Year and Theme
1986 “Music Brings Us Together”
Location
DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.
Host
Constance Towers
Special Appearance by Mickey Mouse®
Choir
United States Air Force Singing Sergeants
Orchestra
United States Air Force Band, Major James M. Bankhead, Director
Music
The Star-Spangled Banner
Arranged by Damrosch
Copyright Schirmer.
Music and Kids
Official Theme Song, Featuring “The Kids from Bath,” Lima, OH, Kay Schumacher, Director
Words and Music by Sandi Berry Musser.
Arranged by CMSgt. Michael Davis, USAF Band.
Copyright © 1985 MENC.
(Please note: MENC no longer holds the copyright for this song. Permission must be obtained from the composer)
This Land is Your Land
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
Arranged by Percy Faith and CMSgt. Michael Davis, USAF Band.
Copyright © 1956 (ren. 1984), 1958 (ren. 1986), and 1970. Ludlow Music, Inc.
The Mickey Mouse Theme
(To introduce Special Guest, Mickey Mouse)
It’s A Small World
Words and Music by Sherman and Sherman
Arranged by CMSgt. Michael Davis, USAF Band.
Copyright © 1963 Wonderland Music Co.
Washington Post March
(Instrumental Feature)
Music by John Philip Sousa.
Copyright Carl Fischer.
Americana
Based on Three American folk songs
By Luigi Zaninelli
Copyright © MCMLXV, MCMLXXIII Shawnee Press, Inc.
Delaware Water Gap, PA 18327.
The U.S. Air Force Theme Song
“Off We Go (Into the Wild Blue Yonder)”
By Robert Crawford.