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Hello and welcome to Around the Air

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Force . The holidays are a busy time of

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year for the Air Force band . It's also

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their chance to shine staff sergeant

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brad system takes us to their most

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recent performance . The

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holiday season is in full swing . Yeah

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for the Air Force band things couldn't

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be more married . 100 . And

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the air force band I think is one of

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the most exciting components of the air

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force . It's a group of fully trained

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musicians who demonstrate the expertise

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and the precision that the entire air

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force contained .

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Master Sergeant Tracey Mcdonald is the

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principal oboist in the band .

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I've been playing the Elbow since I was

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about 14 . I started on saxophone when

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I was 12 and then switch . So I'm 36 .

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So a long time

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The Air Force band invited over 3000

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students from the Washington D . C .

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area to their opening show of the

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holiday season . But Sergeant MacDonald

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was more excited about her two

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daughters attending the show . It was

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wonderful I was so happy to have them

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in the audience here so they could

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experience the excitement of . Our

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holiday concerts for the holiday

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concert included holiday favorites from

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the nutcracker .

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12 days of christmas

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and jingle bells , reporting from

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Constitution Hall in Washington D . C .

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I'm Staff Sergeant brad Sison for

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around the Air Force . I'm Staff

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Sergeant Mike Hutchinson . That

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happened