National Memorial Day Concert

[ThomasDodd]

I say this last night. Great job. Thanks to everone who was involved.

The Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps was there. So I'm curious. Which Contra was you Leland?

Anyone else on the board play during this?

[Dean]

The US Army Band's Herald trumpets also participated.

I was lucky enough to be playing G Bass Herald.

It was a blast

[Leland]

The Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps was there. So I'm curious. Which Contra was you Leland?

I was the second tallest, second from the left (from the audience point of view). Frankly, I'm surprised that the contra sound came across as well as it did in the broadcast -- maybe it's that titanium bling of the Bayamo I'm using.. lol

I think we did okay for throwing it together in a couple hours on Thursday.

[ThomasDodd]

Frankly, I'm surprised that the contra sound came across as well as it did in the broadcast -- maybe it's that titanium bling of the Bayamo I'm using.. lol

I think we did okay for throwing it together in a couple hours on Thursday.

The PBS broadcasts have been doing very well at getting the bass brass sounds. Someone know how to mike these things. Much better than most recordings/broadcasts I been involved with, which miss most of the bass.

A few hours? It sounded great, and the "drill" was interesting. Wish the broadcast showed it better. And I wish you guy had done more than the one piece.

I also noticed that Taps was done on a 2 valved bugle. My son also noticed that it only had 2 valves. And asked questions. Glad they got a Marine to do it:)

[ThomasDodd]

The US Army Band's Herald trumpets also participated.

Ya'll sounded great as always.

I was lucky enough to be playing G Bass Herald.

Didn't know if we had any Herald members on the board. For that matter, I don't even know the instrumentation of the Hearld Trumpets. Care to point me to more info? Or fill us in?

[Leland]

The PBS broadcasts have been doing very well at getting the bass brass sounds. Someone know how to mike these things. Much better than most recordings/broadcasts I been involved with, which miss most of the bass.

Last year, for our part in the opening number of the Capitol Fourth concert (guess the date.. lol), the PBS guys originally wanted to play a recording of us while we did our thing on stage.

Oh my goodness... I wish I could have heard the first runthrough from out front. We're just a bit too loud to "lip-sync".

A few hours? It sounded great, and the "drill" was interesting. Wish the broadcast showed it better. And I wish you guy had done more than the one piece.

It would've been fun to play more, yeah, but we're good at the mobile music thing, so we might as well do what we do better than the other service bands. Besides -- one shot one kill, right?

I also noticed that Taps was done on a 2 valved bugle. My son also noticed that it only had 2 valves. And asked questions. Glad they got a Marine to do it:)

That was our newest ceremonial bugler -- he won the spot about a month ago. Most of our sopranos & mellophones (playing sop, of course) can be called for funerals and such, but the CB is the go-to guy for Taps at our Tuesday & Friday parades and various other special functions.

[Leland]

Although, is he always so spastic? Maybe it was nerves, but he kept fidgeting before he played.

Hehehe...

I'm thinking that, apart from nerves, he was aware of when his airtime was going to be, and wasn't going to strike his pose until then. Over the last year, I've learned that the TV direction hides a lot of goings-on -- you don't see us ooze onto the stage while Joe Mantegna's talking, for example.

He's young, too; I'm not even sure if he's of drinking age yet.

[Rick F]

The U.S. Army Band Herald Trumpets



...is that you second from the left Leland?

Great picture!

[ThomasDodd]

The U.S. Army Band Herald Trumpets
...is that you second from the left Leland?

Ouch...

Did you mean Dean

[Leland]

Nah, I'm not in that shot. We're not in any of the photos from this year on PBS's site, either. Not surprising, really.

We're listed under Performers, with a pic from last year's July 4th performance -
http://www.pbs.org/memorialdayconcert/c ... ml#marines

[Rick F]

Oops! Sorry about that Leland.

What do I know - I was in the Air Force.

[Leland]

Oops! Sorry about that Leland.

What do I know - I was in the Air Force.

Ah, I get it now. No further explanation necessary...

*ducks*

[Dean]

US Army Herald Trumpet instrumentation:

All parts are doubled, so:

2 Eb soprano heralds (1 part)
6 Bb soprano heralds (3 parts)
4 Bb Tenor heralds (2 parts)
2 G bass heralds (1 part)
2 drummers

16 total

All heralds are members of the Ceremonial Band of Pershing's Own.

The Bb tenors are trombonists, and the G basses are euphoniumists.


As far as the "spastic" bugler... I am betting he was rehearsing his movements. He knew he had a few minutes to airtime, and since placing his horn to his lips was a part of that airtime, he wanted it to go smoothly. Thats my guess anyway!

[Dean]

The U.S. Army Band Herald Trumpets



...is that you second from the left Leland?

Great picture!

I am pretty sure this is an old pic--from 2002 i think. I wasnt in this concert. Also, this is the soprano side of the group--the tenor-basses woulda been on the other side of stage.