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U.S. Army Europe Band
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The American Embassy in cooperation with the cities of Kielce and Siedlce will be hosting the U.S. Army Europe Band April 11-12. Due to the period of national mourning for the death of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, the previously scheduled concerts in Swidnica, Katowice, and Krakow have been cancelled.
The United States Army Europe (USAREUR) band will be performing a wide repertoire of music including popular American melodies, jazz and swing.
The USAREUR Band under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Palmatier, is stationed at Tompkins Barracks in Schwetzingen, Germany.
The Band was originally activated in 1940.
With its partner group, the U.S. Army Europe Soldiers’ Chorus, it is the Army’s third largest musical organization, the biggest outside of the United States, and the Army’s premier musical ambassador in Europe.
The U.S. Army Europe Band and Chorus performs more than 200 times each year, and has appeared in over 20 European and Middle Eastern countries from Russia to Lebanon.
Whatever the specific requirement, the men and women of the Band and Soldiers’ Chorus continue to represent the best of the United States Army.
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