Music for the soul

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C.- Senior Airman Les Fowler plays the xylophone during the U. S. Air Force Heritage of America Band performance at the Paramount Theater in Goldsboro, May 19, 2011. Airman Fowler is a regional band specialist and has been a member of the Heritage of America Band since September 2008. Airman Fowler is a native of Towanda, Penn. (U. S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Lambert)

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SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C.- Staff Sgt Jonathan Rattay plays the trumpet during the U. S. Air Force Heritage of America Band performance at the Paramount Theater in Goldsboro, May 19, 2011. Sergeant Rattay is a regional band craftsman and is a native of Plano, Texas. (U. S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Lambert)

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Music for the soul

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C.- The U. S. Air Force Heritage of America Band performs at Paramount Theater for citizens of Goldsboro, May 19, 2011. The band has 45 active duty Airmen that auditioned and were accepted into the band before attending basic military training. (U. S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Lambert)

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SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C.- Major Jeffery Warner conducts the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band performance at the Paramount Theater in Goldsboro, May 19, 2011. The band was created by order of the Secretary of War Oct. 1, 1941. The band is stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Va. Major Warner is the regional band commander and is a native of St Cloud, Fl. (U. S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Lambert)

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SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE; N.C.- Staff Sgt. Natalie Madison sings, 'Til You Come Back To Me' during the U. S. Air Force Heritage of America Band performance at the Paramount Theater in Goldsboro, May 19, 2011. Sergeant Madison, regional band journeyman, enlisted in the Air Force in 1999 and is a native of Central Islip, N.Y. (U. S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Lambert)

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SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C.- Audience members applaud the U. S. Air Force Heritage of America Band after their performance at the Paramount Theater in Goldsboro, May 19, 2011. The band performs more than 300 shows per-year from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. (U. S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Lambert)

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Music for the soul

Published May 23, 2011
By Senior Airman Whitney Lambert
4TH Fighter Wing Public Affairs

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Members of Team Seymour and the Goldsboro community sold out tickets to The Paramount Theater in Goldsboro, N.C. to see the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band, May 19, 2011. The band has 45 active duty Airmen and all musicians auditioned and were accepted into the band before attending basic military training. The band was one of the original Army Air Corps bands, created Oct. 1, 1941 by order of the Secretary of War. The mission of the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band is to organize, train and deploy professional Airman musicians, harnessing the power of music to inspire immediate, positive and long-lasting impressions of the United States Air Force and the United States of America in the hearts and minds of audiences worldwide. The band is currently stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Va.