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The Marine Band 364 has twelve holes and is available is the natural keys of C, G, and D only. [9] The Marine Band 365 has fourteen holes and is available in keys C and G only. [9] The Marine Band Soloist (364s) is the same as a twelve-hole chromatic harmonica without a button.
There were six watch teams on most Royal Navy vessels, divided into three "deck" teams and three "aloft" teams. The aloft teams were manned by sailors known as "topmen" and were considered the most experienced men aboard. In all, the six watch teams were as follows: [citation needed] Aloft: Fore topmen, main topmen, mizzen topmen
The use of red in musician's uniforms is maintained to varying degrees by U.S. military bands today, as seen in the uniforms of the U.S. Marine Corps Band, the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, and in the peaked hats of the U.S. Army Band which are colored red in contrast to the ...
The Band Service are notable for performing the theme music from Gerry Anderson's successful 1965 TV series Thunderbirds, in the final scene from his 1966 film Thunderbirds Are Go. The band performed the music on the parade ground of the Royal Marines Depot, Deal, where they marched under the leadership of their Senior Drum Major Charles H. Bowden.
The last piece Sousa conducted while leader of the Marine Band was "Hail, Columbia". [6]: 17 [10] At the White House lawn, he was presented with the baton as token of the respect and esteem of the bandsmen. [3]: 55 The presentation was made by Walter F. Smith, a member of the Marine Band who was resigning with Sousa to join his new band.
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When the U.S. Marine Corps authorized their first Marine Corps marksmanship competition badges in 1908, they used the pendant of the U.S. Army's 1907 designed Team Marksmanship Badges; however, the Marines used a unique brooch that had the name "MARINE CORPS" etch within it to help set it apart from the U.S. Army's 1907 version.