Emma will travel to Normandy, France, to sing for some of the many ceremonies commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the D-Day landings. She will join veterans traveling with D-Day Revisited, the Royal British Legion, and the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans for ceremonies in Ranville and Grangues and concerts in Bayeux, Arromanches, and at the beautiful castle in Bénouville. She will sing with the Central Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment, the Central Band of the Royal British Legion, the Band of Liberation and Pipes, and the International Massed Pipe Band, and of course a capella.

Emma’s schedule:

5th June

10:00 – 52nd Group Oxford and Bucks Regiment ceremony at The Veterans Charity Glider Stones, Memorial Pegasus Museum, with Rifles cadets and The Band and Bugles of The Rifles

11:00 – Spirit of Normandy Trust ceremony at Colleville-Mongomery, with the Central Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment and the International Massed Pipe Band

c.14:45 – CWGC Ranville Cemetery with veterans traveling with D-Day Revisited

23:30 – Midnight Ceremony at the statue of Major Howard with The Band and Bugles of The Rifles

6th June

15:00 – Royal British Legion veterans lunch with the Central Band of the Royal British Legion (private event)

16:30 – Arromanches closing ceremony

20:45 – Concert at Chateau de Bénouville with the Band of Liberation and Pipes

7th June

10:30 – Grangues ceremony with veterans travelling with the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans