Portsmouth band plays for president
The Portsmouth High School marching band strutted its stuff in front of President Barack Obama Monday night. During the president’s second inaugural parade, the band played a medley of patriotic songs including “You’re a Grand Old Flag” while passing by the glass-covered, heated observation booth that held the president, First Lady Michelle Obama, their children [...]
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PORTSMOUTH — Emily Post said if you’d like someone to come to your cocktail party, you should send the invitation out one to four weeks in advance. Her rule for a bar mitzvah was one month and for a charity ball, six weeks to three months. Unfortunately, she never considered the rules of etiquette when inviting [...]
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PORTSMOUTH — Late New Year’s Eve came word that the Portsmouth High School Marching Band has been chosen to play in the Inaugural Parade for President Barack Obama on Monday, Jan. 21. “It gives me an unbelievable amount of pleasure and excitement to officially announce that we are representing the state of Rhode Island in the [...]
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