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TAPS 150!!!

TAPS 150 is an organization incorporated to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the origin of Taps, our national bugle call. TAPS 150 is planning commemorative events, special concerts and events that will culminate with ceremonies at National Cemeteries in May 2012 and a re-enactment event in June 2012 at Berkeley Plantation where Taps was born.

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Two significant events commemorating the 150th anniversary of Taps will take place in May and June 2012. Other events are also taking place. Please scroll this page. All Bugles Across America buglers are invited to participate in these historic and musical commemorations celebrating Taps.

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“ARLINGTON TAPS 150”

The 150th Anniversary Commemoration of Taps At Arlington National Cemetery
May 19, 2012 10 AM-12 Noon
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Virginia 22211

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Taps 150 will commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Taps, our National Song of Remembrance, in the Old Amphitheater (near the Lee Mansion) at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on Saturday May 19, 2012. The event is sponsored by TAPS 150, Bugles Across America and Arlington National Cemetery. All buglers and trumpeters are welcome to attend the ceremony and perform Taps in Arlington, our nation’s most sacred ground.

Following the ceremony and a massed sounding of Taps in Old Amphitheater, buglers will move to various locations in the cemetery and sound Taps following the chimes at noon. Buglers will be able to choose where they would like to sound Taps in the cemetery. Registration is free but mandatory for this event. You must be registered to perform.

 

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Taps 150 Brass Band Concert!!

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May 19th, 2012 9 PM
Memorial Chapel

Union College
807 Union St. Schenectady, NY 12308

Taps 150 Brass Band Concert

Featuring director and soloist Jari Villanueva
(fresh off the plane from  Arlington)
Fireworks to follow at 10PM.  Free and open to the public.
http://www.union.edu/reunion/schedule/friday/index.php

 

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International Trumpet Guild
37th Annual Conference in Columbus Georgia

May 22-26, 2012

Columbus Convention and Trade Center which is adjacent to the River Center campus.

TAPS 150 will have an exhibit booth all week
Stop by say hello and try out several historic bugles
Jari will do a bugle program during the conference.

More information on the conference:

http://music.columbusstate.edu/events/itg2012/index.php

 

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Jari Villanueva will appear at the
2012 Piccolo Spoleto Festival
Sunday May 27, 2012
Charleston, South Carolina

6 PM: Bugle/Taps program at the First Baptist Church
48 Meeting Street Charleston SC 29401
Lecture on the History of Taps and Civil War Bugle Calls followed by Q&A.

7 PM: Performance with the 8^th Regiment Band from Rome, Ga., White Point Garden.
A program of Music from the Civil War including Manual of Arms Polka
and Tenting Tonight with Taps.

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Join us on Memorial Day, May 28th, as Taps is
sounded at Berkeley Plantation at 3 PM as
part of the National Pause for Remembrance.
This will take place at the Taps Monument.

The National Moment of Remembrance, established by Congress, asks Americans, wherever they are at 3 p.m., local time, on Memorial Day, to pause in an act of national unity for a duration of one minute. The time 3 p.m. was chosen because it is the time when most Americans are enjoying their freedoms on the national holiday. The Moment does not replace traditional Memorial Day events; rather, it is an act of national unity in which all Americans, alone or with family and friends, honor those who died in service to the United States.

Jari will give a short Bugle Program prior to the sounding of Taps
and be available for Q&A in the bugle exhibit at the Plantation

 

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Taps Across the Walkway

Sunday June 3, 2012 5 PM (registration at 3 PM)

2012 marks the 150th anniversary of TAPS. Please join us in honoring our veterans and commemorating our national song of remembrance. On June 3rd, 2012 at 5:00pm, we will sound echo TAPS across the Walkway Over the Hudson, from Poughkeepsie to Highland. This Historic sounding is brought to you by TAPS 150, Bugles Across America and 20th Century Limited Drum and Bugle Corps. Following the ceremony, members of 20th Century Limited will also perform an exhibition featuring a varied selection of music.

Information at:

https://www.facebook.com/events/352886854758121/

 

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“BIRTH OF AN AMERICAN TRADITION”

The 150th Anniversary Commemoration of Taps
June 22 – 24, 2012
Berkeley Plantation
12602 Harrison Landing Road,
Charles City, VA 23030

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This three-day event will celebrate the birth of America’s National Song of Remembrance with Civil War re-enactors depicting the Union Army at rest at Harrison’s Landing (on the grounds of the plantation) following the Seven Days Battles in late June 1862. Living history programs will feature the music of fifes, drums, and bugles, including the commemorative sounding of Taps on Saturday night. Concerts by military bands on Friday night and the Federal City Brass Band on Saturday night will add to the musical flavor of the event.  The focal point of the weekend will be the re-dedication of the Taps monument on Saturday, June 23, at 11 AM. Taps150 and Bugles Across America will have bugle exhibits set up. In addition Virginia’s Civil War HistoryMobile will be on the grounds for visitors over the three days.

All Bugles Across America buglers are invited to participate and perform in concerts during the weekend plus sound Taps on the spot where Taps was born. Ken Rose, LTC (ret), former commander of the Continental Army Band (TRADOC Band), will serve as the conductor of the bugle and trumpet ensembles.

Registration is $20.00 for re-enactors and $25.00 for Trumpet Performers which helps offset the costs of the event.

GOOGLE MAP OF BERKELEY

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THE TAPS150 STORE IS OPEN

Taps 150 CDs
Medals
Coins
Pins
Patches
T-Shirts
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You can listen to a podcast of MSgt Jari Villanueva talking about ceremonial duty at Arlington National Cemetery and Taps

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The few words of the Gettysburg Address changed the course of our nation. The few notes of Taps express a Nations thanks and gratitude for service as no symphony could ever do.-Larry DuPree, Ohio Bugler

PROTOCOL ON TAPS

Click here to read Taps Should Be Seen as a National Treasure

For information contact Taps Historian Jari Villanueva by clicking HERE

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