The bands made the trip every three years, rotating with the Hickam Air Force Base Band and the Schofield Barracks Army Band. The band travels with the Barbers Point Naval Air Station Band to the South Pacific to commemorate the battle of the Coral Sea. Engagements include South Korea, Guam, the Philippines and Okinawa.
The band travels extensively, representing Commander in Chief, U.S.
Pacific Fleet Band operates from a building at Supply Base Pearl Harbor, just inside the Halawa Gate. In the weeks following December 7, the participants vote to posthumously award the tournament trophy to Navy Band Unit 22, renaming it the Arizona Trophy. The final round of the Battle of Music competition is cancelled. The entire Arizona band, while at battle stations passing ammunition under gun turret number one, is killed during the attack. While the band from USS Nevada (BB 36) plays Morning Colors, the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor commences. The Pennsylvania band is the winner that evening. Several members of the Arizona band attend the contest to see their upcoming competition, and to visit with Navy School of Music shipmates assigned to the Tennessee band. The band from USS Detroit (CL 8) was scheduled to compete, but their ship deployed a few days earlier. They place second behind the Marine Barracks Band.īands from USS Pennsylvania (BB 38), USS Tennessee (BB 43) and USS Argonne (AG 31) compete in the Battle of Music. Navy Band Unit 22 competes in the first semifinal round of the Battle of Music. The USS Arizona (BB 39) band, Navy Band Unit 22, wins the first round of the competition. Each band competes with a swing number, a ballad and a specialty tune, and performs for a jitterbug contest. Four bands compete in each round for the chance to compete in the final round of the competition. Held every two weeks, the Battle of Music features Navy bands from capitol ships homeported in Pearl Harbor, and bands attached to shore installations in Hawaii. The Battle of Music band competition begins in Pearl Harbor Naval Station’s Bloch Arena. Pacific Fleet Band (Unit 56) forms when the Pacific Fleet headquarters is established at Pearl Harbor.
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