Air Force Academy holds Independence Day bash
Thomas Wilson conducts a Colorado Springs Philharmonic performance in Falcon Stadium at the Air Force Academy July 4, 2011, while in the background, basic cadets get some welcome down time from Basic Cadet Training. Wilson, the philharmonic's associate conductor, began studying piano at age 4 and later learned the trumpet, percussion, string bass and voice. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Davis)