Photo By Spc. Ben Pennington | Kaiserslautern, Germany. Maj. Randall S. Bartel converses with Capt. Wolfgang Deitrich after conducting the US Army Europe Band and Chorus and the Heeresmusikkorps Koblenz military bands at the 2019 German American Friendship Concert. Photo by SPC Ben Pennington, US Army Europe Band and Chorus, released. see less
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October 3rd, Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern. The Kaiserslautern Military Community celebrated another year of collaboration, support and friendship with the 2019 German American Friendship Concert. A full house came to enjoy a program featuring musicians from both the US Army Europe Band and Chorus and the Heeresmusikkorps Koblenz with both commanders taking turns conducting a wide variety of musical selections. The US Army Europe Soldiers' Chorus took the stage for the second half and entertained with a high-energy choreographed set going back to the hits of Motown and Elvis Presley. The biggest applause was reserved when the singers sang a hit German rock song, "Tage Wie Diese" by Die Toten Hosen in the original German. For an encore finale, Maj. Randall Bartel conducted a German march while Capt. Wolfgang Dietrich conducted "The Stars and Stripes Forever," an act meant to symbolize the way in which music is a common language able to bring communities together.
