Summit Academy Steel Dragons find purpose in music
Shyann Medley, 12 plays steel drums during a practice of the Summit Academy Steel Dragons and Steel Spartans at the school Thursday in Akron, Ohio. The students will headline the Summit Academy Steel Drum Festival at the Akron Civic Theatre on November 17 with a special guest appearance by Harry Belafonte. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Angel Lawrie (center) a music teacher at the Summit Academy Middle School and its steel drum band director, leads a practice of the Summit Academy Steel Dragons and Steel Spartans at the school Thursday in Akron, Ohio. The students will headline the Summit Academy Steel Drum Festival at the Akron Civic Theatre on November 17 with a special guest appearance by Harry Belafonte. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Elijah Sommerville, 16, plays the tenor bass steel drums during a practice of the Summit Academy Steel Dragons and Steel Spartans at the school Thursday in Akron, Ohio. The students will headline the Summit Academy Steel Drum Festival at the Akron Civic Theatre on November 17 with a special guest appearance by Harry Belafonte. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
David Urban Grossmayer, 18, keeps the beat during a practice of the Summit Academy Steel Dragons and Steel Spartans at the school Thursday in Akron, Ohio. The students will headline the Summit Academy Steel Drum Festival at the Akron Civic Theatre on November 17 with a special guest appearance by Harry Belafonte. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Angel Lawrie, a music teacher at the Summit Academy Middle School and its steel drum band director, leads a practice of the Summit Academy Steel Dragons and Steel Spartans at the school Thursday in Akron, Ohio. The students will headline the Summit Academy Steel Drum Festival at the Akron Civic Theatre on November 17 with a special guest appearance by Harry Belafonte. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Stephen Montgomery, 14 (left) joins his fellow steel drum musicians in a practice of the Summit Academy Steel Dragons and Steel Spartans at the school Thursday in Akron, Ohio. The students will headline the Summit Academy Steel Drum Festival at the Akron Civic Theatre on November 17 with a special guest appearance by Harry Belafonte. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
