Master Sgt. Steve Przyzycki talks to Wayne Karge about the Academy Dec. 17, 2010, in Chicago during the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference. More than 16,000 people attended the event. Sergeant Przyzycki is a percussionist with the Air Force Academy band, and Mr. Karge is a band director in Palatine, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Meredith Kirchoff)