D-Day Memorial Concert

Washington, DC | June 6, 2018

Featuring the D-Day Memorial Wind Band

Music Celebrations International is pleased to partner with the Friends of the National World War II Memorial to commemorate the 74th anni-versary of D-Day. The D-Day Commemoration Ceremony and Wreath Presentation will take place at the National World War II Memorial on June 6, 2018. The ceremony will feature the Music Celebrations Inter-national D-Day Memorial Wind Band - a mass band consisting of en-sembles and musicians from across the United States invited to visit our nation’s capital and join together to perform as part of this once-in-a-lifetime experience.

The D-Day Memorial Wind Band will be conducted by D-Day Veteran and Director Emeritus of the United States Air Force Band, Retired Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel (Ret.) and Colonel Dennis M. Layendecker; D.M.A.; Col. USAF (Ret.).

Join us as we salute the heroes of the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

THEY FOUGHT NOT FOR THE LUST OF CONQUEST. THEY FIGHT TO END CONQUEST.

THEY FIGHT TO LIBERATE

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Afternoon arrival in Washington, D.C.Meet your Tour Manager, who will escort the group through the duration of your activitiesTake a panoramic motorcoach tour of Historic Washington, D.C.Check into your hotelD-Day Memorial Wind Band Welcome DinnerTake an evening walking tour of the Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, and National World War II Memorials, as well as a view of the outside of the Washington MonumentReturn to the hotel for overnight

Breakfast at the hotel and check-outPerformance of the D-Day Memorial Wind Band at the D-Day Commemoration and Wreath Presentation, present-ed by Friends of the World War II MemorialLunch, on ownFollowing the performance, last-minute sightseeing as time allowsDepart for home

Breakfast at the hotelParticipate in a D-Day Memorial Wind Band rehearsal Lunch, on ownTake a tour of one of the Smithsonian Institution MuseumsVisit Arlington National Cemetery and participate in a special wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (pending confirmation)Dinner at a local restaurantParticipate in a D-Day Memorial Wind Band rehearsalReturn to the hotel for overnight

DAY ONE: MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2018

DAY TWO: TUESDAY, JUNE 5

DAY THREE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6

Sample Itinerary

This is a very flexible itinerary. Longer or shorter options are possible. Except for confirmed appointments and performanc-es, the places of interest and the sequence of sightseeing might be changed if necessary or desirable. In the event of an un-avoidable conflict in the performance and the sightseeing sched-ule, the concert schedule will prevail, and it may be necessary to exclude some sightseeing activities.

Commemorate the anniversary of d-day in washington, DC

Arlington National Cemetery

Marine Corps War Memorial

FDR Memorial

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