Opera and the military?  National arts program hopes to open minds

   SETH HETTENA
   Associated Press
   CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - None of the Marines seemed quite sure
   what to expect when the strains of Figaro's aria from the Barber
   of Seville filled the theater on this military base by the sea.
   
   Instead of furs and tuxedoes, audience members wore desert
   cammies. Then again, how many operagoers are preparing for their
   third deployment to Iraq?  And how many Marines go to the opera?
   
   Not enough, according to the National Endowment for the Arts,
   which is reaching out to a community it has overlooked in the
   past: The 1.4 million men and women on active duty in the U.S.
   military. ...

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