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Strike Up the Birthday Band

Strike Up the Birthday Band - Friday, April 24, 2009 at 10:32PM EST

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY-A Meyers high school teen got an amazing birthday surprise this morning.
His high school band members showed up at his house in Wilkes-Barre.
18-year old Christian Ritter is a brain tumor survivor.
He can't regularly attend school.
Christian's parents say he asked for a parade on his birthday during his very first surgery at the age of five.
Band members were happy to make his dream come true.