 It's always peaceful to be out here in this cemetery. You know, it's almost like you're on leave a little bit, because you're by yourself, you're doing your own thing, and I prefer it to back-to-back rehearsals that are stressful and it ends up being kind of calming, actually. This week is what we call the duty bugler at Arlington Cemetery. That's our most important aspect of our mission, the standard and full honors funerals. The concerts and concert band tour and things like that are also important, but I think if there's a pecking order, Arlington Cemetery is definitely at the top. Just because we support so many funerals really here. This will actually be my 401st tabs. There's a lot of weight that goes with playing this short little piece. You know, it's 24 notes, but it's a very important 24 notes. The Navy Band was my fifth military band audition. I really enjoyed playing all the time, so I just went for it. This is where I am today. The music usually comes out a week or two before the actual concert, and you have that time to prepare on your own. It takes a lot of individual practice. We have to know our parts before coming into rehearsal. Concert week would be rehearsals Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and then a concert Friday or Saturday. It depends, but it would be a week of rehearsals and then a performance after that. Today was our final rehearsal before our concert tomorrow night. This is considered a dress rehearsal for us. As I prepare for the concert tomorrow, I'm just thinking about performing the best that I can. What you see in our performances as the Navy Band, we try and represent the best musical product that the Navy can offer. You get so in-depth with details and certain things with your equipment, with trying different practice routines and all that, that sometimes you actually lose the emotion in the music. You always have to remind yourself that that is what's first in the music, is the emotion. So I always try and remember that when I'm performing. I just want to play the best I can and give them what I've got.