Top young musicians rehearse
Flute player overcomes the odds

DOESN'T MISS A NOTE- The Ventura County Middle School Honor Band is directed by Mike Stone, above. Among the band members is Rachel Flowers, at right, a student at E.O. Green Middle School in Port Hueneme. Rachel is blind and relies on memory and shoulder tapping from aid Bernice Harris. The musicians rehearsed at Los Cerritos Middle School in Thousand Oaks before a performance last weekend in Ventura. Photos by JANN HENDRY Acorn Newspapers