(jazzy music) - part of our dutchess county prevention program is to participate in community coalitionsh as we're having here today. - now what we're gonna do is get you your musical entertainment part but we're gonna open up first with a personal story from the band manager and we want to give our great, great thanks to big mountain entertainment and dwayne harris and his band for joining us here today. (audience applauding) - [katie] dwaine had a very personal story to share with the students. - you know when i was your age my parents waved goodbye to me everyday before i went off to school, i know that they didn't say i can't wait for dwaine to grow up to be a drug addict and an alcoholic. but yet and still, that's what i became. i know you're waiting to hear the music. but i truly hope that you hear me: have no use for substance abuse. it's my honor to talk to the kids and tell them about doing drugs, you know, how it can affect their life and how it will stop all their dreams from coming true. my name is dwayne harris. and i'm a drug addict and alcoholic. thank you. (audience appla