The ashland high school instruments stolen overnight from a trailer parked at a hotel on International Drive in Orlando were discovered Sunday morning, March 29, after band members arrived to prepare for a Walt Disney World performance. The Ashland High School Marching Band still performed at Magic Kingdom after renting equipment to march down Main Street, U.S.A.
Ashland High School Band Trailer
The band had spent four years organizing the trip from Ashland, Ohio, to perform at Disney World. When members found the trailer broken into, thousands of dollars worth of clarions, trumpets, trombones and saxophones were gone, including instruments described as irreplaceable.
Brigitte Klotzek, a band mom, said the loss went beyond the price of the instruments. “They are handed down to them from family members; they're gifts,” she said. “They have a lot of memories with them. So it's a little bit more than just an instrument for a lot of the kids.”
Brigitte Klotzek on the Theft
Klotzek said one stolen instrument had been a gift from a student’s father shortly before he died. “This is something that cannot be really replaced,” she said. Klotzek also said, “They know what’s in this trailer,” and added, “That just makes it particularly nasty.”
The article’s unanswered question remains whether the stolen instruments were recovered. The verified facts do not say that any were found, and they do not identify any arrest or other result from the break-in at the hotel on International Drive.
Magic Kingdom Performance
After the theft, the band rented equipment and completed the planned performance at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. They marched down Main Street, U.S.A., using replacement instruments arranged after the trailer break-in.
The confirmed next step is not a court date or police update. The available facts end with the band’s performance and do not provide a recovery status for the stolen instruments or a public follow-up from investigators.
