Ah, so there may have been two calls played ... that rings a distant
bell in my brain. I don't recall how "To the colors" went at all,
though.
Thanks,
Dean
On Feb 22, 2007, at 4:47 PM, dhbailey wrote:
David W. Fenton wrote:
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.
At the end of the day it would be Retreat, followed by To The
Colors as the flag was lowered.
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David H. Bailey
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