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Charles Bullard has been teaching the Marching Dutchmen Band for 15 years.
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In observance of Music in Our Schools Month, Martin talks to Charles Bullard, the band teacher in the western Michigan town of Holland. If that name sound familiar, it's because "Mr. Holland's Opus," the Academy Award nominated movie starring Richard Dreyfus was written by a graduate of Holland High School. Bullard, who's been teaching the Marching Dutchmen Band's members for 15 years, reflects on the importance of music eduction in all walks of life.

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