The Ahwatukee Brass Quintet will play the National Anthem at its first spring training game this week in Scottsdale.

The Third Annual Don’t Stop the Music event to help music therapy services will be in Tempe next month, featuring Ahwatukee Foothills musicians and music therapists.

The final notes of “The Star-Spangled Banner” hang in the air, fading away slowly. But by then members of the group have begun to trade playful quips about who missed a note or who was in the wrong key. Within Ahwatukee Brass, the camaraderie is palpable.

Where were you in ’99? If you were a news junkie, you watched Texas governor George W. Bush emerge as the front-runner for President in a crowded field of Republican hopefuls. If you subscribed to HBO, you were hooked to a new series called “The Sopranos.” If movies were your thing, you were mesmerized by the special effects in “The Matrix.” And if you were listening to the radio, there was no escaping Collective Soul’s “Dosage.”

Where were you in ’99? If you were a news junkie, you watched Texas governor George W. Bush emerge as the front-runner for President in a crowded field of Republican hopefuls. If you subscribed to HBO, you were hooked to a new series called “The Sopranos.” If movies were your thing, you were mesmerized by the special effects in “The Matrix.” And if you were listening to the radio, there was no escaping Collective Soul’s “Dosage.”

Where were you in ’99?

New York • It seems like we can never say goodbye, bye, bye to boy bands.

A local musical group will be taking a big stage next week performing the National Anthem before an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game.

The West Valley Arts Council ends its 2010-11 Backyard Concert Series in style with an evening of classic jazz by Armand Boatman and the Be Bop Revolution with special guest Margo Reed.

The Pentagon Winds woodwind quintet is an ensemble of musicians who will perform an outdoor concert at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Sun City Grand, 19753 N. Remington Drive, Surprise.