’s Atkinson Warrior Band will play May 17 at a home San Diego Padres game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 65-piece marching band of middle and high school cadets will play the national anthem before the 7:05 p.m. game at downtown San Diego’s Petco Park. The occasion is nearly one year after the Warrior Band was invited to take part in the Since then, the band has performed in several regional venues, including last month aboard the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum.
Founded in 1910, the Army and Navy Academy is a private not-for-profit institution that provides an academically robust, character-based education for 7th- through 12th-grade young men. It is the only private boarding school in San Diego County and the only military academy for high school-age students in California and surrounding states.
