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CSU marching band takes COVID-19 precautions to heart

FORT COLLINS, Colo (KDVR) — On a practice field near the Colorado State University campus, the sound of the CSU fight song pumps through the surrounding neighborhood.

The CSU Marching Band is continuing to practice, despite COVID-19 keeping them home from CSU football games. 

And there’s another change; the CSU Marching Band, is not marching, at all. 

Instead, they’re playing a vital role in figuring out how COVID-19 is transmitted through instruments. 

Fox31 Multimedia Journalist Evan Kruegel and Photojournalist Kevin Burr show us how.