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htownag08
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Do they use real bugles or do they use trumpets/cornetts?

I know this is not aggie football related, but i know alot of former/current bandsmen are on this board quite often.

To make it aggie football related, the players are in the FTAB, which performs at half time at football games!

BD88
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The first Silver Taps was held in 1898 and honored Lawrence Sullivan Ross, the former governor of Texas and president of A&M College. Silver Taps is currently held in the Academic Plaza. On the day of Silver Taps, a small card with the deceased students name, class, major, and date of birth is placed as a notice at the base of the academic flagpole, in addition to the memorial located behind the flagpole. Around 10:15 that night, the lights are extinguished and hymns chime from Albritton Tower. Students silently gather at the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross. At 10:30pm, the Ross Volunteer Firing Squad marches into the plaza and fire a twenty-one gun salute. Buglers then play a special rendition of Silver Taps by Colonel Richard Dunn. Taps is played three times from the dome of the Academic Building: once to the north, south, and west. It is not played to the east because the sun will never rise on that Aggie again. After the buglers play, the students silently return to their homes. Silver Taps is a sacred tradition that Aggies hold dear.


http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/silvertaps.shtml
BRP
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htownag08
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Ok I had read that, but I know a lot of people that are considered "buglers" actually just use cornetts and stuff. I shoulda guessed aTm being so rich in history would have kept using bugles. This would explain why its so hard for them to harmonize. Thanks a ton!
NICU Dad
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wrong o, moose breath...

the bunglers all play trumpets.

and bungle rank doesn't play a d@mn note, they just fake it.

"Me fail english, that's unpossible!"
-Ralph Wiggam

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