WEBVTT 00:00.610 --> 00:02.499 Music is something that speaks to 00:02.499 --> 00:04.721 everybody . It's a universal language . 00:04.721 --> 00:07.489 My name is Sergeant First Class Betsy 00:07.489 --> 00:10.409 Buckmaster , and I'm with the 338th 00:10.409 --> 00:13.880 Army Band . I think it puts a human 00:13.880 --> 00:16.158 face on the army if you think about it , 00:16.170 --> 00:18.370 because everybody , when they see a 00:18.370 --> 00:20.370 band , everybody smiles , everybody 00:20.370 --> 00:22.549 connects to music . We provide that 00:22.729 --> 00:26.500 bridge between . The military 00:26.870 --> 00:30.059 and the community , so people see us , 00:30.309 --> 00:33.189 it's just like , oh , the army has a 00:33.189 --> 00:36.229 band and and they get excited . My name 00:36.229 --> 00:38.340 is Sergeant First Class TJ Wolfgram . 00:38.340 --> 00:40.618 We're at Snow Fest here in Frankenmuth , 00:40.618 --> 00:42.659 Michigan . It's put on by Zenders 00:42.659 --> 00:44.826 who've been here for a long time , and 00:44.826 --> 00:46.770 Frankenmuth is kind of like Little 00:46.770 --> 00:48.659 Bavaria in Michigan . It emulates 00:48.659 --> 00:50.715 southern Germany and it has a really 00:50.715 --> 00:52.881 interesting vibe with that . And every 00:52.881 --> 00:55.048 year in January this event called Snow 00:55.048 --> 00:56.937 Fest happens , and Snow Fest is a 00:56.937 --> 00:59.103 weekend long event with ice sculptures 00:59.103 --> 01:02.125 and snow . Sculptures and shopping and 01:02.125 --> 01:04.245 um they have a warming tent that has 01:04.245 --> 01:06.694 performances all day every day . Today 01:06.694 --> 01:08.815 is Saturday . On Friday our country 01:08.815 --> 01:11.294 band played an hour and a half long set 01:11.294 --> 01:13.405 because Friday is country day here at 01:13.405 --> 01:15.350 Snow Fest in the warming tent this 01:15.350 --> 01:17.461 morning , Saturday morning , we had a 01:17.461 --> 01:19.516 small sort of like classical chamber 01:19.516 --> 01:21.572 ensemble play for about half an hour 01:21.572 --> 01:23.738 and then our full concert . And played 01:23.738 --> 01:25.850 patriotic music for just over an hour 01:25.850 --> 01:27.905 in the morning for a really , really 01:27.905 --> 01:30.072 nice audience . We got to , you know , 01:30.072 --> 01:29.730 recognize everyone in the audience for 01:29.730 --> 01:31.674 the service that they'd given . We 01:31.674 --> 01:33.897 played all the service songs and it was 01:33.897 --> 01:35.841 very nice . And now this afternoon 01:35.841 --> 01:35.730 coming up in just a few minutes , the 01:35.730 --> 01:37.952 rock band from the 3:38 is going to put 01:37.952 --> 01:40.286 on about an hour and a half performance . 01:40.286 --> 01:42.397 So for anybody who happens to be here 01:42.397 --> 01:44.397 the whole weekend , they get to see 01:44.397 --> 01:44.330 many different sides of the army band . 01:44.684 --> 01:47.084 While taking in just some of the great 01:47.084 --> 01:50.004 local atmosphere of Michigan , we get 01:50.004 --> 01:51.985 to connect the Army Reserve to our 01:51.985 --> 01:54.805 community . Sergeant Ryan Miller . I'm 01:54.805 --> 01:57.875 a 42 Romeo , which is an Army musician . 01:58.084 --> 02:01.404 I'm with the 338th Army Band . So this 02:01.404 --> 02:03.515 year , this is my second year at Snow 02:03.515 --> 02:05.515 Fest , but this is my first year at 02:05.515 --> 02:07.737 Snow Fest playing in our country band . 02:08.389 --> 02:10.556 That was definitely what I was looking 02:10.556 --> 02:12.778 forward to the most . That was actually 02:12.778 --> 02:15.000 last night . It went really well . It's 02:15.000 --> 02:14.240 a great performance . We had a great 02:14.240 --> 02:16.429 crowd . Everybody was singing along , 02:16.669 --> 02:18.836 so that was definitely what I was most 02:18.836 --> 02:20.502 excited for . Uh , my name is 02:20.502 --> 02:22.613 Specialist Brian Clark with the 338th 02:22.613 --> 02:24.780 Army Band . Uh , this is my first time 02:24.780 --> 02:26.947 getting to come out here and it's just 02:26.947 --> 02:28.947 an incredible environment . Looking 02:28.947 --> 02:28.820 forward to the music , to the 02:28.820 --> 02:30.876 environment , to all the things that 02:30.876 --> 02:33.350 make up Snow Fest . So with the 330 02:33.350 --> 02:35.461 band , I have the opportunity to play 02:35.461 --> 02:37.517 in all kinds of different venues and 02:37.517 --> 02:39.739 events like here at Zander Snow Fest in 02:39.739 --> 02:41.961 Frankenmouth , Michigan . We travel all 02:41.961 --> 02:43.906 over the region and get to play in 02:43.906 --> 02:43.580 smaller settings , larger settings with 02:43.580 --> 02:45.770 our ceremonial band . The band is 02:45.770 --> 02:47.770 really unique with the Army Reserve 02:47.770 --> 02:49.992 because it has the opportunity to build 02:49.992 --> 02:52.103 bridges with the community at large , 02:52.103 --> 02:53.937 support soldiers emotionally and 02:53.937 --> 02:57.259 physically , and help unify communities 02:57.449 --> 02:59.505 that are military centric or may not 02:59.505 --> 03:00.919 have much influence with the military .