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Singing “I’ll melt with you” by Modern English, social studies teacher Mel Trotier performs at Circa Pub & Grill in front of hundreds of people. The “Circa All Stars” band members rotate between 10 musicians every three or four songs. “We’re all very flexible. It was a random Saturday night and we decided to perform just for fun,” Trotier said. “The audience sings along and there’s always a group of people dancing.”

Teacher and coach by day, musician by night

Makinsey Drake, Staff Writer January 13, 2022

Pursuing his musical talents and passions, social studies teacher and assistant football coach Mel Trotier has played in a band for the past five years. Talented on the microphone, guitar and bass, Trotier...

Guilty Pleasures performs at the Red Flag downtown in June. The band was competing in a battle of the bands, which they ended up winning. “There was a crazy crowd, a lot of fun. We got to meet some awesome people and cool bands. I honestly didn’t know if we were going to win — it was so up in the air [and] all the bands were really good,” junior Andrew Martin said.

Guilty Pleasures

Mira Nalbandian, Managing Editor-in-Chief December 20, 2021

While students are going about their regular Friday night business—catching up with friends after a long week, making plans or simply trying to debrief the past few days—junior Andrew Martin has a...

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