Fort Lee Army Band Christmas Concert

Sunday morning Yvonne and I drove to Petersburg, Virginia to listen to the Fort Lee Army Band perform their annual Christmas concert. It was really nice! SPC Evan Bunch, one of our soldiers is a percussionist with the band. What we didn't know, was that he was also going to perform as a vocalist in a quartet. They all did a great job!




The children in the audience were treated to the First Sargent reading the story "Twas The Night Before Christmas" set to the band playing.

And, of course, what Christmas show is complete without a visit from the fat bearded guy in the red flannel suit?


After the concert Evan had to help tear down the equipment and take it back to the band hall, so being the Civil War buff I am, Yvonne and I went to see "The Crater" in Petersburg. It was the place during the Civil War that the Union engineers dug a tunnel under the Confederate line and detonated a huge amount of explosives to cut Lee's supply line from the south. I had read about the Crater years ago, but have never seen it. I have to admit, it wasn't as big as I thought it would be.


This was the entrance to the tunnel (512 feet long).


This is the crater itself.
Finally, we went back to the base, met up with Evan and, after a tour of the band hall, Evan took us out to dinner at a Chinese Buffet. Yum! By that time we were all hungry, but especially Evan!

We prayed together and then drove back to Virginia Beach. Yesterday turned out to be a really special day...