Indeed, it takes a village to keep our towns rocking and rolling.
On a sleepy post-holiday Saturday night, 325 people came out to help SOMA Rocks and the Columbia High School Music Parents Association — CHSMPA — raise $7,000 toward new acoustical sound cloud for the CHS auditorium stage.
“The addition of this adaptable sound cloud to the CHS stage will provide audiences
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