Request For Volunteer Buglers

[Guest allan]

fwd from: Colonel Dan

to sign up <http://www1.va.gov/volunteer/EchoTaps_form.cfm>

http://www1.va.gov/volunteer/EchoTaps_form.cfm

<file://www.echotaps.org/> www.echotaps.org.

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From: Rick Weidman" < <mailto:rweidman@vva.org> rweidman@vva.org> via

parker2 [mailto:parker2@entercomp.com]

Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:30 AM

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Subject: Fw: Request for volunteer buglers

Please distribute widely.

Good Day,

Please help spread the word about the request for volunteer buglers to

participate in Echo Taps Worldwide. Interested volunteers may register

online at <file://www.echotaps.org> www.echotaps.org. Artwork and graphics

promoting this effort are available for use in your publications and are

attached below in Adobe Illustrator files. Please let us know if you have

any questions or need any more information. Your help in reaching out to our

veterans in this effort is very much appreciated.

Thank you,

Milli Alam

Public Affairs Specialist

National Cemetery Administration

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

810 Vermont Avenue NW

Washington D.C. 20420

Phone: 202-273-5049

"Echo Taps Worldwide" planned

For Armed Forces Day 2007

Hundreds of volunteer brass players are being recruited to perform the 24

notes of "Taps" on May 19, 2007, in recognition of Armed Forces Day at

National Cemeteries, State Veterans Cemeteries and American Battle Monuments

Cemeteries overseas.

The event, called "Echo Taps Worldwide," is being organized by the VA

National Cemetery Administration and Bugles Across America to honor and

remember American veterans through a worldwide performance of Taps.

Organizers also hope the event will interest brass players in volunteering

to perform Taps at the military funerals of veterans throughout the year.

"Each day, America loses about 1,800 of its veterans, primarily those who

fought in World War II and Korea," said Leslie Hampton, a Navy veteran of

Vietnam and a member of Bugles Across America. "In honor of them and the

service they provided, it is important that our Nation preserves the

tradition of a live bugler to play final military honors."

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During the event, players will form a line through the cemetery and perform

a cascading version of Taps. Brass players of all ages are encouraged to

perform at the cemetery of their choice. Schools and other organizations are

also invited to participate in the tribute as performers or support

volunteers. More information and a sign-up sheet are available at

<http://www.echotaps.org> www.echotaps.org.

The first large "Echo Taps" event occurred In May 2005, when 674 brass

players from 30 states lined 42-miles of road between Woodlawn National

Cemetery in Elmira, NY, and Bath National Cemetery in Bath, NY. Playing

"Taps" in cascade, it took nearly three hours from the first note played at

Woodlawn to the final note of Taps sounded at the National Cemetery at Bath.

In 2006, players performed "Echo Taps" at 52 National Cemeteries and State

Veterans Cemeteries across the Nation on Veterans Day in preparation for the

upcoming effort. The Armed Forces Day event in 2007 will involve buglers

around the world to include participants at American Battle Monument

Cemeteries overseas.

""A live bugler performing Taps is an expression of the Nation's

appreciation for the service of each veteran," said Thomas Day, a Marine

veteran who founded Bugles Across America in 2000. "With more than 600,000

veterans dying each year, we are always looking for new volunteers to

perform this valuable service. Echo Taps Worldwide will honor America's 40

million veterans who have served over the course of our history and draw

attention to the need for more buglers to perform "Taps" as part of final

military honors," Day said.

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[Berta]

Thanks Allan-I know vets who participated in this:

"The first large "Echo Taps" event occurred In May 2005, when 674 brass

players from 30 states lined 42-miles of road between Woodlawn National

Cemetery in Elmira, NY, and Bath National Cemetery in Bath, NY. Playing

"Taps" in cascade, it took nearly three hours from the first note played at

Woodlawn to the final note of Taps sounded at the National Cemetery at Bath"

This my neck of the woods! Rod is buried in the above Bath National Cemetery.

It was wonderful! A beautiful day and plenty of police for safe traffic and bugler control as they were right along the main highway-390- into Bath-

It got a lot of coverage in our local newspapers too. Dont miss this event if you can get to it!

Edited January 12, 2007 by Berta