The Sounds of Summer

What better way to spend a warm summer evening than laying on blanket, catching the cool breeze of the Hudson River, and listening to the majestic music of the West Point Band? The band’s Trophy Point summer concerts commence on June 22 with a performance titled “Are You Ready for the Country?” “An Evening at the Movies” follows on June 29 before the annual “Independence Day Celebration” on July 4, culminating in a fireworks display. There’s a kids’ night on July 13, a military music night on July 20, a night of soul on July 27, and a night of dancing on August 3. The Trophy Point schedule concludes on August 31 with the traditional “Labor Day Celebration,” complete with fireworks.

The West Point Band is the Army’s oldest musical organization, tracing its lineage back to a single drummer and fifer who was left to perform military music at the West Point installation after the Revolutionary War. Today, the band fulfills more than 1,600 official missions each year, including parades, patriotic ceremonies, and TV performances—but its primary mission is to provide world-class musical support to the United States Corps of Cadets.

Check out the West Point Band’s entire summer schedule (including off-Post sites) by clicking here.

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