More Bugler pictures and a Salute to the Cavaliers at www.buglecall.org Check out www.buglecall.org by clicking on the flag to your left. New photos under photos 2008 of buglers and The Cavaliers Drum And Bugle Corps. The Cavaliers are 60 years old this year. Madison Scouts are 70. Get out and see a Drum Corps show this year. The Cavaliers Anniversary Corps will be at the Naperville show on June 29th and it's free. We have 100 plus horns 40 in the drum line and a big visuals section and an Honor Guard with the American Flag and M1 rifles and we do a Flag Pre to Battle Hymn.     more ...

Published May 07, 2008 - 11:29 AM Posted By tomday

World Wide Echo Taps 2008 I am proud to announce that we are having our 2nd World Wide Echo Taps event at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas on May 17, 2008. If anyone out there wants to volunteer to sound Echo Taps with us for this event, please email me at Texasbugleboy7071@inbox.com Thanks, Raymond Gutierrez, Texas State Director 210-367-7349

Published May 05, 2008 - 11:41 PM Posted By texasbugleboy7071

Report From Kentucky Fellow BAA Buglers: The following is a brief report regarding the progress involving live bugling and BAA in the Lexington, Kentucky area. Besides the usual 30-40 monthly funerals at Camp Nelson National cemetery alone, there are 4 scheduled Civil War stone dedications nearby this summer. These are in addition to the one here in Lexington this May for which the family is coming from British Columbia. All of the event coordinators for these dedications are recognizing, displaying our logo and crediting BAA in their verbal and written programs and publicity.     more ...

Published Apr 26, 2008 - 11:24 AM Posted By Dixiebugler

Armed Forces Day Guernsey County, Ohio The Guernsey County Veterans Council of Guernsey County, Ohio will be sponsoring the County's first annual Armed Forces Day program at Northwood Cemetary in Cambridge, Ohio on May 17, 2008 at 10:30 AM. Trumpet players are being solicited to take part in our version of "Echo Taps". A three round volley rifle salute will be fired to honor our departed comrades. Join us in Cambridge and bring your trumpet or bugle!

Published Apr 23, 2008 - 09:35 AM Posted By jimg

MD National Guard recruiting buglers We have recently received a request from the MD National Guard for buglers. Here are the parameters: -B flat is preferred, G is acceptable. Performance guidelines will be posted on our website but we use basically the ones on www.tapsbugler.com -No prior military service is required, although preferred -MDNGHG will provide uniforms. (a uniform with no insignia will be issued to those who have no military background) -Bugles are going to be ordered for use with the MDNGHG. I plan to have everyone using issued bugles unless they own one.     more ...

Published Apr 19, 2008 - 03:58 PM Posted By ldclark

An Interesting Call to Tom Day at BAA 4-2-08 BAA has benn working for eight years to get the call I will tell you all about. This morning I talked to the Washington Office that covers all Casuality Assistance. I mean ALL. All 54 states and territories., 11 Regional offices and 30 Casuality Assistance officers. The Sgt. Major I spoke with said he has heard the great stories of how BAA and the branches of the services are working so well together that he and his CO would like to see if they can make it a National program with BAA as a partner.     more ...

Published Apr 02, 2008 - 10:54 AM Posted By Tom Day - Founder

Memorial Day 2008, Great Lakes National Cemetery Ladies and Gentleman, "The National Cemetery Administration is combining the Echo Taps program with the Memorial Day program this year rather than having them separate. Have you had anyone contact you about the program? If you would like to participate, the Memorial Day Committee is setting up and echo taps with two players. We could incorporate any number of additional players into the program. Please let me know if there is any interest in doing this."     more ...

Published Mar 31, 2008 - 10:35 AM Posted By fmalott

World Wide Echo Taps 2008 I am proud to announce that we are having our 2nd World Wide Echo Taps event at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas on May 17, 2008. If anyone out there wants to volunteer to sound Echo Taps with us for this event, please email me at Texasbugleboy7071@inbox.com Thanks, Raymond Gutierrez, Texas State Director 210-367-7349

Published Mar 24, 2008 - 08:58 AM Posted By texasbugleboy7071

EchoTaps the long brass line, The DVD movie ins 1st place. Just informed by Les Hampton that the group known as "The Telly's" has just voted our DVD first place. We are awarded The Silver Award. They have no gold just silver and bronze. We were in the area called Coverage of Local Events. This is an international award with CNN, the History Channel and all networks competing..... You can still order a copy by going to the Echo Taps icon to your left. I am proud to have been on the cover of that dvd. T     more ...

Published Mar 10, 2008 - 12:25 PM Posted By Tom Day - Founder

Taps for buglers? CNHI story 5/18/2006 Taps for buglers? By James S. Tyree CNHI News Service OKLAHOMA CITY — Funerals with military honors are among the most solemn ceremonies anywhere. Uniforms are pressed to perfection, American flags presented and folded with precision, and rifle shots ring out to punctuate the final salute. And who has the honor to play the 24 solemn notes of "Taps"? “Anybody we can get,” says Bill Prater, commander of American Legion Post 88 in Norman, Okla.     more ...

Published Mar 03, 2008 - 09:54 PM Posted By trjumpet