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Westlake High School's band director Parker Holt is facing a second brain cancer diagnosis.
Holt, 28, was first diagnosed in 2017 and is now undergoing treatment again.
A GoFundMe has been set up to support Holt during this challenging time.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A Westlake High School marching band director is facing his second bout with brain cancer, and many whose lives he's touched are stepping in to help.
Parker Holt, 28, was first diagnosed in 2017, at the age of 20, with a stage two, grade two diffuse astrocytoma brain tumor, which is a slow-growing (low-grade) tumor. He endured surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, and as a result, was cancer-free with little-to-no new tumor growth for the next eight years. He spent those years earning a degree in digital audio from