JUNE
JUNE 7, 2024
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NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY - OMAHA BEACH
CEREMONY
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3:45pm – East Berlin Community Choir to perform prelude music
3:55pm – Special Bagpipe performance, Utah Pipes and Drums
4:00pm – MC introductions and welcome
4:02pm – National Anthem of France – All-American Band, followed by The United States National Anthem, D-Day Massed Bands and Choir, Colonel Timothy Holtan conducting
4:08pm – Scott Desjardin, Superintendent of the Normandy American Cemetery welcome
4:10pm – Student speaker – Cadet LTC Kaye Marie Alvarez ‘25 - Waimea High School JROTC
4:15pm – WWII Veterans Speaker -
4:20pm – Wreath laying ceremony, JROTC – place wreathes
Cadets – Mass Bands and Choir, Perform Hymn To the Fallen, by John Willliams, conducted by Colonel Timothy Holtan,
4:25pm - Amazing Grace – Chicago Police Pipes and Drums
4:30pm – Taps, arranged by Roger Ballenger– All-American Band, Col Timothy Holtan
4:37pm – VIP speaker, Jack London, WWII Author
4:42pm – Collegiate Mass Band/Jacksonville State University Band – joint performance
4:46pm - Joel Biggs - History Maker medal presentation
4:55pm – Special Performance, Choral performance Men’s choirs combined-Herold’s of Harmony/Atlanta Sound/Sound of Tennessee and Masters of Harmony
5:00pm – Concluding remarks




