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18 . the catoctin banner . September 2009<br />
A Very Special “Thank You”<br />
Back in 1987 when the Thurmont<br />
Board of Commissioners took the<br />
initiative of having summer band<br />
concerts in theThurmont Memorial<br />
Park, then Mayor Terry Best<br />
appointed me as concert coordinator.<br />
In accepting the position I informed<br />
Mr. Best that I would not only get the<br />
area bands involved in concerts but<br />
would make a very special effort to<br />
obtain some military bands as well.<br />
Mr. Best was quick to respond,<br />
“Good luck, George, with your efforts<br />
in obtaining military bands. They are<br />
hard to come by.”<br />
As editor of the Catoctin<br />
Enterprise, I became associated<br />
with Fort Ritchie, being invited to<br />
their special events, promotions,<br />
retirements, etc. Music for these<br />
events was furnished by the First<br />
United States Army Band, based at<br />
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.<br />
While visiting Fort Ritchie one day<br />
for a special ceremony, I contacted<br />
the Conductor of the First Army<br />
Band and requested a concert for<br />
Thurmont. Several days after my<br />
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request was entered, I received a<br />
confirmation from Commander<br />
Edward A. Greene that the band<br />
would be in Thurmont on Sunday,<br />
June 7, 1987 for a concert in<br />
Memorial Park beginning at 6:00 p.m.<br />
The First United States Army<br />
Band first appeared in Thurmont on<br />
Sunday June 7, 1987 and became a<br />
regular participant in Thurmont’s summer<br />
concert series until 1995, when it was<br />
inactivated. Thurmont was honored to<br />
host the very last public concert of the<br />
First United States Army Band at Catoctin<br />
High School on March 13, 1995.<br />
In August 1991, a unit of the United<br />
States Navy Band, the Sea Chanters,<br />
presented a concert in Memorial Park.<br />
When the First United States Army<br />
Band was inactivated, the 389th Army<br />
Band, stationed at Aberdeen Proving<br />
Ground, provided musical support for<br />
Fort Meade and also became a part of<br />
Thurmont’s concert series for several<br />
years.<br />
Thanks to George and Bettie<br />
Delaplaine who were sponsors of the<br />
military band concerts in Frederick,<br />
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I was successful in getting the United<br />
States Air Force Heritage of America<br />
Band, of Langley Air Force Base,<br />
Virginia for a concert at Catoctin<br />
High School on February 26, 1997.<br />
This outstanding musical organization<br />
has become the standard by which<br />
other military bands are judged.<br />
Thurmont is indeed very fortunate to<br />
have the Heritage of America Band<br />
as a very active participant in their<br />
concert series. This 60-member band<br />
has a number of individual units...<br />
The Tradewinds Quintet, Heritage<br />
Brass Quintet, Heritage Aire Celtic<br />
Ensemble. and the most recent, the<br />
Heritage “Satellite” Jazz Ensemble.<br />
All of these units have appeared in<br />
concert in Thurmont.<br />
Pictured to the right, Major<br />
Douglas Monroe, Commander and<br />
Conductor of the United States Air<br />
Force Heritage of America Band,<br />
will be bringing the band to Catoctin<br />
High School on Friday October 9 for<br />
their 6th performance in Thurmont.<br />
The United States Air Force Heritage<br />
of America Band, based at Langley<br />
Air Force Base, Virginia has indeed<br />
played a major role in the musical<br />
life of the citizens of Thurmont.<br />
The Commissioners of Thurmont<br />
take great pride in sponsoring this<br />
outstanding organization.<br />
The citizens of Thurmont join me<br />
in extending a very special “THANK<br />
YOU” to the United States Air<br />
Force Heritage of America Band for<br />
including Thurmont in their concert<br />
tour...our door is always open.
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