I don’t want to get ahead of what I’ve been doing. One thing I haven’t been doing is blogging. I’ll work on it. I am on R&R right now, but I will leave that story for the next blog.
Prior to going on R&R, my brass quintet took a trip to FOB Marez near Mosul, Iraq. While we were there we were able to play at the dining facilities and shopping area, but our primary mission and reason we took the trip was to be part of a larger recital with local Iraqi musicians. The trip was a very unique experience that has so far been the highlight of my time in Iraq. For the entire quintet, this was our first time to leave to confines of a military post and convoy through Iraq. It was about a two hour ride from our base to the town north of Mosul. I think everyone got something out of it. The community we played in was very receptive to our presence there, even with the tight security surrounding the building. It’s pretty cool to be able to travel around to different areas in Iraq. We’ve been lucky that no incidents have happened during our travels. Pictures should be up by the end of the week of my travels. Here is a link to a short story about our performance. http://dvidshub.net/?script=video/video_show.php&id=56987
1 comments:
yay for an update (even though I've seen you over the past week!) I like the video!
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