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The First Time Becky Webber Sounded “Taps”
Clip: Season 7 Episode 10 | 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Becky Webber recalls sounding “Taps” at her great-uncle’s funeral as a sixth grader.
Becky Webber explains why she learned to play the bugle for her father’s American Legion post. She recalls her first funeral as a bugler, when her grandmother wrapped her in a quilt to keep her warm.
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Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
The First Time Becky Webber Sounded “Taps”
Clip: Season 7 Episode 10 | 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Becky Webber explains why she learned to play the bugle for her father’s American Legion post. She recalls her first funeral as a bugler, when her grandmother wrapped her in a quilt to keep her warm.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWhen I was in fifth grade, I came home all excited and told my mom and dad that I wanted to take band.
And my dad said, "Go right ahead, but you have to learn how to play the bugle, because my Legion Post needs a bugler for our military funerals."
And I'm like, "Okay."
- Okay.
- Not knowing what it was gonna lead to, but I learned to play "Taps" in sixth grade and my very first funeral I sounded "Taps" was at my great uncle Steve's.
And it was in January and it was so cold that my grandma, who was Uncle Steve's sister, wrapped me in one of her quilts while I crouched behind the tombstone, a different tombstone, to get in and out of the wind.
- Oh my gosh.
- So that was my first experience of sounding "Taps."
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Clip: S7 Ep10 | 1m 47s | Becky Webber shares how she became a volunteer bugler for military funerals. (1m 47s)
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