Press Release

USNA WOMEN’S GLEE CLUB TO PERFORM IN HONOLULU, HAWAII

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The internationally-acclaimed U.S. Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club will appear in concert in Honolulu, Hawaii Friday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. during their ten-day spring break performing tour.

The concert theme is “A Salute to America’s Heroes,” and will be held at the Cathedral of St. Andrew, located at 229 Queen Emma Square, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. The concert is free and no tickets are required; doors open at 7 p.m.

The Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club, under the direction of Ms. Cindy Bauchspies regularly travels around the country representing the Naval Academy. The glee club has received national acclaim for public appearances in Phoenix, Ariz.; Chicago, Ill.; and most recently, a national television broadcast of the Veteran’s Day Ceremony in New York City. A 10-day visit to Brazil in 2010 garnered the club international acclaim from both ambassadors and state department officials.

“We are looking forward to bringing this premier women’s choral ensemble back to Hawaii to perform in an area which has a large naval presence. It means a lot to our midshipmen to be able to perform a concert that honors those who have served our country because they will each serve as officers in the Navy and Marine Corps upon graduation from the Naval Academy,” said Bauchspies.

Founded in 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy today is a prestigious four-year service academy that prepares midshipmen morally, mentally and physically to be professional officers in the naval service. More than 4,400 men and women representing every state in the U.S. and several foreign countries make up the student body, known as the Brigade of Midshipmen. Midshipmen learn from military and civilian instructors and participate in intercollegiate varsity sports and extracurricular activities. They also study subjects like small arms, drill, seamanship and navigation, tactics, naval engineering and weapons, leadership, ethics and military law. Upon graduation, midshipmen earn a tax-payer funded Bachelor of Science degree in a choice of 23 different subject majors and go on to serve at least five years of exciting and rewarding service as commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps.

For more information about the Naval Academy, please visit www.usna.edu or our Facebook page. For more information on the USNA Women's Glee Club, please visit www.usna.edu/music.

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