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SRA JON-MARC DALE: MY
BEGINNING WITH STARLIFTER

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WAS BASICALLY SUBING FOR
SOMEONE WHO COULD NOT

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DEPLOY AND IT WAS KIND OF
AN EXCITING TIME. OH BOY,

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I'M ABOUT TO GET DEPLOYED
AND ABOUT TO JOIN THIS

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GROUP AGAIN, WHICH I FIRST
INITIALLY STARTED IN

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STARLIFTER AND THIS WAS
THE SECOND TIME I HAD BEEN

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IN THIS GROUP. WE KIND OF
GOT TOGETHER AND WE WERE

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NERVOUS AND EXCITED AND
IT WAS LIKE "WHAT KIND OF

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MUSIC DIRECTION DO WE WANT
TO TAKE? DO WE WANT TO BE

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EXCITING? DO WE WANT TO
BE FLASHY AND SHOWY" MY

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THOUGHT WAS THAT I COULD
BE THE FIRST DRUMMER IN

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THE AIR FORCE BAND CAREER
FIELD TO REALLY MAKE THE

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AUDIENCE SMILE EVERYTIME
WE WENT ON THE

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STAGE...THROW STICKS IN
THE AIR, DO A SILLY DRUM

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SOLO... AS PART OF WHAT
I'VE BEEN DOING IN THIS

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BAND IS TOTALLY DEVELOPING
MY ABILITY TO ENTERTAIN

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THE AUDIENCE. ESPECIALLY
SINCE WE DEPLOYED, I GOT A

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CHANCE TO DO THAT EVERYDAY
FOR OUR DEPLOYED TROOPS,

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WHICH WAS A SIMPLE JOY
EVERYDAY TO DO. ONE OF THE

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MANY THINGS THAT I'VE COME
TO LEARN ABOUT PLAYING

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WITH THIS BAND IS THAT THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING IS

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THE WINGMAN BESIDE YOU.
IT'S THE PLAYING, IT'S THE

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PERFORMING, IT'S THE
SHOWING THE EXCELLENCE OF

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WHAT WE DO EVERYDAY THAT
REALLY...MY VIEW OF

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PLAYING MUSIC HAS TOTALLY
CHANGED EVER SINCE I

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JOINED THIS BAND AND IT'S
NOT JUST ABOUT ME AND WHAT

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I WANT OUT OF THE MUSIC.
IT'S WHAT I CAN DO FOR

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THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD
A BAD DAY, WHO'VE HAD

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FRIENDS THEY'VE LOST,
PEOPLE WHO MAYBE AREN'T

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GETTING EVERYTHING THEY
WANT IN A TOUGH DAY AND

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THE FACT THAT THEY CAN
COME HEAR ME PLAY DRUMS

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AND DO SOMETHING
SILLY...YOU KNOW, IT'S

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SOMETHING THAT I HOLD
PRETTY DEAR TO MY HEART AT

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THIS POINT AND I'M VERY
GRATEFUL TO GET THIS

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CHANCE TO DO THIS AS OFTEN
AS I GET TO DO THIS AND

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HOPE TO CONTINUE ON.