Host Shelley Wilkinson starts with some practical facts; what it actually is, how to play it, its history and what sort of music is played on it.
Trevor Bremner contributes, Peter Sledemere is the narrator and you also hear Keith Hall and Blake Herbert.
This programme was made with assistance from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision and the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira.
Look at the photo gallery for this episode of Bugle Stories
WW1 bugle from Auckland War Memorial Museum | Tamaki Paenga Hira collection. Photo: RNZ / Shelley Wilkinson
Cecil Mead Photo: Shelley Wilkinson
Music Details:
Don Raye: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B
- Andrew Sisters (vocals) and band
(ABC 763809)
Bugle call: “Men’s Meal” (2nd call)
- Unnamed bugler
(Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)
Bugle call: “Reveille” (Rouse)
- Unnamed bugler
(Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision)
