Daily Archives: May 24, 2020

Ms. Kluga is so proud of our students for creating this musical distance-learning experience. Although virtual performances will never replace the educational value and magic of live music, she’s so happy we could put something together to honor the significance of this day in our community.  The video is in this week’s email. Please enjoy.

Thank you to local veteran Pat McDonough and the Yorktown American Legion for providing the photos and information about our local war memorials contained in our project.

Please take 15 minutes out of your Memorial Day to watch this excellent video created by Pat McDonough and members of the Yorktown American Legion. The video takes you on a virtual tour of our local war memorials, with historic details and information skillfully narrated by Mr. McDonough.

In an effort to honor Memorial Day in a socially-distanced way, please consider participating in this National experience.

At 3:00pm on Memorial Day, trumpet players and instrumentalists of all types are invited to step outside their homes and perform Taps for their neighborhood. More details and a link to the music can be found below. If you participate, Ms. Kluga would love to see a photo of you or hear your video. She plans to play Taps from her driveway. Her sister, who is a trumpet player in the Air Force, will be playing Taps from where she is stationed in Illinois.

Details: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-participate-in-steve-hartmans-taps-across-america/

Music: https://tapsbugler.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/TAPS-MUSIC.jpg

FYI: Trumpet players – if the music is too high for you Taps can be played using any valve combination for all notes (like a lip slur). Try starting on low D (1+3) and using that fingering for all the notes.

In case you missed it from Ms. Kluga’s last e-mail, please take 12 minutes to watch this video about the significance of Taps – featuring the buglers at West Point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-zEvRCNJd0