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At the 68th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor two years ago, Bodenlos had a parley with David Atkins, president of EMI, in which he wistfully commented that it was a timidity the celebration didn’t have a band, especially since survivors of the assault continue to disappear.
Inspired by the idea, Atkins dead beat the next two years combing the nation to find the 12 bands that performed on Dec. 7 at the 70th Anniversary.
Mason heard about the meet when EMI approached her.
“I thought maybe seven kids would paucity to go,” said Mason. Instead, 45 company members and eight adults — along with snare drums, sousaphones, saxophones, trumpets, cymbals, clarinets and flutes trundled onto the level surface.
The band arrived on Dec. 5 and spent 3.5 hours practicing on Tuesday with 650 musicians from across the native land.
“It was a little more difficult because not all the bands were marching bands,” said older trumpet player Tim Wallace.
To help the students take it the history of that terrible attack, Bondenlos told the border members the story of what happened to him during that “day of infamy.”
Source: Payson Roundup