Middletown High School band director David Leisten addresses the marching band before practice, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The band is set to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20. Middletown is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Leslie Hernandez practices playing the clarinet ahead with the Middletown High school marching band, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The band is set to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20. Middletown is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Carley Tindle, a member of the the Middletown High School marching band, practices, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The band is set to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20. Middletown is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Middletown High School band director David Leisten, center, organizes students during practice within the hallways of the school on account of the cold weather, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The band is set to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20. Middletown is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Leslie Hernandez, center, practices with the Middletown High School band in the hallways of the school, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The band is set to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20. Middletown is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Students in the Middletown High School band practice marching in the hallways of the school, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The band is set to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20. Middletown is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance. (AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Students in the Middletown High School band practice outside, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The band is set to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20. Middletown is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Students in the Middletown High School band practice outside, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The band is set to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20. Middletown is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)A student of the Middletown High School band practices outside, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The band is set to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20. Middletown is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Middletown High School band students escape the cold weather after practicing outside, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The band is set to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20. Middletown is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)A view looking west on 17th St. from Verity Parkway, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The city is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance. (AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Bill Teager, left, Dora Bronston, background, and Paul Gomia, right, talk politics at Bronston's home, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The city is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Bill Teager, of Middletown, Ohio, sits for a portrait, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The city is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance. (AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Paul Gomia, of Middletown, Ohio, sits for a portrait, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The city is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance. (AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Dora Bronston, of Middletown, Ohio, sits for a portrait at her home, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. The city is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance. (AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)The Middletown City Council meets in Middletown, Ohio, hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Members heard complaints in the weeks after Vance's election that the city was acting too slowly to recognize his achievement. Middletown has since congratulated him on its website and authorized signs that will be place at roads entering the city once he and President-elect Donald Trump are inaugurated on Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)Vehicles travel along Verity Parkway after rounds of snow in recent weeks, pictured, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The city is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)A Middletown resident walks through snow, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The city is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Vehicles travel along Central Avenue through downtown, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The city is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)A pedestrian crosses Central Avenue through downtown, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The city is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)Vehicles travel along Verity Parkway through downtown, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The city is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)A scene Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio, the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)
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Middletown High School band director David Leisten addresses the marching band before practice, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Middletown, Ohio. The band is set to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20. Middletown is the hometown of Vice President-elect JD Vance.(AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)
