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U.S. Coast Guard Band Performs at Falls Church High School
The U.S. Coast Guard Band will perform a holiday concert at Falls Church High School on December 16th at 7pm.
NEW LONDON, Conn.—Friday, December 16 at 7 p.m, the United States Coast Guard Band gives a special performance at Falls Church High School. Festive holiday fare is abundant in this concert featuring Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite,” a selection of marches and polkas by Johann Strauss, Jr., and carols both traditional and contemporary sung by Coast Guard Band vocalist, Musician 1st Class Megan Weikleenget.
The United States Coast Guard Band is the premier band representing the United States Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security. The 55-member ensemble is based at the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. In addition to performing concert tours around the nation, the Band has also played in the former Soviet Union, Canada, England, Japan and Taiwan. In 2008, the Coast Guard Band became the first premier American military band to perform a concert tour of Japan. Concerts are free and open to the public and include a broad spectrum of music, from wind ensemble classics to swinging jazz charts.
This event is free and open to the public. Falls Church High School is located at 7521 Jaguar Trail, Falls Church, VA 22042 and is accessible to the handicapped. Tickets are available for pick-up at Falls Church High School or via self-addressed stamped envelope at FCHS Band, 7521 Jaguar Trail, Falls Church, VA 22042. For more on the Coast Guard Band, visit www.uscg.mil/band or like us on Facebook at facebook.com/uscoastguardband.
