LYNN HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — A 72-year-old man is making good on a pact he made with a friend during graduate school at Florida State University. He’s returning to Tallahassee to audition for the FSU Marching Chiefs band.

Graham Shaw of Lynn Haven began practicing with gold-colored cymbals in April. He told the News Herald of Panama City (http://bit.ly/UQutlB ) that his late friend Doug Kerley provides the inspiration to “make the band” after retirement.