Navy bands have always faced obstacles. Scheduling errors, grounded airplanes, inadequate lodging, concerts before hostile audiences in foreign ports on stages the size of coffee tables--everything goes wrong, but the show goes on.
Today's bands are adapting as never before to meet the vital concerns about our national health, unleashing new technologies to meet the challenges of concerts, ceremonies, Fleet Weeks, and Navy Birthday celebrations.
Navy Band Southwest's participation in San Francisco's Fleet Week, leading up to the 245th Navy Birthday, showed that performances may be virtual, but the music and spirit are real.
