Every morning before work, and before sunrise, David Dodson sits in his car, garage door closed, and practices playing his trumpet for 30 minutes. He always finishes with taps — a chilling, 24 ...

Ludema laughed at that reference saying many trumpet players might think, “if Radar can do it, anyone can.” But to give “Taps” the performance that is deserved, preparation is required.

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) - Every morning before work, and before sunrise, David Dodson sits in his car, garage door closed, and practices playing his trumpet for 30 minutes. He always finishes with ...

The Korean War veteran from Stratford, Wisconsin, has been playing taps on Memorial Day since 1956. When he started playing the trumpet at 10 years old, he seemed to display a natural talent.

Chris Gekker stepped up to the flag flying at half-staff, trumpet tucked against a borrowed wool uniform. Before him was the World War I Memorial and its lines of poetry on a granite wall. We were ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — There’s a number of ways to honor veterans this Memorial Day. A Charleston man hit all the right notes. John Congdon spent the holiday weekend playing "Taps" on his ...

Music helped Navarro get through. He learned how to play the trumpet when he was 8 after his father, Martin Navarro, gave him the instrument.

KALAMAZOO, MI — Taps echoed through the air as Bill Bakkila echoed Susan Owen’s trumpet on his tuba in the front yard of his home in the Westwood Neighborhood of Kalamazoo. Over 2,000 people ...

Including "Taps." Bierschenk won’t be playing his own trumpet, but rather one that’s been to Normandy before. The trumpet he’ll be playing belongs to World War II veteran, Richard Wank.