Band music in Iraq

[oldbandnerd]

I don't know if this link will work for those not using Comcast but I thought I would try anyway . This is a very interesting story about Iraqie musicans in the Iraq army .

The comcast link was not working so I erased it . Please look to my third post here for better instructions to see this news video .

[LoyalTubist]

Why don't you see where this came from so we can all see it? My work now involves training Marines for combat in Iraq and the people in charge have told us we are not allowed to bring Western musical instruments to work--only Iraqi ones (whatever that means). I stay in a makeshift battlefield for 4-7 days, acting as an Iraqi civilian. I hope you can have this up before I leave to go to work next week so I can share this with my supervisors.

Thanks!

Bill

P.S. I leave Sunday, so it would be nice to have it by Saturday. Thanks.

[oldbandnerd]

The link is from the Comcast.net web site . It may only be available to subscribers . The sit has a feature called THE FAN . It is mostly Cbs and ABC news stories with videos .
This particular one is a CBS news story . I will try to locate it in another site that can be accssed by everyone .

[oldbandnerd]

This is the best I could come up with .
1. click on this link : http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video ... 0251.shtml

2. click on CBS Evening News in the lefthand column

3. In the box in the right do a search on " A new marching band in Iraq"

4. scroll down the page to that story .

Can anyone help me get a working link to this ?

[tubafatness]

Did anyone hear the two very good quotes in that video regarding music itself?

There's this:
"Music is like the food of the soul-we need it."

Then there's this:
"Music is the language of peace; it's not an ideology."

Pretty much sums it up.