Travis Brass

This is the outside of our Performing Arts Center. It is at the College of the Canyons in Valencia.

I have viewed a few performances at the PAC before, including Rocky Horror, The Nutcracker and (most recently) The Air Force Band of the Golden West.

When we saw that the Travis Brass (which is part of The Air Force Band of the Golden West) were going to be performing a free concert, we decided to try to attend.

I left work a little early and we got to the venue in plenty of time.

There were only 5 members who make up the Travis Brass and what they told us during the concert, is that the main band breaks up into about 4 or 5 mini bands and so they can travel to more cities.

Sharing their mission and their message, is obviously big to them.

They played many Sousa tunes, some patriotic ones of course and the final medley was the service branch theme songs. My Husband loves standing up when the Army song is played. If you care, the Army and the Air Force were the two branches with the most service members in attendance.

The show went from 8P to 9:30P. Long enough to be interesting, but short enough to keep people from falling asleep.

A nice free evening...win once again.

Here is what they played:

National Anthem
Liberty Fanfare (Composed by John Williams for the 100th Birthday of the Statue of Liberty in 1986)
"America" (West Side Story)
National Emblem
Irish Tune from County Derry
"Amazing Grace"
Washington Post March (Sousa)

God Bless the USA
America The Beautiful
Battle Hymm
Armed Forces Medley
A Sousa Collection