Yeosu, South Korea – October 2024 - The Sarasit Pithayalai Ban Pong School Marching Band was nominated by the Thailand Marching Band Association to represent Thailand at the 2024 Yeosu Marching Festival, an international festival of marching bands held in Yeosu, South Korea, from 9 to 16 October. The Salesian musical band is made up of 52 students aged between 12 and 18, 8 teachers and parents, under the leadership of Fr Somrote Chaichana, SDB, Director of the school, and Fr Chinnawat Suvadinkul, SDB. During the event, the Sarasit Marching Band participated in the Street Parade along the Yeosu coastal road and performed at the Marching Festival Opening Ceremon and the " Wind Music Festival, which attracted a large number of visitors. After the event, the students undertook a study trip to learn about Korean culture from 14 to 16 October, warmly welcomed by the Salesians at the headquarters of the Salesian Province of Seoul (KOR). The Sarasit School Marching Band has received many awards worldwide and also performed in front of Pope John Paul II at Castel Gandolfo in 2003 and, on the occasion of Pope Francis' visit to Thailand in 2019, performed, together with the Salesian Schools' Marching Band, to welcome the Pope at the Suphachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok. The support and promotion of the Salesian School Marching Band in Thailand are a clear demonstration that the Salesians of Don Bosco care about the formation of young people in the Salesian spirit, because music helps to sharpen the minds of young people.