This afternoon my friends and I went to see a band performance of the Kings county American Legion Headquarters Band. I went to this performance because Mr.Liccardi , my band teacher, told us that he would be conducting and performing in this get together on 18th avenue and 84th street.
It was interesing to see how influential music really is to society. Irwin Meyer, a 92 year old conductor, grew up aound music all of his life. His sister was a rockette and his family was into classical music.
Irwin contributed to society by serving in World War Two and saw action in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific theaters and participated in four "D" Days.
Irwin has lived a long life and is conducting a volunteer band. Music brings him enjoyment and is extremely important to him. Along with him, many people in this volunteer band contribute to sociey and our community by bringing the joyness of music to everyday life.
Seeing the commitment and the effort the poeple,especially Irwin, puts into this band inspires me. I saw the percussion section , the section I play in at band, act free and enjoy the music they play. This inspired me to love the percussion section even more.
This band pertains to humanities because Irwin, along with the rest of the band, contributed music, effort, and inspiration to society and to the community.
This band is not only about playing music they love but about the people in the band that make a difference to humanities. The performers are once again volunteers who grew up with music around them, fought in the wars to help society, police officers who help defend our nation, bring the community happiness with their instruments, and restoration and care to society.
If this isn't inspirational...I don't know what is?
I attended this performance with you and it was very inspirational as you said. Irving is in great shape especially at 92 years old and remains a great conductor. It's funny to see our band conductor, Mr. Licciardi, being the one conducted and playing the instrument. I enjoyed the performance very much especially the atmosphere of such a historical building that has been through so much and is still standing strong.
ReplyDeleteFABIA! ok so i love your blog its crazy how we both kinda said the same thing but in different ways- i obviously agree with you and ant 100%. i loved the part, and i forgot to mention this in my blog, when as you mentioned all the war veterans stood up and participated in the band and in the audience =)
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