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Tops in Blue picks 31 airmen, needs more

Air Force Service Agency officials have picked 31 airmen to join the elite musical team Tops in Blue for 2010, but they’re still in need of talented airmen who can play the guitar, alto saxophone and trumpet.

Seventy-four Air Force singers, dancers and musicians competed for Tops in Blue spots over nine days in January at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

The 31 selected will spend 2 ½ months training at Lackland, then hit the road in May for a 10-month tour that includes more than 120 shows in more than 20 countries.

For tour schedules, details on how to join Tops in Blue and other information, contact Air Force Entertainment at 210-652-6566 or visit www.topsinblue.com.

Members of the 2010 Tops in Blue team are:

* Staff Sgt. James Alston, Buckley AFB, Colo.

* Tech. Sgt. Katie Badowski, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

* Staff Sgt. Lesley Bastura, Presidio of Monterey, Calif.

* Senior Airman Daniel Carr, Pope AFB, N.C.

Master Sgt. Robert Clark, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.

* Staff Sgt. William Crothers, Fort Gordon, Ga.

* 1st Lt. John Early, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.

* Tech. Sgt. Letisia Eddy, Dover AFB, Del.

* Staff Sgt. Harron Elloso, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.

* Staff Sgt. Candice Fagan, Kadena Air Base, Japan

* Airman 1st Class Matthew Flores, Maxwell-Gunter AFB, Ala.

* Tech. Sgt. Matthew Flowers, Iowa Air National Guard, Des Moines, Iowa

* Airman 1st Class Kyle Harris, Holloman AFB, N.M.

* Airman 1st Class Megan Harvey, Barksdale AFB, La.

* Staff Sgt. Antonio Howard, MacDill AFB, Fla.

* Airman 1st Class Jamie Jarman, Joint Base Andrews, Md.

* Senior Airman Lacy Jones, Incirlik AB, Turkey

* Airman 1st Class Hansil Jules, Keesler AFB, Miss.

* Airman 1st Class Jerry Kamysz, Misawa AB, Japan

* Airman 1st Class Devin Martin, Offutt AFB, Neb.

* Tech. Sgt. Kevin McGovern, Youngstown-Warren Air Reserve Station, Ohio

* Staff Sgt. Christopher Phifer, Ramstein AB, Germany

* Senior Airman Adam Rideaux, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.

* Airman 1st Class Monique Robertson-Jamison, Lackland AFB, Texas

* Airman 1st Class Breyson Robinson, Malmstrom AFB, Mont.

* Staff Sgt. Steven Sonnier, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

* Airman 1st Class Jonathan Velasquez, Whiteman AFB, Mo.

* Staff Sgt. Chonte Walker, Barksdale AFB, La.

* Airman 1st Class Jette Warnick, Cannon AFB, N.M.

* Airman 1st Class Lisa Weiss, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa.

* Airman 1st Class Edward Whittle, Jr., Elmendorf AFB, Alaska