Another military band to perform at Boardman park

BOARDMAN — The award winning U.S. Air Force Band of Flight from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will present a free public performance at 7 p.m. Saturday at Boardman Park’s Maag Theatre.

The 45-member Concert Band is the largest single ensemble within the Band of Flight. The Concert Band performs a diverse repertoire which includes original band compositions and orchestral transcriptions, popular Broadway and show tunes, marches, and patriotic selections. The group supports the morale, welfare, and recreational aspects of military life; performs for military and civilian dignitaries; and appears at civic events in support of the Air Force Materiel Command’s community relations program.

The Band has received the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, as well as The Colonel George S. Howard Citation of Musical Excellence for Military Concert Bands presented by The John Philip Sousa Foundation.

Food concessions are available and attendees should bring lawn chairs or blankets.

The U.S. Army Field Band performed at the park last week as part of Independence Day activities.