Ceremonial Music

Change of Command, Retirement, or Awards Ceremony
Morning Colors Music
Mess Night
Birthday Ball
Funeral Music
Bugle Calls

Ceremonial music performed by the United States Marine Band with bugle calls by the ceremonial bugler for Marine Barracks Washington.

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Change of Command, Retirement, or Awards Ceremony

Attention
Adjutant's Call/The C.M.T.C.
Fix Bayonets
Grand Old Flag
To the Color
Trio, "National Emblem"
Sound Off Alert - March - Sound Off Alert
Officer of the Day
National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" - John Stafford Smith/Francis Scott Key
Pass in Review - March, "Semper Fidelis" - Anchors Aweigh - The Marines' Hymn - Bugle strain from "Semper Fidelis"

Morning Colors Music

March, "The Boys of the Old Brigade" - W.P. Chambers
March, "The Thunderer" - John Philip Sousa
March, "Semper Fidelis" - John Philip Sousa
March, "The Washington Post" - John Philip Sousa
First Call
March, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" - John Philip Sousa
Attention
National Anthem,"The Star-Spangled Banner" - John Stafford Smith/Francis Scott Key
Carry On
Anchors Aweigh/The Marines' Hymn - Charles A. Zimmerman/ traditionall
The Marines' Hymn - traditional
March, "King Cotton" - John Philip Sousa
March, "National Emblem" - E.E. Bagley

Mess Night

Dinner Chimes
Officers' Call
Sea Soldiers
March, "Semper Fidelis" - John Philip Sousa
The Roast Beef of Old England
National Anthem,"The Star-Spangled Banner" - John Stafford Smith/Francis Scott Key
Anchors Aweigh - Charles A. Zimmerman
The Marines' Hymn - traditional
Anchors Aweigh/The Marines' Hymn - Charles A. Zimmerman/ traditional

Birthday Ball

Attention
Adjutant's Call-French Foreign Legion March - L. Dugat
Attention
March, "Semper Fidelis" - John Philip Sousa
One Ruffle and Flourish - Flag Officers March*
Two Ruffles and Flourishes - Flag Officers March*
Three Ruffles and Flourishes - Flag Officers March*
Four Ruffles and Flourishes - Flag Officers March*
Four Ruffles and Flourishes - Generals March
Four Ruffles and Flourishes - Honors March - John Philip Sousa (The Stars and Stripes Forever)
Four Ruffles and Flourishes - National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" - John Stafford Smith/Francis Scott Key
Attention
Trio, National Emblem
National Anthem,"The Star-Spangled Banner" - John Stafford Smith/Francis Scott Key
Trio, National Emblem
Attention
The Marines' Hymn (slow version) - traditional
Auld Lang Syne - traditional
March, "Semper Fidelis" - John Philip Sousa
Anchors Aweigh/The Marines' Hymn - Charles A. Zimmerman/ traditional
The Marines' Hymn - traditional
The Marines' Hymn - Three verses
Happy Birthday to You

* Please note: This sequence includes four sets of "Ruffles and Flourishes, Flag Officers March," one of which may be chosen if honors are required. The other three should not be programmed for play. If honors are not required in the sequence, all four tracks should be excluded.

Funeral Music

God of our Fathers
"Taps" (band version)
Bugle Call Taps Version 1 (as written in Marine Corps Band Manual)
Bugle Call Taps Version 2 (version often heard throughout the military)
The Marines' Hymn, Apotheosis
The Marines' Hymn (slow version)
Eternal Father

Bugle Calls

Bugle calls performed by the ceremonial bugler for Marine Barracks Washington. All bugle calls were performed on a Soprano bugle in G. For those calls for which there are multiple versions: the first most closely adheres to the bugle calls listed in the Marine Corps Manual. Alternate calls follow common practice performance at Marine Barracks Washington and throughout the Marine Corps and the military.

Adjutant's Call
Assembly - 2 times
Attention Version 1(as written in Marine Corps Band Manual)
Attention Version 2 (as performed by "The President's Own" United States Marine Band)
Attention Version 3 (as performed by other musical units in the Marine Corps and throughout the military)
Band Call
Belay
Call to Quarters Version 1 (as written in Marine Corps Band Manual)
Call to Quarters Version 2 (up tempo)
Church Call
Company Commander's Call
Double Time
Dress Parade
Drill Call
Evening Colors Sequence (Attention - Retreat - Carry On)
Fire Call
First Call
First Call to Mess (Chow Bumps) - 3 times
First Sergeant's Call
General Quarters
Guard Mounting
Inspection
Last Post
Liberty Call
Mail Call
Mess Call
Morning Colors Sequence (Attention - To the Color - Carry On)
Movie Call
Officers' Call
Pay Call
Police Call
Recall
Reveille
School Call
Secure
Sick Call
Taps Version 1 (as written in Marine Corps Band Manual)
Taps Version 2 (version often heard throughout the military)
Tattoo
To Arms

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