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(Jingle bell tune plays)

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- [Narrator] Celebrating
the season with music

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and family is not uncommon

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when the 380th band is rocking

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around the Christmas tree.

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And for pawn four,

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a four piece popular music
entertainment ensemble,

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family, is all in a day's work.

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- I actually didn't realize it.

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(trumpeting)

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- [Narrator] Sergeant First Class Delica

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has been with the band three years

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but was shocked when he made
the startling revelation.

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- I would say after a
couple of battle assemblies,

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I'm like wait, there's two of you?

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What?
(laughs)

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- [Narrator] That's
right, not one, but two

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Sergeant Tuckers perform in the band.

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- Hi, I'm Sergeant Courtney Tucker,

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with the 380th Army Band

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and I play guitar and clarinet.

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- Hi, my name is Sergeant Rhea Tucker,

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I'm with the 380th Army Band

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and I play base guitar.

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- [Narrator] The Tuckers
joined the Army Reserve

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nine years ago and from birth,

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to military basic training,

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these soldiers have shared their lives

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and talent together every step of the way.

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- We've been doing music our whole lives,

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so we started when we were ten,

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we did it all throughout
middle school, high school.

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- I picked up guitar at
the end of high school

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and I've just been doing it ever since.

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- [Narrator] Both sisters graduated from

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George Mason University
with Music degrees.

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But what really struck
a chord with Rhea was,

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- Well 'cause she got a guitar

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and got attention, and so,

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(laughs)

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so I was just like

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oh I'm just gonna play base

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and say I've always liked the base,

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but it was just simpler than
having like six strings,

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it was just four and it was just easy.

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- This group actually is kind
of a new and budding group

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so we haven't had many
exposures too many times

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but when we have, we have gotten that

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response quite a bit from the crowd.

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They're surprised to see twins

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and to be able to see the
talent that they have,

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that they provide to the unit,

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it's been fantastic.

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(band music)

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- [Narrator] While the US
Army Band's primary mission

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is providing musical
support for the troops,

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during the holiday season it's
important for us to remember

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the community that sacrificed before us.

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- Especially the people
who may not be able to

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have family come visit,

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we want to say happy holidays,

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we really enjoyed playing with you all

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and thank you so much.

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(Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer tune)