Taps Across America happened on Memorial Day and over 4,000 people participated all over America. From our own New Horizons Band in Rapid City, SD, we had at least 10 who played Taps at their homes. A few of us on non-traditional instruments! One of our neighbors took a video (little bit of wind noise in the video) from her phone of me playing Taps on our front porch. I put a couple pictures and the video in Dropbox below.
Today, the “President’s Own” United States Marine Band, in collaboration with the American Bandmasters Association and Frost School of Music, had a live play-along on YouTube where people could play along with the Marine Band as they played a couple of Sousa’s most famous marches. I played along with “The Thunderer”. I started my camcorder, sat down, and when I started playing, I realized I did not have the volume of the Marine Band high enough. Oh well, I just went ahead and played anyway and tried to stay with them. I used the mic on the camcorder and the audio isn't great. I think I also forgot all about dynamics! Hope some of you got a chance to do this, too. This recording was done mostly for my fellow bandmates here, and I told them if they watched until the end, they would get a close up of my new face. Which has a beard that I have never had in all my 72 1/2 years.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ri411vooj...57QhA8yOa?dl=0
John