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PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2021 11:04 am    Post subject: Memorial Day 2021 Reply with quote

No gigs this year due to personal issues, but here's a link to a post with a photo of me playing last year.

My thoughts are with all who served, families, and friends.

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/memorial-day-in-remembrance.13607/#post-411428
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PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2021 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did echo taps over a canyon . Went well......
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PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2021 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Played taps at two different places.
I wonder how many of us in the US participated in the Moment of Remembrance at 3:00 PM and played Taps afterwards.
If not, please sign up for next year.
https://www.tapsacrossamerica.org/
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PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2021 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I sounded Taps on the court square beside the county Veterans Monuments
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I played with a Concert Band for an American Legion Memorial Park dedication, and then sounded Taps in my neighborhood as I have done for the past couple of Memorial and Veterans Day holidays.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 7:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

david johnson wrote:
I sounded Taps on the court square beside the county Veterans Monuments


...and did so very well!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did also. In my driveway next to the American flag.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I didn't render Taps this year - a friend of mine from the National Guard band I'm in did the honors this year. He did ok - not sure why, but he played those quarter notes in the middle as dotted quarter 8th. No matter, the effect was still good.

I heard a rendition of Echo Taps at another event we played on Saturday. It was pretty bad. I know some people really dig echo taps, but if you're going to do it, make sure of a few things:

1.) Have two players with decent enough chops to play it and get through it correctly.

2.) PRACTICE together so that you know where to play

3.) Tune up before you start - these guys were almost on entirely different pitches - it was pretty rough.

Here's a recording of it I did a number of years ago that gains several thousand views every Memorial Day and Veteran's day - technically this isn't the "correct" way to play Echo Taps, but because I was at home in my recording studio, it worked out ok.


Link

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Outstanding, thanks for the link. A friend of mine and I are planning this for next year and I'll keep this handy as a goal for us.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Played Taps in church a number of times since learning to play the trumpet. This year was no different.

If you are able and willing, BAA is a great organization that I've been involved with for some years and they always can use volunteers to render TAPS. Families and everyone involved always appreciate a live performance of TAPS. https://www.buglesacrossamerica.org
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 2:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DJtpt31 wrote:
Played Taps in church a number of times since learning to play the trumpet. This year was no different.

If you are able and willing, BAA is a great organization that I've been involved with for some years and they always can use volunteers to render TAPS. Families and everyone involved always appreciate a live performance of TAPS. https://www.buglesacrossamerica.org


Just got involved with BAA. So far I have played Taps three times in the last six weeks. I have found the experience to be incredibly rewarding. Our state director was a great Encourager during my "audition and interview." I am also finding it meaningful to read the obituaries for the service people for whom I play (everyone has a story!) and am enjoying my interaction with the very young honor guard military personnel.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WxJeff wrote:
Just got involved with BAA. So far I have played Taps three times in the last six weeks. I have found the experience to be incredibly rewarding. Our state director was a great Encourager during my "audition and interview." I am also finding it meaningful to read the obituaries for the service people for whom I play (everyone has a story!) and am enjoying my interaction with the very young honor guard military personnel.

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