· Officer Applications for 2020-2021 are attached for interested students.
· If you are planning to continue in Concert Band or Wind Ensemble next year, please double check with your guidance counselor that it is in your schedule.
· Looking ahead, we will have a full band zoom meeting on Thursday 6/4 at 1:00pm. Please mark your calendar.
Many thanks to our trumpet students Brian Beaudreault, Michael Benvenga, Dominick Fortuna, and Trevor Griffiths for participating in today’s national sounding of Taps. A photo is attached. So proud of you!
Interestingly, did you know that trumpets (bugles) were integral to the success of military battles? Back before the advent of technology every military unit had a bugler, and the job held a huge responsibility. Because the trumpet is directional, and can project sound a good distance, buglers were used to command the troops, both on and off the battlefield. The bugler needed to memorize different fanfares so he could quickly disseminate information; attack, retreat, time to eat, time to wake-up (Reveille) time to sleep (Taps), and more.
For additional information on bugle calls and their history, visit the sites below.
https://www.bands.army.mil/music/buglecalls/
https://www.army.mil/article/160873/bugle_calls_part_of_army_tradition
Also interestingly, today Ms. Kluga’s family visited a cemetery near their home in Shrub Oak – to pay respects to the veterans buried there. We were honored to find the grave of Charles F. Hendee, a bugler with the First Independent Battery, Connecticut Light Artillery during the Civil War. It was such a large honor and responsibility to be a bugler that this title was engraved for the ages on his headstone. A photo is attached.
Applications are attached. Interested students please return the application to Ms. Kluga by this Friday 5/29. Additional required meeting dates and times are listed at the bottom of the application. Questions? Contact Ms Kluga.
This week, please join the Officers on Wednesday 5/27 at 3:00pm for band snack time. Again, many thanks to our very dedicated YHS Band Officers for hosting this weekly band social event!
Topic: Band Hangout
Time: May 27, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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