On the song Band Camp, Chesnutt tells the story of a high school romance spoiled by graduation.

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More than 100 bands around the country are helping raise funds to get the Joplin Eagles ready for band camp that begins August 1.

CNN: Helping bring the music back to Joplin

Now, Ms Peace has set her sights on cheering up the troops over Christmas with a campaign in which friends, families and growing band of celebrities are photographed with a sign saying Smile Camp Bastion.

BBC: Zoey Peace's blog makes Camp Bastion troops smile

Followed by a small band of raggedy travellers, including a woman who is pregnant, the father frightens the group into abandoning camp.

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