Senior Chief Musician Thomas Wheeler from Millersburg, Ohio, Chief Musician Pamela Blakely from Rochester, New York, and Musician 1st Class Ava Conway from Los Angeles, California, perform with the U.S. Navy Band at the First Baptist Church of Opelika in Alabama. To celebrate the U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary and the Navy Band’s centennial, the Navy Concert Band, Sea Chanters chorus and Cruisers popular music group, joined forces for a series of performances across North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Virginia. The band performed 18 public concerts and two school concerts during the 23-day tour. (U.S. Navy photo by Musician 1st Class Anastasia Bonotto)
