Free Holiday Concert
The Grant County Community Concert Association presents the 1st Armored Division Band on Sunday, December 14th in the WNMU Fine Arts Theater at 3 PM.
The 1st Armored Division Band is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Stationed at Fort Bliss outside El Paso, "Old Ironsides" traces its heritage from 1943, when it was activated in the early days of World War II.
To this band, however, music was often a sideline as division bands were used as infantry units during World War II. The majority of the band's time was not spent in rehearsing and performing, but in guarding supplies or headquarters installations. Throughout the decades they have been deactivated and reactivated several times, being deployed to war-torn regions around the globe including Korea, Kuwait, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Kosovo to name few. At each deployment they provided support and performed for troops and dignitaries always embodying their motto "Performance with Pride".
This concert is free, no tickets required. Please join us for a tribute to the holidays.
A special thanks to concert sponsors: WNMU, 1st New Mexico Bank, and co-sponsors the American Legion Allingham-Golding Post 18.
For more information call 575-538-5862 or go to www.gcconcerts.org
