MARLBOROUGH – For three members of the Marlborough High School faculty, it was time to face the music.
After their students raised more than $13,000 from selling popcorn, band and orchestra director Angie Crockwell; marching band James Verdone; and a cappella choir director Caleb Whelden climbed the Little Theater stage on April 22 to receive their rewards.
For Crockwell, it was getting a shaving-cream pie in the face from one of her students.
“It was messy, but it was for a good cause,” she said.
Verdone and Whelden had their facial hair removed by none other than Mayor J. Christian Dumais.
“Whatever motivates the students,” said Whelden, who began growing his beard during the COVID-19 pandemic and decided to keep it – until now.
For Verdone, it was the third time he’s been clean shaven since 2004. He first lost his beard when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl in 2007 and again in 2016 as a result of another school fundraiser.
