<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:25:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/navyband/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Ulithi Stick Dance Man Train]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our Navy Band flew from Guam to Ulithi Atoll in spring of 1978; the occasion was the Outer Islands High School graduation. The admiral, his wife, and the other VIPs all hung out in the Peace Corp building]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@qadaqa/ulithi-stick-dance-man-train</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@qadaqa/ulithi-stick-dance-man-train</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[qadaqa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2018 18:07:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgUR7wSQ91DVHiS8BLaxXYRFpWnpnTW66NeeCio4NBDQ2am8cPfcn3XrcBVru7FEiVE6DDVBgcmDRyQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Navy Band Adventures: "A Honking Serenade", by the unknown Navy photographer dude]]></title><description><![CDATA[High School showband gig in North Carolina, complete with reverberating gymnasium from hell. I woke up late, had no shower; can't remember exactly how I got to the gig but evidently I made it into the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photograph/@qadaqa/navy-band-adventures-a-honking-serenade-by-the-unknown-navy-photographer-dude</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photograph/@qadaqa/navy-band-adventures-a-honking-serenade-by-the-unknown-navy-photographer-dude</guid><category><![CDATA[photograph]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[qadaqa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 14:53:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787ga7cUfaLU2s3CCfQg9nKYYNye5UHFoatfx78JbhfWj9apj7EbMBBYHMKMae647fhYm72nt19ep1AYE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Navy Band Adventures #45: "Sax Scaring" by an UNKNOWN Navy photographer]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think this was somewhere in North Carolina; the echo in the gymnasium was so bad that you probably can still hear the concert. Here's the skit: Kevin goes out in the audience to woo some chick but meanwhile]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@qadaqa/navy-band-adventures-45-sax-scaring-by-an-unknown-navy-photographer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@qadaqa/navy-band-adventures-45-sax-scaring-by-an-unknown-navy-photographer</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[qadaqa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 14:41:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gZx4o882cgQ94JYkGrWqNZo12ReFXBMKSETfWDM5CKuXEArvpFdFeiz6y3trVEDC39heqva83mNhAv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Navy Band Adventures: Welcome to Yap, Land of Stone Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[One day, we woke up, drove to the airport, hung out, maybe got lucky and scarfed some coffee and stale donuts in the crew lounge, got on a plane and flew to Yap, way out in the middle of absolutely nowhere,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@qadaqa/navy-band-adventures-welcome-to-yap-land-of-stone-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@qadaqa/navy-band-adventures-welcome-to-yap-land-of-stone-money</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[qadaqa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2018 23:41:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfAGCKuas4YcFJAxW9yNuMVv6wyAsCo5wZayjkQrq83fMe13GMuPXiQ9pgLbqnk5k6m3dCrJW7s1X2v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside a C-130, by Pete Washburne]]></title><description><![CDATA[Being a musician and playing music has taken me all over the world. 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Great concert, great people, lots of fun. Phil on the bass keeps it all together. I miss these guys.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@qadaqa/trumpet-section-st-kitts-concert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@qadaqa/trumpet-section-st-kitts-concert</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[qadaqa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:31:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgA8tuU9FWLcn43NsUXEiKSBL8ouDRrAdMG4uGYxz4d5pcA8gihUFC5wNmyyUBgb8vhh1py8CcNZrKqcqvopACXNsYTV23ibeN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youths at our Concert in Ulithi]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Navy Band Guam visited Ulithi in 1978; the occasion for our visit was the Outer Islands High School graduation. 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