Bugles Across America
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Our mition is to make every veterans' last ceremony honorable with a live bugler.
Website: http://www.buglesacrossamerica.org
Location: Nation Wide
Members: 19
Created By: Alex DavisU.S. Air Force Auxiliary Senior Member and ND State Director of Bugles Across America!
Latest Activity: Jun 19
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Bugles Across America, NFP was founded in 2000 by Tom Day, when Congress passed legislation stating Veterans had a right to at least 2 uniformed military people to fold the flag and play taps on a CD player. Bugles Across America was begun to take this a step further, and in recognition of the service these Veterans provided their country, we felt that every Veteran deserved a live rendition of taps played by a live Bugler. To this end, we are actively seeking volunteers to provide this valuable service to Veterans and their families.
Bugles Across America now has over 5000 bugler volunteers located in all 50 states and growing number overseas. Since the Department of Veterans Affairs is expecting more than 1/2 million veterans to pass every year for the next 7 years, Bugles Across America is ALWAYS recruiting new volunteers.
Bugler Volunteers can be male or female. They can play a traditional bugle with no valves, or they can perform the ceremony on a Trumpet, Cornet, Flugelhorn, or a 1, 2 or 3 valved bugle. The bugler can be of any age as long as they can play the 24 notes of Taps with an ease and style that will do honor to both the Veterans, their families, and the burial detail performing the service.
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Bugles Across America, NFP was founded in 2000 by Tom Day, when Congress passed legislation stating Veterans had a right to at least 2 uniformed military people to fold the flag and play taps on a CD player. Bugles Across America was begun to take this a step further, and in recognition of the service these Veterans provided their country, we felt that every Veteran deserved a live rendition of taps played by a live Bugler. To this end, we are actively seeking volunteers to provide this valuable service to Veterans and their families.
Bugles Across America now has over 5000 bugler volunteers located in all 50 states and growing number overseas. Since the Department of Veterans Affairs is expecting more than 1/2 million veterans to pass every year for the next 7 years, Bugles Across America is ALWAYS recruiting new volunteers.
Bugler Volunteers can be male or female. They can play a traditional bugle with no valves, or they can perform the ceremony on a Trumpet, Cornet, Flugelhorn, or a 1, 2 or 3 valved bugle. The bugler can be of any age as long as they can play the 24 notes of Taps with an ease and style that will do honor to both the Veterans, their families, and the burial detail performing the service.
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Comment by Ian Stares on June 19, 2008 at 5:33am - All my tunes have been put on a website for us all to print off what we want thanks to a BAA Member Brian Berlin. The site is http://www.brianberlin.net/bugle.asp I hope he will add the music to the site for you all to hear as well in the future
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Comment by Ian Stares on May 30, 2008 at 2:37am
- I have approx 180 bugle tunes & sheet music to go with them. Army, Navy, American civil war, Australian Air League tunes & Marching band tunes. Some I`ve built on a music program called noteworthy. If anyone is intrested in them I`m glad to share them around.
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Comment by Ian Stares on May 21, 2008 at 6:09am
- I`m proud to be a BAA member out here in Aus. The hard part I`m starting to get funeral requests for Vietnam vets not much older than myself.
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Comment by jay richardson on May 11, 2008 at 9:36am - I am like the rest of you i love being a member of BAA here in Oklahoma we have been losing alot of our vets lately. so things tend to get alittle crazy at times, Lets keep all of our service men and women ,and our vets and their families in our prayers
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Comment by Alex DavisU.S. Air Force Auxiliary Senior Member and ND State Director of Bugles Across America! on April 7, 2008 at 7:20am - Wow, some great stories! I love being a member. It just fills my heart with joy when I perform.
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Comment by Ian Stares on April 7, 2008 at 5:33am
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Keep up the good work fellow Buglers. It is not as popular out here . Only had the chance for 2 funerals in the past 12 months , but played at a few
RSL & POW services
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Comment by BUD on April 6, 2008 at 11:12am - I'm a member of this Group. When I go and blow TAPS, my Heart goes with the fallen and there family. I blew TAPS for my Friend John, His Son died in Iraq He was in the Army and was only 20 yrs old. John and I went to school together. Then I was asked to blow TAPS at my neighber's SON's Funeral. He was Killed in Iraq. He was in the Marines just turned 21
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Comment by Sgt. Cardona (Psycho) on April 4, 2008 at 9:48pm - I'm A PROUD Member and Bugler... IAgree That Every Troop Should HAve Some"BODY" There To Present The Stars And Bars... and Have TAPS Played By A Warm Body...
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