Eddie Ludema performed "Taps" at many SALUTE! concerts in Columbus over the past decade. Submitted photo It’s composed of only four different notes, performed in a prescribed rhythm in military ...

Dear Annie: A few years ago, on Memorial Day, you printed the words to “Taps.” Very few people actually know the history of this melody. Until the Civil War, there was a bugle call known as Lights Out ...

James Cutri, the bugler at Santa Rosa’s Memorial Day commemoration Monday, estimates he plays taps at 75 to 100 ceremonies per year. But despite his experience, he still finds it tough to keep his ...

Playing taps on a boombox at a military funeral is just not the same as having someone in a dress uniform stand at attention and blow into a brass bugle. That's why S&D Consulting, based in New York ...

The La Crosse Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps will take the field this summer with something new and different. The 2011 show, titled "ReBourne," showcases music from "The Bourne Identity" and "The ...