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(cymbal crash)

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(fanfare music)

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- Music is truly a universal language,

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speaks to people regardless of where they are.

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(fanfare music)

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In the United States Army, the bands started out,

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as they did in many countries, as signal devices.

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The bugle calls and the drums were used

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to move people around the battlefield.

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And they eventually evolved into what we have now.

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(drum roll)

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(cymbal crash)

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We are morale support for families

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when loved ones are deployed.

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We handle first and last honors for service members.

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And we travel all over the world

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to act as a cultural outreach for the United States

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and the United States Army.

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(dramatic music)

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I grew up in a musical family.

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So, the opportunity to do this

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in different places in the world

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that my parents would never see

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is always pretty special when I go out on stage

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and work with our soldiers and help bringing our message

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to the public regardless of where we are.

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(audience applauding)

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We have far more things in common

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than there are different, and those are the conversations

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that we like to start with our music.

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And the more that we can find things in common,

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I think the better off the world will be.

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(dramatic music)