>> kabrel johnson: oh, they do. virtual learning. >> ray johnson: we can't decide what god is going to do. if he say everything shut down, everything shut down! >> alfonsi: when band practice was cancelled for a week, then a month, lawrence honore improvised. when their high school football game was nearly flooded, the entire band called an audible, and shook the stadium from below. and, when they learned mardi gras parades were cancelled? >> ray johnson: i don't know why y'all coming wide like that. >> alfonsi: ray johnson didn't miss a beat. >> ray johnson: ba-boomp, ba- boomp, ba-boomp! well, it's hard, because it's a tradition, you know. just like anything else, you know, you got to suck it up and keep moving. >> alfonsi: that's what brice miller is doing. he is a professional musician. when the city shut down in 2020, his work dried up. he started volunteering with the band. before this, you know, your dad was busy all the time, right? now you're seeing a lot more of him because the pandemic. what's that been l