Tate Showband Peforms At NAS Event; Next Year It’s Off To Pearl Harbor

December 8, 2015

A Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony was held Monday at the National Museum of Naval Aviation aboard Pensacola Naval Air Station.  Monday was the 74th anniversary of the attack that pushed the United States into World War II.

The Tate High School Vocal Jazz Ensemble and members of the Tate Showband of the South performed at Monday’s event, a decade-long tradition.

Next year, on the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, the Tate Showband won’t perform at the Pensacola ceremony — the Showband will be performing at Pearl Harbor.

The Tate High School Showband of the South is headed to Hawaii in December 2016 to take part in the 75th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Mass Band. They will join bands from around the United States and Japan in a concert commemorating the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The mass band, including the Tate Showband, will perform on the pier of the U.S.S Battleship Missouri in a worldwide live webcast “Gift of Music” concert on December 7, 2016. The trip was announced more than a year in advance to give the Band Boosters and band members a chance to raise the funds needed for the 215 member band. The trip is estimated to cost from $2,000 to $2,500 per band member.

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One Response to “Tate Showband Peforms At NAS Event; Next Year It’s Off To Pearl Harbor”

  1. catman on December 8th, 2015 5:21 pm

    Congrats. to all the band members from the “Show Band Of The South” this was a great honor. Next year is going to be a greater honor. Don’t know about you folks but I am one proud alumni from Tate High. No greater honor you will ever get than this. Make us proud I know you will!