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Day in the Life: Band Camp Prepares for Timeless Performance

Prima Changwatchai, Assistant Editor
September 13, 2024

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Prima Changwatchai
Prima Changwatchai, Assistant Editor
Class of 2025 I love writing, photography, and design, so I’m thrilled to be on Student Press! When I’m not doing journalism work, I’m still typing up stories and taking photographs, only I’m also doing the daily New York Times puzzles, making little doodles in my math notebook, reading anything from poetry to fantasy fiction, learning new songs on the piano, and overthinking everything.
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