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		<title>New Website!  Check it out!</title>
		<link>http://militarymusic.com/blog/2012/01/new-website-check-it-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Kopstein has launched a new website that features an encyclopedia of military band musicians, music, and conductors from around the world!  This is a very valuable resource, be sure to check it out! World Book of Military Music]]></description>
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		<title>15th Field Artillery Regiment Band, RCA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fifteenth Field Regiment began in February 1920 after a decision by the Canadian Artillery to formally establish a militia unit in Vancouver. Originally called the Fifteenth Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, the unit consisted of several horse drawn cannons manned by a group of battle hardened veterans of the First World War. Although there is no official record of a band in the early years of the unit, other sources indicate military bands performed throughout British Columbia as early as the 1860's. . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Taylor Branson</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contributed by Jack Kopstein TAYLOR BRANSON Born in Washington, D.C., 1880 &#8211; Died in Bethesda, Maryland, 1969 Taylor Branson was a native of Washington, D.C., who like his predecessor John Philip Sousa, seemed destined for a career in the U.S. Marine Band. His father was a country fiddler who read no music and wanted his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 1st Co GFG Band</title>
		<link>http://militarymusic.com/blog/2010/09/the-1st-co-gfg-band/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 1st Co GFG BAND 1st Company Governor’s Foot Guards Contributed by Jack Kopstein When the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut passed the resolution in 1771, which formed the First Company Governor&#8217;s Foot Guard, no mention was specifically made of a band of musicians, although a petition by commandant Captain Samuel Wyllys in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Band Talk, June 2009</title>
		<link>http://militarymusic.com/blog/2009/06/band-talk-june-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MilitaryMusic.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Military directors and bandmasters are often faced with nearly impossible tasks to provide music almost in an instant. As a former bandmaster, I can vouch for the difficulties associated with music requests on impulse. On one occasion I was requested on a slip of paper passed to me while performing with a small dinner group in the officers mess to play the tune "Drop me Jesus through the Goal Post of Life©" by country artist Bobby Bare. Fortunately, one of the musicians in the group knew the tune and within a few minutes he had one-fingered the tune on the piano. We quickly wrote down the simple 3/4 melody and a few chords, and I sat down and scored it out for our small seven piece group on some scrap manuscript paper. We blared it out to the officers who were dining in the main ding room on the next set. They applauded as if we had played Beethoven's ninth, and I had a great laugh with the musicians.

The great John Philip Sousa no less had a similar request by the President of the United States...]]></description>
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		<title>Band Talk May 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 21:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MilitaryMusic.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interview with Roger McGuire, Pipe Major of the Canadian Scottish Regiment pipes and Drums, Victoria, BC Q: Tell us a little about yourself. RM: I was born in Ottawa, Ontario and grew up in the Ottawa area. My father was on staff with the Army Historical Section at the time, where he was primarily involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Band Talk April 2009</title>
		<link>http://militarymusic.com/blog/2009/04/band-talk-april-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://militarymusic.com/blog/2009/04/band-talk-april-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MilitaryMusic.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Band Talk This month, instead of an interview, we present this wonderful painting created by American illustrator Paul Stahr (1883-1953). This painting depicts John Philip Sousa marching through the streets of the city with the US Navy band that he trained at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station outside Chicago during World War I.* The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Point Glee Club Performs on ACM&#8217;s Award Show</title>
		<link>http://militarymusic.com/blog/2009/04/west-point-glee-club-performs-on-acms-award-show/</link>
		<comments>http://militarymusic.com/blog/2009/04/west-point-glee-club-performs-on-acms-award-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday April 5th 2009 the West Point Glee Club performed with Trace Adkins to help support the Wounded Warrior Project.    Read More On the West Point Glee Club&#8217;s Performance  For More Music by the West Point Glee Club Check Out: Stand Ye Steady West Point on the March Technorati Tags: west point glee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Band Talk, March 2009</title>
		<link>http://militarymusic.com/blog/2009/03/band-talk-march-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://militarymusic.com/blog/2009/03/band-talk-march-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MilitaryMusic.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAND TALK &#8211; JACK KOPSTEIN STRIKE UP THE BAND It is a distinct pleasure to present Lt. Col. Timothy J.  Holtan, Commander  of the WEST POINT BAND, as the subject of our interview for this issue of STRIKE UP THE BAND. Q: Tell us a little about yourself &#8211; background including education, schools, instrument(s), career [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Band Talk February 2009</title>
		<link>http://militarymusic.com/blog/2009/02/band-talk-february-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://militarymusic.com/blog/2009/02/band-talk-february-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MilitaryMusic.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[STRIKE UP THE BAND BAND TALK An Interview with a Retired Military band Director of Music By Jack Kopstein This interview is the first in a series of interviews with Directors and band Commanders, Pipe Majors of military bands across a wide spectrum of both Domestic and International bands. It is a distinct pleasure to [...]]]></description>
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