Bradwell Institute band program students were able to meet their newly hired band director, Alan Weathers, during a meet-and-greet held Thursday inside the Tiger band room.Bradwell Principal Scott Carrier said he was pleased to see a full room of students and parents ready to continue the band program, which he called the shining star of the school. “Of course, our band director did an outstanding job of making this a strong quality program … and that is something that we don’t want to have end,” Carrier said. “Having Mr. (Jeremy) Fermin leave was something that caught us off guard a little bit … but the one thing that I promised you is that we were going to put on a very strong search, and we would find somebody that would continue this program the way that we wanted it to continue.