Tops In Blue to perform for local community

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DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. --  The U.S. Air Force's premiere performing group, Tops In Blue, is scheduled to provide a free song and dance show Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Delaware State University Education and Humanities Center in Dover. 

The group will be performing the 2008 edition of the Tops In Blue show entitled "Deja Blue." The event offers an action-packed line up of hot Latin sounds, all-American country music, chart toppers, and hits from your favorite movies and Broadway shows. 

"Please come out and join Dover Air Force Base members as we welcome back Tops In Blue to the beautiful city of Dover," said Col. Steven Harrison, 436th Airlift Wing commander. "This dedicated group of entertainers travel throughout the world to lift the spirits of military members fighting for our country. I invite you to also let them 'wow' you with a wonderful night of family-entertainment." 

Each year, thousands of hopeful Air Force members compete in base talent contests to become future Tops In Blue performers, with only the most-talented Airmen moving onto higher levels of competition. The result is an elite group composed of 35 of the most-talented vocalists, musicians, dancers, comedians, magicians and dramatists world-wide. 

This year Tops In Blue is celebrating 55 years as the Air Force's "Expeditionary Entertainers." Their aggressive tour schedule spans more than 120 locations, to include Iraq, Qatar, Afghanistan and Kuwait. The enormous popularity of the group has also made them America's goodwill ambassadors around the globe. 

The Air Force also maintains a core of trained band members scattered throughout the United States who entertain civilian audiences and military members alike. However, unlike members of the various Air Force band units, members of Tops In Blue have "regular" Air Force jobs when not on tour. After their year-long tour with the group is over, these talented professionals go back to their jobs as Security Forces members, medics, aircraft mechanics, office workers, cooks, drivers or any other job the Air Force offers. 

"Our partnership with the community is amazing, and this show is one way we can thank you for supporting us. Don't miss a night of dazzling lights, glittering costumes and the precision choreography for which Tops In Blue is known worldwide. The show offers something to please every musical taste," Colonel Harrison said. 

For more information on Tops In Blue, visit www.topsinblue.com. 

Delaware State University is located at 1200 North DuPont Highway (Route 13) near the Dover Mall. At the gate entrance, ask the guard for parking directions to the Humanities Center.