On 22 Feb 2007 at 15:53, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: > Among many repressible memories of my days at Ft. Ord, CA ... I can > remember that, at that post at least, stopping what ever training we > were doing at 1700, I believe, to face the direction of the nearest > American flag and listening to music while it was lowered. I can't > remember if it was a particular bugle call, or the National Anthem. I > know it was not Taps, 'cause that came later, just before lights out, > when I would always shout out, "The thinking lamp is now lit!" (not > popular with the platoon sgt.). I just recall it being a gentle, > calming experience after a long day of running up and down sand > hills, and inserting my bayonet into the rubber ribs of a dummy. > Anybody remember what said music was?
Er, retreat? That would be the appropriate bugle call, no? http://www.dfenton.com/images/Retreat.png When I was the assistant music director for Illinois's Boys State program, we used a lovely 3-part arrangement of it. I don't recall who did it, but it was a tiny little booklet with all the bugle calls in it, written by an Army veteran. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
