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The Warriorettes performed routines during the rally.
Sydney Tozzi performs alongside other members of the Warriorettes dance team.
Carlin Whitney performs along her fellow Warriorettes dance team.
Ellie Smith, left, and the Warriorettes dance team perform during the rally at Lake Eola.
The Warriorettes performed routines during the rally.
Members of the West Orange High marching band hold up their signs as they watch the Warriorettes perform.
Ava Calvert and the Warriorettes dance team perform during the rally at Lake Eola.
Mike Tozzi, whose daughter is a member of the Warriorettes dance team, holds up his handmade sign in support of those groups left out of this football season.
Members of the West Orange High marching band hold up handmade signs during the rally Wednesday afternoon.
Madelyn Brockman, a member of the West Orange High marching band, shows her support for groups left out of the upcoming football season.
West Orange High marching band member Michael Houseman holds a small megaphone high in the air after giving a rousing speech.
West Orange High marching band's Vincent Pagliuca speaks to the crowd on hand at the rally.
Warriorettes dance team member Sydney Tozzi fires up the crowd with a short speech.
Students carried handmade signs to voice their desire to bring back cheer, dance, band and JROTC.
Students carried handmade signs to voice their desire to bring back cheer, dance, band and JROTC.
West Orange High marching band members Vincent Pagliuca, Peyton Cottle, Emma Brockman and Fiona Kilgore perform during the rally.
West Orange High students show off their signs in support of groups left out of the upcoming football season.
Members of the Warriorettes dance team and West Orange High marching band perform "the wave."
Michael Houseman, left, has a fun time with a small megaphone as he leads the rally.
West Orange High marching band members Ashton Wilson and Elise Snyder participate in the rally with their homemade signs.
Local OCPS students and parents called for inclusion during a rally at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Despite a pouring rain that delayed the rally for an hour, members of the West Orange High School marching band and Warriorettes dance team made their way downtown — along with parents and other supporters representing Windermere High and Dr. Phillips High— to voice their desire for Orange County Public Schools to allow for the return of band, cheer, dance and JROTC to the sidelines for the upcoming football season.
The rally was in response to OCPS’ recent decision to limit attendance at football games due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. To cut down on numbers, OCPS is not allowing marching band, cheer teams, dance teams and JROTC from participating this season, and is instead asking schools to record pep rallies and band performances that can be played during games on Friday nights.
