NBHS Band and Chorus Trip to Washington DC

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There are video clips of the band and chorus performances along with the pictures below

Click Here for a Slide Show of all (select Run)

Page 2 of pictures here (from Ms. Nuhn)

Departing Thursday Morning
Union Station in DC for Lunch (too Rainy for Baltimore harbor)
   
Arrival at the hotel
   
Departing for dinner after unpacking
   
Back to the hotel for an ice cream social
 
Friday breakfast
     
Dressed and ready to go to the National Mall for a tour before performing.  The band and chorus split up for the morning (sorry no pictures of the band performance or similar tour of the National Mall)
   
We unload and start off at the Lincoln memorial.  Stephen is our guide
First stop the Korean War Memorial
Back to the Lincoln Memorial
Next to the Vietnam Memorial
Next the Nurses Memorial
On to the WWII memorial (some cute duckys on the way)
Next to the Washington Memorial
A quick dash through the American History Museum just for lunch
     

The Chorus Performs at the Vienna Presbyterian Church

Click here for a video of the Chorus Performance

Click here for the Select Chorus Performance

We rejoin the band for our performance at the Lincoln memorial.  We had to wait quite a while for the equipment setup and inspection by the Park Service Ranger (PAINFUL!!)
 

Full Chorus Performance (some wind and aircraft noise)

Select Chorus Performance

The Band Performs after the Chorus

The Concert Band Performance

(some really annoying tourists)

   
Dinner at Red Hot and Blues then back to the Hotel
Saturday Award Ceremony.  The Band, Chorus and select Chorus each received awards.  The entire group received the overall Esprit De Corps Award for outstanding attitude
   
Off to the National Zoo then the Air and Space Museum
 
Getting decked out for Saturday dinner at The Fish Market in Old Town Alexandria followed by a Monument Cruise
 
A quick speech
The Cruise
   
Packed up to leave on Sunday Morning
Arrival at Arlington National Cemetary