FLASH MOB: THE U.S. AIR FORCE BAND AT THE SMITHSONIAN

JESU, JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING ✝ JOY TO THE WORLD

U.S. AIR FORCE BAND CELEBRATES THE SAVIOR

Starting with a single cellist on the floor of the National Air and Space Museum’s “Milestones of Flight” gallery, and swelling to 120 musicians, The U.S. Air Force Band exhilarated museum visitors with its first-ever flash mob. The four-minute performance featured an original arrangement of “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring/Joy to the World,” led by the band’s commander and conductor, Col. Larry H. Lang. Unsuspecting museum visitors including tourists and school groups were astonished as instrumentalists streamed into the gallery from behind airplanes and space capsules, and vocalists burst into song from the Museum’s second floor balcony.”

ABOUT THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BAND

The United States Air Force Band is a U.S. military band consisting of 177 active-duty members of the United States Air Force. It is the Air Force’s premier musical organization and is based at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.

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