{"id":7628,"date":"2024-11-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/?p=7628"},"modified":"2024-11-04T09:24:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:24:52","slug":"united-states-air-force-band-of-mid-america-announces-annual-holiday-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/united-states-air-force-band-of-mid-america-announces-annual-holiday-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Air Force Band of Mid-America Announces Annual Holiday Concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Emmy Award-winning US Air Force Band of Mid-America to Perform \u201cSpirit of the Season\u201d in the St. Louis Metro Area Dec 5-14<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image001-1-927x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image001-1-927x1200.jpg 927w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image001-1-495x640.jpg 495w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image001-1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image001-1-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image001-1-1024x1325.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image001-1-600x776.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image001-1.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;US Air Force Band of Mid-America&nbsp;will present its annual \u201cSpirit of the Season\u201d holiday concerts in the St. Louis metro area at the following locations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thu, Dec 5: Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, 10-11 AM &#8211; Open Rehearsal (Kirkwood, MO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fri, Dec 6: Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, 10-11 AM &#8211; Student Show<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fri, Dec 6: Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, 7 PM &#8211; currently sold out\/waitlist available<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sat, Dec 7: Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, 7 PM (St. Louis, MO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tue, Dec 10: Mascoutah High School Performing Arts Center, 7 PM (Mascoutah, IL)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wed, Dec 11: Mascoutah High School Performing Arts Center, 7 PM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fri, Dec 13: Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, 7 PM &#8211; currently sold out\/waitlist available (Lebanon, IL)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sat, Dec 14: Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, 1-2 PM &#8211; currently sold out\/waitlist available<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sat, Dec 14: Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, 7 PM &#8211; currently sold out\/waitlist available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Admission to these holiday performances is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Reserve your tickets today at&nbsp;afbandtix.org. This is a family-friendly, all-ages event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s show will include holiday favorites and music from \u201cHome Alone\u201d, \u201cElf\u201d, and \u201cCharlie Brown\u201d. We will also have special guest emcee John Ulett, KSHE on-air personality &amp; Cardinals Public Address Announcer, along with St. Louis Cardinals mascot Fredbird\u00ae in the lobby prior to the December 10 performance. Santa and Mrs. Claus will also make an appearance during the show and will be available to meet with young guests after the performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Small ensembles and Air Force representatives are available for interview related performances to promote the holiday concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>USAF Band of Mid-America<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizer of Spirit of the Season<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois in the Metro East area of St. Louis, Missouri, the United States Air Force Band of Mid-America has a long history of entertaining the American public and promoting esprit de corps within the military. The unit strives to honor veterans, inspire patriotism and the next generation of Airmen, and connect with audiences around the world through the universal language of music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States Air Force Band of Mid-America is the principal musical ambassador of Headquarters Air Mobility Command. These talented Air Force musicians have had the distinction of performing for Pope John Paul II, Presidents George W. Bush, William J. Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter, the Queen of the Netherlands, and hundreds of other US and foreign leaders. The band performs free civic outreach and recruiting concerts for audiences throughout the Midwest, playing more than 400 engagements each year. In its broader travels, the band has performed in New York City, Philadelphia, Seattle, the Gulf Coast, Germany, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, Barbados, Grenada, Guatemala, Venezuela, Bolivia, and the Azores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether recording or performing for live, radio, and television audiences, band members reflect Air Force excellence to millions of people each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.music.af.mil\/Bands\/US-Air-Force-Band-of-Mid-America\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BandOfMidAmerica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bandofmidamerica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/USAFboma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmy Award-winning US Air Force Band of Mid-America to Perform \u201cSpirit of the Season\u201d in the St. Louis Metro Area Dec 5-14 SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill The&nbsp;US Air Force Band of Mid-America&nbsp;will present its annual \u201cSpirit of the Season\u201d holiday concerts in the St. Louis metro area at the following locations: Admission to these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1,276,7],"tags":[17,12,550,609,147,19],"class_list":["post-7628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-town","category-blog","category-family","category-inside","tag-around-town-2","tag-blog-2","tag-christmas-concert","tag-concert","tag-family","tag-inside-fun"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image001-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JMKA-1Z2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7630,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7628\/revisions\/7630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}