 Facing a difficult battle with pancreatic cancer, a longtime musician from Brainerd wanted to make a mark on the area's music scene. While he continues to fight, friends and family members are carrying his dream forward. As Mal Meyer reports in this week's In Focus, the Mark Munson School of Rock is now in session. A few years ago, Mark Munson sent his grandson to a similar camp in Little Falls. Suddenly facing a difficult diagnosis, Munson decided to open his own rock and roll minicamp. He really believed that he would be gone within months before this camp began. Let's try that one more time. While he was unable to be there in person, other musicians, friends and family are helping him run the three-day event. On day one, the staff arranges the kids into five different bands in a way that they'll have the most success. You would never put a kid who needs tons of work as the main drummer you always supplement. From there, the bands pick out two songs to play and then learn the chords before trying to bring it all together. It starts out really, really tough. Even though she's been playing percussion in the school band for years, Nariah Fett says it was a little different to have other moving parts. So instead of just me with myself jamming out in my room, they give me guitars and piano. One, two, three, hey! It's one of the reasons why Macy Spear is enjoying the camp. It's really fun to hear how everybody gets to have their own little parts in each song. Especially when she gets to have her own solo and... What I like about you by the romantics. The other groups were also fine-tuning their songs. We've been playing Mony Mony. We got to beat. Yeah, we're doing really well. At nine years old, Rocco Harrison says he took up drums because... I always wanted to be in a band and I always wanted to be on stage and perform. Getting to fulfill his dream while another man does the same. The Mark Munson School of Rock will perform at 7 o'clock on Thursday at the Franklin Arts Center. In Brainerd with This Weeks in Focus, I'm Al Meyer, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.