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D-Day Anniversary Memorial Concert Series

Normandy, France | June 6, 2022

D-Day Anniversary Normandy - 200x120Performance options begin with the anniversary of D-Day on June 6 and continue throughout the region of Normandy to coincide with various liberation dates.

 
Awaken History with Music

D-Day marks much more than a past-tense event that exists only between the covers of textbooks.  This memorial concert series is an opportunity to awaken history with music.  As remembrance and liberation commemorations take place throughout Normandy, the swell of music will be heard above the memory of artillery fire in the very places where battles took place.

From solo taps ceremonies to full scale concerts and parades, a wide variety of performance opportunities and venues are available throughout the Normandy region.  Past ensembles have performed at sites such as Normandy American Cemetery, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Caen Peace Memorial, Sainte Mere Eglise, Arromanches, Sainte Marie du Mont, Carentan, and Saint-Lô.

Additional Touring

Additional nights in Paris, London or even Belgium or Germany afford you an opportunity to perform in outstanding metropolitan venues, and to feed your wanderlust for sightseeing!  Through the unique lens of this tour, your experiences of world famous landmarks in Paris or London will reach meaning not available to the everyday tourist.

Performances

Gateway spends great attention to planning this aspect of your tour as your itinerary takes shape. Here are just a few possibilities:

– Formal concert at Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur Mer, overlooking Omaha Beach

– Taps ceremony at Point du Hoc, near Omaha Beach overlooking the Normandy coast

– Performances at Omaha Beach Memorial, Utah Beach Memorial or Caen Peace Memorial

– Wreath laying ceremonies in U.S. cemeteries

– Promoted concerts and parades during liberation celebrations with mayoral receptions in local towns

– Memorial concerts in outstanding Parisian venues



D-Day Anniversary Testimonials

Student, Timpview HS Marching Band

“I am going to try my best to earn what those young men fought and died for me to enjoy.  I wouldn't have experienced these feelings without this performance trip.  It will forever be in my memory.”

 

Student, Timpview HS Marching Band

Gateway Music Festivals & Tours
2014-10-22T10:16:39-05:00

Student, Timpview HS Marching Band

“I am going to try my best to earn what those young men fought and died for me to enjoy.  I wouldn't have experienced these feelings without this performance trip.  It will forever be in my memory.”  

Thom Working, Holland American Legion Band

"This highly customized 65th D-Day Anniversary tour was a great success and exceeded my expectations!  Gateway provided all the performance experiences we wished to include and great sight-seeing opportunities as well. "

Thom Working, Holland American Legion Band

Gateway Music Festivals & Tours
2014-06-11T11:56:22-05:00

Thom Working, Holland American Legion Band

"This highly customized 65th D-Day Anniversary tour was a great success and exceeded my expectations!  Gateway provided all the performance experiences we wished to include and great sight-seeing opportunities as well. "

David Fullmer, Timpview HS Marching Band

"The D-Day Anniversary tour far exceeded our hopes and expectations.  It was a life-changing experience.  We came away wanting to share it with others.  This music tour was additional evidence to the power of music."

David Fullmer, Timpview HS Marching Band

Gateway Music Festivals & Tours
2014-06-11T12:34:51-05:00

David Fullmer, Timpview HS Marching Band

"The D-Day Anniversary tour far exceeded our hopes and expectations.  It was a life-changing experience.  We came away wanting to share it with others.  This music tour was additional evidence to the power of music."
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