ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. –
The Air Force's entertainment group, Tops In Blue, is scheduled to perform two free concerts at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 and 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Andrews Base Theater.
The show will include the music of Stevie Wonder, Montgomery Gentry's all-American country music, hits by Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas, and more.
According to the Tops In Blue website, the talented group's conception is as follows:
Then Maj. Al Reilly created the Air Force Worldwide Talent Contest in 1953 to recognize talented airmen in various categories ranging from comedy, drama, vocals, gospel, vocal and instrumental groups, country and western, and several others. His idea was to discover the highest caliber of entertainment and provide it for Air Force families throughout the world, thus the phrase "family entertaining family" was first adopted in the new Air Force talent program.
Major Reilly then selected the top talent from the competition and produced a show with a troupe of the best Air Force entertainers which ultimately became known as Tops In Blue. The debut tour traveled on a grueling trek, giving 230 shows in 235 days. That breakneck pace continues today. What made that so amazing then is still true today: most shows are not performed at the same location twice. The cast must unpack, setup, do the show, tear down, pack it up and drive/fly to the next place each time.
Tops In Blue 2010 keeps 57 years of touring tradition alive by visiting bases throughout the United States and more than 20 foreign countries. Their tour schedule spans more than 120 locations and also includes entertaining troops stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Southwest Asia.
For more information about this event, call 301-981-5215 or 9258, or visit
www.topsinblue.com.