Barely 100 days remain until the 2011 reunion of the Navy Musicians Association, June 22-25 in Virginia Beach.
If you haven't joined us at a reunion yet, I hope you'll consider doing so.
What are our reunions like? A Reunion Remembered provides a brief rundown of my first reunion, Louisville, 2006.
But a more thorough way to get the sense of an NMA reunion is to look at the June archives from any of the last few years. Each link below will take you to that year's June archives. Scroll to the bottom and read the pre-reunion hype, or scroll down only far enough to get coverage of the end-of-June reunion itself.
June NavyLyres Archives:
2010
2009
2008
Details on registering for the reunion will appear soon, here, in the Leger Lines and at the NMA website (where you can also find information on joining the NMA.)
Frank Mullen's very unofficial source of poop, skinny and bitching for present and former U.S. Navy Musicians.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Garrison Keillor Praises Navy Bands, Honors Military
Listening to a rebroadcast of yesterday's broadcast of "Prairie Home Companion," featuring Navy Band Southwest, I was struck not only by the band's professionalism, but by host Garrison Keillor's expression of appreciation for Navy bands.
The Navy's bands are "so important in the life of the Navy," he said. He pointed out that they perform for ceremonies, funerals, government and public events, and "nobody does it as well as the military. They do it to a 'T'; everything is perfect, as it should be."
As good as it was to hear this veteran broadcaster compliment our Navy's bands on nationwide radio, I was even more impressed by his honest thanks for the sacrifice of all servicemen and women.
War is a messy business, he said. "There is chaos on both sides"; yet, despite this, "young men and women offer their lives in service to all of the rest of us."
"It should be honored," he said, "and it is honored."
The Navy's bands are "so important in the life of the Navy," he said. He pointed out that they perform for ceremonies, funerals, government and public events, and "nobody does it as well as the military. They do it to a 'T'; everything is perfect, as it should be."
As good as it was to hear this veteran broadcaster compliment our Navy's bands on nationwide radio, I was even more impressed by his honest thanks for the sacrifice of all servicemen and women.
War is a messy business, he said. "There is chaos on both sides"; yet, despite this, "young men and women offer their lives in service to all of the rest of us."
"It should be honored," he said, "and it is honored."
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