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SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

School of Hard Knocks is a story told by Benjamin E. Preston as a reflection on the past when he met other talented kids at a music high school and their individual stories. Each teenager has a story to tell about their struggles, their pain and their will to push forward and go above and beyond their obstacles to pursue their love for music. A music director at the school takes the teens under his wing and guides each one and helps them through their bad times. This high school is magnet school full of music, drama, dance and sports. The diversity of the school will open the doors to many other talented kids. This story was meant to motivate and inspire the youth to fight for what they want and never give up on their dreams. The band casted is a real band with talented teen musicians. These 5 talented lead teens in the band are:

1) Benjamin E. Preston aka Benny- 16 years old, plays piano taught by his mother since he was 3. He gets into trouble at another school and is forced to move with his family to a new school. He encounters the other kids and they form a band. He later discovers that he has a talent for singing.

2) Summer Christine Star aka Chris- 16 years old, plays bass and back up vocals. She is Benny’s love interest. Her story is the darkest story due to when she was 3 years old, she suffered an injury and her mother had to take her to the hospital; along the way, they had a tragic accident that killed her mother. Chris’ father never forgave her and has been abusing her ever since. She is an outgoing kid, but behind closed doors…she has a secret.

3) Zach Andrews aka Stixx- 16 years old, drummer. Stixx is an average kid that keeps to himself and always has a head set on listening to music; in his own world. He always has a pair of drum sticks in his hands and beats on everything in site as if it were drums. He is bullied by the football team for being different. He is the first kid that Benny meets. He turns out to be the most amazing drummer anyone has ever seen or heard.

4) Scott Landry- 16 years old, plays rhythm guitar. He plays football because his father played for the same school, but suffered a knee injury and never got over it. Scott hates football, but is very good at it. He loves the guitar and his father does not agree. He is friends with the jocks who pick on Stixx and decides later to quit football and play full time with the band and hides it from his father who later tries to get college scouts to see his son play. Scott appears broke with no money because of the way he dresses, but his family has a lot of money. Scott is the backbone of the band. He stands up for them, almost like a body guard. He is the bad boy type, but has a good heart.

5) Rodrik M. Tipton- 16 years old, lead guitar. Comes from a family struggling with his father deployed to war. He is a good kid, but has a lot on his mind. His parents are separated quite a bit with his military duties and when they do see each other they fight a lot and he’s afraid they will get divorced. His mother works as a nurse at the hospital. Rodrik spends a lot of his time writing music, playing his guitar and always has a camera in his hands. Scott discovers his talent when he walks in on him playing guitar in the band room and invites him into the band.

All of these kids have 1 thing in common; there love for music will always get them through there tuff times and no hard knock in life will stop them from pursuing their love for music.