Samantha Ramirez gets a kick out of music and, particularly, band.
“I’m not really a sports person and band just fit me,” said the Sweet Home High School senior, who’s been part of the Sweet Home program since the sixth grade, when a friend talked her into trying it.
“I just understand the rhythms, the patterns.”
But in a small high school with a very limited music program, she and other serious musicians have to…