Goose Creek band and chorus perform in Washington, DC

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCSC) – A Lowcountry band and refrain took a visit to Washington D.C. final month and carried out outdoors of the Lincoln Memorial, bringing historical past and music collectively.

4 of the Goose Creek band and refrain college students had been requested to participate within the ceremony of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by presenting and laying a wreath.

“It was surreal,” choir pupil Melvin Mikell says. “It was a extremely breathtaking expertise; you needed to actually sit down and take all of it in for it to register.”

The scholars sang and carried out not solely on the Lincoln Memorial, however the band additionally performed on the World Struggle II Memorial.

“It was a good time; we obtained to sightsee, we obtained to go to museums, and we simply spent a variety of high quality time collectively,” choir member Jordyn Francis says. “It was a extremely satisfying expertise.”

The 4 college students, together with Brandon Burgess, who offered the wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier says getting up close to the guards was very nerve-wracking.

“It was the warmest day and we needed to stroll up a protracted hill, but it surely was price it after attending to see the view once you get to love the highest of the steps,” Burgess says. “It was it was wonderful, stunning.”

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