day parade. At a recent rally in Detroit, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Tlaib each pledged $5,000 from their campaigns to support the Cass Tech Marching Band. The students have $18,000 left to raise to cover travel expen