The Air Force Band's popular Guest Artist Series, is a time-honored tradition in the nation's capital.

What began in 1966 as a series to highlight professional as well as amateur talent from the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, has evolved over the years to feature entertainers of national and international renown.

Featured Sunday is the award-winning Canadian Brass ensemble.

Now, after 40 years of the Guest Artist Series, more than 200 prominent artists, such as Roy Clark, Chaka Khan, Keiko Matsui, Rita Coolidge and Kirk Whalum, have offered their time and talent to appear with The Air Force Band in these free concerts for the community.

Guest Artist Series concerts are held at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, 18th and D Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. Performances begin at 3 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Doors open at 2 p.m. For details, call the United States Air Force Band’s 24-hour concert line at 202-767-5658 or visit the USAF Band Web site at www.usafband.af.mil.

Base guides available now

The 2010 Bolling Base Guide is available at Bldg. 4, First Floor, Multimedia Center. Please come by and pick up your guide, which includes a base phone directory.

Top III meets second Thursday

The base Top III meets the second Thursday of each month from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the 11th Wing conference room in Building P-20. For more information, call Master Sgt. Carrie McLaughlin at 202-404-1065.

Chiefs’ Talkers and Flying Geese meets Wednesdays

The Flying Geese Toastmasters Club meets Wednesdays at Bolling's Main Chapel, room 19, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. The Bolling Chiefs’ Talkers Toastmasters Club meets Wednesdays at the Bolling Club's Old Club Room, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. For more information on Chief's Talkers, call 301-203-0448. For more information on the Flying Geese, call 301-203-0448.

H1N1 vaccine available, mandatory

The 579th Medical Group at Bolling AFB has H1N1 vaccines available for all beneficiaries. The vaccine is mandatory for all military personnel. Anyone who wishes to be immunized against H1N1 influenza can be vaccinated; however, those in the following at-risk categories are being encouraged to be immunized as soon as possible:

1. Pregnant women

2. Caregivers of infants less than six months old 3. Children six months old to young adults through 24 years old 4. Adults 25 to 65 years old with chronic medical conditions (such as diabetes, heart⁄lung⁄kidney disease, HIV infection, lupus) 5. Healthcare workers and emergency services personnel

Walk-in hours for the clinic are 7:30 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information, call Bolling’s Immunizations Clinic at 202-404-3572 or 202-404-6724.

AFOWC scholarships available

The Air Force Officers' Wives' Club is offering scholarships to high school seniors, continuing education students and Air Force members' dependent spouses, including retirees, residing in the Washington, D.C. area. Applicants are judged on academic and service or citizenship achievement.

Financial need is not taken into consideration. For more information or to apply, visit www.afowc.com or e-mail the scholarship chairperson at scholarship@afowc.com.

Bolling Thrift Shopseeks new volunteers

The Air Force Officers' Wives Club on Bolling Air Force Base is looking for new volunteers to work at the thrift shop located in Building 13 on Brookley Avenue. The thrift shop is open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. It is closed for the month of August, the last two weeks of December and federal holidays.

For more information or to volunteer, call Angie Jarreau, chairman, at 202-285-2594; or Lorna Vivorni, manager at 703-839-3608; or e-mail thriftshop@afowc.com.