TUMON BAY, Guam -- Pacific Trends, Band of the Pacific-Asia popular music ensemble, plays inside the hotel lobby at the Outrigger Hotel, Tumon Bay, Guam, on Oct. 14, 2012. This was the final performance of three during Pacific Tends' tour. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Josh Voyles)
TUMON BAY, Guam -- A young Japanese boy dances to live music at the Outrigger Hotel, Tumon Bay, Guam, on Oct. 14, 2012. Pacific Trends, Band of the Pacific-Asia popular music ensemble, played for an audience consisting of a variety of nationalities including American, Japanese, Filipino, Australian, British and others visiting the island. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Josh Voyles)
TUMON BAY, Guam -- Tech. Sgt. Amber Grimes, Band of the Pacific-Asia vocalist, sings at the Outrigger Hotel, Tumon Bay, Guam, on Oct. 14, 2012. "I like when the audience really responds to the music," stated Grimes, "It fuels the bands' performance." (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Josh Voyles)
TUMON BAY, Guam -- Senior Airman William Pressgrove, Band of the Pacific-Asia vocalist, talks with a man at the Outrigger Hotel, Tumon Bay, Guam, on Oct. 14, 2012. The band took advantage of several opportunites to talk about the Air Force Bands' mission after the concert. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Josh Voyles)
TUMON BAY, Guam -- Staff Sgt. Freddie Cruz, Band of the Pacific-Asia percussionist, plays the bongos for a latin tune at the Outrigger Hotel, Tumon Bay, Guam, on Oct. 14, 2012. "Latin music is very popular here in Guam," stated Cano Cruz, Pacific Trends' sponsor. "It's very beneficial that Pacific Trends has latin capabilities which reach people in ways no other genre can." (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Josh Voyles)
TUMON BAY, Guam -- Two audience members dance during the song "Love Shack" performed by Pacific Trends, Band of the Pacific-Asia popular music ensenmble, at the Outrigger Hotel, Tumon Bay, Guam, on Oct. 14, 2012. Many audience members danced and sang while encouraging others to do the same. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Josh Voyles)
TUMON BAY, Guam -- Audience members clap, cheer, and give Pacifc Trends, Band of the Pacific-Asia popular music ensemble, a standing ovation after the last song is played at the Outrigger Hotel, Tumon Bay, Guam, on Oct. 14, 2012. After the performance, hotel guests came and thanked the band for a performance that "sounded great." (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Josh Voyles)
by Staff Sgt. Josh Voyles
Band of the Pacific-Asia
10/16/2012 - YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Pacific Trends, Band of the Pacific-Asia popular music ensemble, played inside the Outrigger Hotel lobby as part of their three-performance tour to Guam on Oct. 14.
Pacific Trends, stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan, uses its variety show of popular American and Japanese tunes to accomplish its mission of using the universal language of music to spread goodwill throughout western Asia.
Unique to Guam, the audience consisted of a variety of nationalities including American, Japanese, Filipino, Australian, British and others visiting the island.
After the performance, hotel guests came and thanked the band for a performance that "sounded great."
