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Re: US Marine Band at Work

Author: glin
Date: 2003-03-23 02:22

This may be a little off topic. But yesterday, I had to cancel my lesson and community band rehearsal to attend the Washington Building Congress Craftsman Awards. This is an award dinner event where craftsman from various building trades (stone, masonry, mechanical, and electrical contractors) in the construction industry are recoginzed for outsanding workmanship. My office is an engineering firm that designed the rework of the Pentagon-the Phoenix Project. That's why I was there.

Anyway, I actually was bummed out because I do look forward to lessons and the band rehearsal at the end of the work week. I was pleasantly suprised to see members of the US Marine Band playing there (in the ballroom of the Westlawn Park Marriot in DC. - for our event). They played patriotic marches and the anthem at the beginning of the event. My table was near their stage. They were solid. There were about 8 clarinets in the front row. I've said before that they, along with the other military service bands in DC are great and wish people would recognize and support them more.

But, how did they get this gig? I thought they only played for government functions, educational outreach, and public concerts.

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