Part of the experience of making music is to share it with as many people as you can in as many settings as possible. It would be possible to never leave the walls of Blaine High School and receive a rewarding musical education. However, if the band never travels, it would not be a musical education shaped by exposure to other cultures, lifelong memories from unique locations, social and musical perspectives challenged by new surroundings, strengthened relationships based on shared experiences and many other intangible benefits.
Traveling with musical groups has broadened student minds, heightened musical appreciation, and changed the way they look at the world. Travel and exposure to different cultures is the "greatest education” a person can receive and provides images and experiences that cannot be read about or imagined. It is something the “normal” educational environment cannot provide. Preparing for a tour takes vision, enthusiasm and a belief that the hard work and planning is justified by the value of the experience.