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April Audio Includes Winner of Sousa’s March Mania

This month’s March of the Month is Johannes Hanssen’s Valdres march, the winner of the 2015 Sousa’s March Mania. The second Norwegian march to make it into the championship match and upset “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” Valdres moved through the March Mania bracket as an eighth seed upsetting each march it faced, beginning with the number one

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March 8, 2015, at Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Alexandria, Va., the Marine Band performed the concert "From the Land of the Northern Lights" featuring music by Scandinavian composers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Rust/released) - Maj. Michelle A. Rakers will conduct the Marine Band during the concert "Movie Night" at 2 p.m., Sunday, April 19, in Wilmington, Del. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Rust/released)

Third Time's The Charm for Delaware Concert

The first time the Marine Band was scheduled to perform at Mount Pleasant High School in Wilmington, Del., sponsored by band director Brian Drumbore, it was at the end of the 2012 National Concert Tour. As Hurricane Sandy barreled her way up the East coast, the impending bad weather forced the cancellation of the concert. A year later, the Marine

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Iwo Jima survivor William Young at the Iwo Jima Memorial Ceremony held at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va. Young wears his uniform issued 73 years ago. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Ghadiali/released) - Iwo Jima survivor William Young at the Iwo Jima Memorial Ceremony held at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va. Young wears his uniform issued 73 years ago. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Ghadiali/released)

Marine Band Honors Iwo Jima Survivors

Seventy years ago, they charged the black sands of an island in the Pacific. But this week, the surviving warriors of Iwo Jima reunited for reminiscing and camaraderie at the Iwo Jima Association reunion in Washington, D.C. On Thursday, Feb. 19—the 70th anniversary of Operation Detachment—more than 200 Marines, family members, friends, and

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