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BUGLES AND SCOUTING

BUGLES AND SCOUTING

By Tapsbugler on October 21, 2016

BUGLES AND SCOUTING by BRUCE MCCREA BUGLES AND SCOUTING BRUCE MCCREA Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of World Scouting, introduced the idea of Boy Scouting to…

Ode To The Star-Spangled Banner

By Tapsbugler on September 13, 2016

“Ode To The Star-Spangled Banner”Recreating a long lost piece of musical history By Jari Villanueva“By Dawn’s Early Light” In September, 2014 the nation celebrated and…

Echo Taps

By Tapsbugler on June 2, 2016

ECHO TAPS Echo Taps is a custom of sounding the call with two buglers standing at some distance apart to achieve an echo effect. Although…

Taps History on NPR

By Tapsbugler on June 28, 2015

Taps History on NPR http://www.npr.org/2011/05/30/136721508/historian-explains-the-origin-of-taps

Digital Taps for Clark Terry?

By Tapsbugler on March 2, 2015

NO LIVE BUGLER FOR CLARK TERRY I was informed that at the funeral for the great trumpeter, Clark Terry, the US Navy provided military funeral…

Star-Spangled Banner Events

By Tapsbugler on September 6, 2014

  This week will be an exciting one as I am involved with many events surrounding the 200th Anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner which was…

Norton-A Civil War Opera

By Tapsbugler on April 19, 2014

An Opera based on the life of Oliver Willcox Norton, the first bugler to sound Taps. Commissioned by Loudoun Lyric Opera Company in honor of…

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