The Lexington community was treated last night to a free brass concert by "Vector"--a newly-formed ensemble of the United States Air Force Band. The venue was the impressive Jackson Memorial Hall, an austere ediface on the campus (properly, the post) of the Virginia Military Institute, that has the proportions of a gothic cathedral seating over a thousand.
Vector opened with a jazz number, followed by the National Anthem (everyone stood--some with hand on heart). And then the band played a rollicking mixture of Latin tunes, swing and rock-n-roll, bowing out with a stirring medley of United States armed forces songs: the caissons went rolling along...from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli......from the perils on the sea...into the wild blue yonder! Members and former members of the armed forces stood, the crowd clapped in rhythm, and the night air rang with patriotism and joy.
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