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Concert at Kennedy Center’s REACH Opening Festival

This Saturday, Sept. 7, the Marine Band will perform a free concert at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., at 11 a.m. outside on the North Plaza. The free performance is part of the center’s REACH Opening Festival, 16 days celebrating the new expansion of the Center’s campus called the REACH. The program of music

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Gunnery Sgt. Stacie Crowther, assistant drum major, “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band, renders a salute during a Friday Evening Parade at Marine Barracks Washington D.C., May 11, 2018. - Gunnery Sgt. Stacie Crowther, assistant drum major, “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band, renders a salute during a Friday Evening Parade at Marine Barracks Washington D.C., May 11, 2018. The guest of honor for the parade was Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan and was hosted by the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Glenn M. Walters. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert Knapp/Released)

Farewell to Outgoing Assistant Drum Major

In the summer of 2017, then-Gunnery Sgt. Stacie Crowther led the Marine Band as the first female Assistant Drum Major for “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. She had auditioned for and won the position in Fall 2016 and reported for duty in March 2017. Now as a Master Sergeant, Crowther will move on to a new role: Bandmaster for the Quantico Marine Band.

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