Navy's 'Side Boys' in Monroe as part of Navy Week in Detroit area
Today’s Navy band concert in Monroe is one of several events taking place throughout the Detroit area this week for Navy Week.
More: Navy Brass Band to perform at River Raisin Battlefield
Navy Week runs through July 17 and will bring many sailors to the area. The events lead up to two days of Navy flight demonstrations by The Blue Angels during the Thunder Over Michigan Airshow at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti.
“Side Boys,” a Chicago-based U.S. Navy band, will perform outdoors from 4 to 5 today at the River Raisin National Battlefield Park Visitor Center, 333 N. Dixie Highway.
Attendees should bring blankets or lawn chairs.
An official presentation will take place indoors from 3 to 4 today at the Visitor Center and will include Navy presenters from across the country and a Navy uniform display.
Admission and parking are free.
Lieutenant Junior Grade Brian Coon of Maybee, an officer in the Navy Reserve, is helping to coordinate this year’s Navy Week Detroit events.
“I am very excited about our Monroe event,” Coon said. “There will be sailors from around the fleet, naval history and heritage command, the concert and more.”
Other Navy Week events that are open to the public include:
Today:
10:30 a.m.-noon: Navy Band Great Lakes performing a brass band concert at the Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
11 a.m.-noon: Navy Band Great Lakes performing a brass quintet concert at Henry Ford Museum’s Greenfield Village, Dearborn
Tuesday:
11 a.m.-noon: Navy Band Great Lakes performing a brass band concert at Henry Ford Museum’s Greenfield Village, Dearborn
Noon-1 p.m.: Navy Band Great Lakes performing a brass quintet concert the Detroit Zoo, Royal Oak
Wednesday:
11 a.m.-3 p.m.: Navy Week/Police Department Explorer’s Youth Day at Farwell Field in Detroit; featuring sailors from across the fleet, Navy Band Great Lakes brass band concert and a demonstration by the Navy Parachute Team
Noon-1 p.m.: Navy Band Great Lakes performing a brass quintet concert at the Michigan Science Center in Detroit
Noon-1 p.m.: Navy Band Great Lakes performing a woodwind concert at the Wright Museum in Detroit
7-8 p.m.: Navy Band Great Lakes performing a wind ensemble concert at Grosse Pointe War Memorial
Thursday:
11 a.m.-noon: Navy Parachute Team jumping into Belle Isle
7-8 p.m.: Navy Band Great Lakes performing a popular music concert at Kellogg Park, Plymouth
Friday:
7-8 p.m.: Navy Band Great Lakes performing a popular music concert at McFadden Ross House in Dearborn
Saturday:
11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Navy Week at Eastern Market in Detroit; sailors from the fleet and Navy Band Great Lakes performing a popular music concert
All day: Navy flight demonstrations at the Thunder Over Michigan Airshow in Ypsilanti
Sunday:
6-7 p.m.: Navy Great Lakes performing a popular music concert at Livonia City Hall
All day: Navy flight demonstrations at the Thunder Over Michigan Airshow in Ypsilanti
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Detroit's Navy Week to include concert in Monroe
