Wolf Trap: 2016 Summer Blast Off! "The President's Own" United States Marine Band with Fireworks!

2016 SUMMER BLAST OFF!
"THE PRESIDENT'S OWN"
UNITED STATES MARINE BAND
WITH FIREWORKS!

"The President's Own" United States Marine Band will launch Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts' summer season with a program of concert band favorites. A fireworks display will follow the concert.

Gates open at 6:30 pm for Lawn (90 minutes prior to curtain)
Fireworks viewing area opens following the performance, at approximately 9:30 pm 
Fireworks begin at approximately 9:45 pm

This year’s concert is packed with popular and classical favorites including patriotic marches, a dazzling Ragtime solo feature, a brand new arrangement of music from the hit Broadway show Guys and Dolls and, of course, Tchaikovsky’s iconic 1812 Overture. As always, the musical extravaganza is capped with one of the best fireworks displays of the year. 

FILLMORE | March, "Americans We" 
CANFIELD | Yankee Doodle Fanfareture 
WILLIAMS/ trans. Lavender | The Patriot 
CAMPHOUSE | Yosemite Autumn 
arranged NINMER* | Scenario from Guys and Dolls 
Master Sgt. Kevin Bennear, baritone, and Gunnery Sgt. Sara Sheffield, mezzo-soprano 
arranged NOWLIN* | "Amazing Grace" 
Master Sgt. Kevin Bennear, baritone, and Gunnery Sgt. Sara Sheffield, mezzo-soprano 
TCHAIKOVSKY/ trans. D. Patterson* | Overture Solennelle, "1812," Opus 49 
SOUSA* | March, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" 
arranged KNOX* | A Salute to the Armed Forces of the United States of America