US Air Force Band to perform in Kolkata

Kolkata, Mar 7 (UNI) ''Pacific Trends'', the famous United States Air Force band of the Pacific-Asia, arrives here on a three-day visit to the city on March 10 to perform for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the Indian Air Force.

The eight-member team with Major Daniel L. Price as the Band Commander will perform at Tollygunge Club, American Center and at the Calcutta School of Music in front of capacity audiences during its sojourn. The team will also hold a master class at the Calcutta School of Music on the concluding day, sources at the US Deputy Mission in the city informed today.

This multi-talented group which regularly travels across the Far East to perform for troops' morale boosting concerts and at community relations concerts, will treat audiences to a taste of American popular music including the hit songs from the 1960s through the new millennium, the sources added.

The band which gives some 400 performances every year, had performed in a number of countries around the world including Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Guam, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and Laos besides Korea, Japan and several European countries.

UNI