Rams Game Day Newsletter 4 Oct 15th Los Angeles_Digital | Page 8

game details + entertainment NATIONAL ANTHEM The Star Spangled Banner will be performed this afternoon by The Jacksonville Symphony. The Jacksonville Symphony is one of Northeast Florida’s most important cultural institutions. Founded in 1949, the Symphony is ranked among the nation’s top regional orchestras. The Symphony’s home, Robert E. Jacoby Hall, is considered to be an acoustic gem. Each year thousands enjoy the Symphony’s performances both at Jacoby Hall in the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts and at venues located throughout Northeast Florida. well as supported the USS George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike group in its execution of strike missions from the Eastern Mediterranean in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Twelve Combat Aircrews conducted missions involving anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), search and rescue (SAR), and maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), totaling more than 4,500 fl ight hours, and supported by an outstanding maintenance team which completed over 19,200 maintenance actions over the course of 47,500 man-hours. The Jaguars are happy to welcome VP-16 back to Jacksonville! On hand to interpret the National Anthem for the hearing impaired is former ROAR Cheerleader, Jordan Price. Performing today’s fl yover is the War Eagles of Patrol Squadron (VP) 16. VP-16 begun their transition back to Naval Air Station Jacksonville in early October after a highly successful seven month deployment to the SIXTH Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), attached to Commander Task Force 67. While the squadron primarily operated out of Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, Italy, VP- 16 also supported 43 detachments across 15 countries including Spain, Scotland, Iceland, Norway, Greece, France, Germany, Denmark, Lithuania, and Ukraine. VP-16 worked to improve interoperability with NATO allies and deter aggression across the AOR, as HALFTIME For today’s halftime entertainment, the Jacksonville Jaguars proudly present the one and only Bethune Cookman University Marching Wildcats. The only band that’s guaranteed to show-up, and show-out, anywhere and anytime. This year’s edition of the Marching Wildcats boasts a band with approximately 300 members. Recognized as “The Heartbeat of BCU,” the band has performed at many events in the last decade, including numerous Jaguars games, the FedEx Orange Bowl Parade in Miami, the movie “DRUMLINE” and Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa. PARKING All sports complex parking lots open four hours prior to kickoff. The Sports Complex