Port Jefferson band students junior Gani Ates, seventh grader Max Joyner and eighth grader Max Paulus participated in the Suffolk Count Music Educators’ Association Day of Tuba Festival at Central Islip High School on Nov. 1. They joined more than 200 students from across Suffolk County gathered on one stage to perform alongside professional musicians including renowned guest artist Lauren Veronie Curran of the U.S. Army Field Band.