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Revival of Marching Bands in Am Samoa photo & caption

CCCAS Petesa Uta Youth Marching Band with their conductor, Tauese Va’aomala Sunia

CCCAS Petesa Uta Youth Marching Band with their conductor, Tauese Va’aomala Sunia, the new deputy secretary of Samoan Affairs, playing the national anthems of the United States and American Samoa at last Friday’s 2021 Flag Day ceremony at Malaeoletalu in Fagatogo. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga in his Flag Day speech spoke of his initiative to revive marching bands in the community through a program in schools and churches. The CCCAS Petesa Uta Youth Marching Band will spearhead the initiative. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]