{"id":8195,"date":"2026-03-12T15:14:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/u-s-air-force-band-coming-to-koger-center-monday\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:14:42","slug":"u-s-air-force-band-coming-to-koger-center-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/u-s-air-force-band-coming-to-koger-center-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Air Force Band Coming to Koger Center Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"238\">The <strong data-start=\"101\" data-end=\"142\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">United States Air Force Heritage of America Band<\/span><\/span><\/strong> will perform at the <strong data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"204\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Koger Center for the Arts<\/span><\/span><\/strong> on Monday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"240\" data-end=\"310\">The concert is free and open to the public, and no ticket is required.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"312\" data-end=\"464\">The 45-member ensemble of professional Airmen performs a wide range of music, including symphonic classics, Broadway favorites and patriotic selections.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"757\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Activated in 1941, the band is stationed at <strong data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"551\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Joint Base Langley&ndash;Eustis<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. The group travels throughout the Carolinas, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, presenting more than 350 performances each year for public audiences, Airmen morale events and official military ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"757\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><i>(U.S. Air Force photo)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Air Force Heritage of America Band will perform at the Koger Center for the Arts on Monday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public, and no ticket is required. The 45-member ensemble of professional Airmen performs a wide range of<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/u-s-air-force-band-coming-to-koger-center-monday\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35,40],"tags":[97,1253],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-8195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-military","tag-live-music","tag-us-airforce"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/US-Airforce-Heritage-Band_2026_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}