A Civilian Taps Volunteer Organization

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Objective:
To promote Taps bugler volunteerism among the civilian brass playing community, and to encourage music organizations to proactively connect with their communities to pay tribute to America's Military Heroes.

 

Introduction

About

 
 
 

Updates and News: 4/30/08

New Story of Service: Ryan Codd, brass player for the Empire Statesmen and the Mighty St. Joe's who exemplifies the true spirit of the OperationTaps project.

Updates and News: 4/24/08

Changes to the OperationTaps web site:

Important message from Bill McGrath, Jr. member of the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame, as well as member of various Percussion related Halls of Fame and one of the most respected musicians, instructors, and contributors in the marching music activity.
Bill's message will be distributed to every veterans group, and should be part of every participating unit's presentation to their community.

Updates and News: 4/20/08

I will no longer list unit by unit results of the DCA Challenge; just a listing of units by state for anyone interested in contacting a particpating corps.

Read more about the progress of the project.

As always, I want to thank all the units and individuals involved in this project.

Tom Allen, OperationTaps

Updates and News: 3/25/08

New!!! Stories of Service Page
We're always looking for input from people and organizations that have successfully filled the gap between Veterans, their Families, and the Brass playing community.

Updates and News: 3/05/08

!!! New Participating Unit !!!!

Welcome to the Manchester, NH Muchachos, the parent corps of MCA and DCA Mini-Corps participant, The Amoskeag Sound

Updates and News: 2/14/08

More and more organizations have reported on their involvement -
Empire Statesmen, Mighty St. Joe's, Rochester Crusaders, Prime Time Brass, Ghost Riders, and Syracuse Brigadiers. AND as of February 11... The Erie Thunderbirds!!!

Updates and News: 2/1/08

The Mighty St. Joe's Alumni Corps from WNY have decided to create a flyer that can be distributed to all the veterans organizations and funeral homes.

Here's a downloadable copy of that flyer.

OperationTaps Flyer

Feel free to download it, put your group's information on it and and use in your area!

Tom Allen, OperationTaps

 

Progress Report 4/30/08

Since starting this project on Pearl Harbor Day 2007: OperationTaps participating units have performed at military honors funerals for:
93 Veterans for whom the only other option was to use a recorded version of Taps.

First time to this site? Click here to visit the Introduction Page

Visit the Stories of Service Page

 

 

 

 

OperationTaps Flyer

Make as many copies as you want, add your unit's information, and distribute to funeral homes and veterans organizations around your community.

PDF version of William McGrath Jr's message to our nation's veterans organizations.

List of participating units by state

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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