TAPS150-The Anniversary of the Bugle Call Taps
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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. All Bugles Across America buglers are invited to participate in these historic and musical commemorations celebrating Taps.
“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
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.
Registration opens Jan 1, 2012
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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
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 which helps offset the costs of the event.
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BIRTH OF AN AMERICAN TRADITION
The 150th Anniversary Commemoration of Taps
June 22 – 24, 2012
CLICK HERE FOR THE EVENT PAGE
Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia
A Musical and Historical Celebration
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.
Berkeley Plantation is located at
12602 Harrison Landing Road,
Charles City, VA 23030
GOOGLE MAP
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The TAPS 150 CD
The CD is now available from
TAPS150
“Day Has Done” has a variety of performances of the bugle call Taps, related bugle calls, and several orchestrations or other settings inspired by Taps. A substantial program booklet will accompany the CD. The CD contains over an hour of material. A combination of narration and program notes will introduce the selections and tell the story of the history of Taps.
For more information and some sound files go to:
http://taps150.org/wp/day-is-done-the-taps150-cd/
The CD has 33 tracks of Taps and Taps related music including calls and settings of our National song of Remembrance.
The CD features trumpet artists Woody English, George Rabbai, Wayne Naus, Walter White, Mike Bogart, Kevin Burns and Jari Villanueva plus buglers from The Maryland National Guard and Bugles Across America. The CD will also come with a booklet full of information.
All proceeds go toward the 150th commemoration of
Taps which takes place in 2012.
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You can listen to a podcast of MSgt Jari Villanueva talking about ceremonial duty at Arlington National Cemetery and Taps
Click on the image below
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AS YOU BROWSE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND WWW.TAPSBUGLER.COM, PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS FOR THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF TAPS. YOU CAN DONATE BY CLICKING THE BUTTON TO THE RIGHT. NOTHING IS TOO SMALL.
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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
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For information contact Taps Historian Jari Villanueva by clicking HERE
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