National Guard BureauGB March
The National Guard Bureau (NGB) March (Always Ready, Always There) is the official organizational music of the NGB. It reflects the mission of the NGB to support the States as well as the dual-service composition (Army and Air Force) of the National Guard. Written with intent to represent NGB and is specifically to recognize the joint force command (Army and Air) of NGB. (CNGB)
May be used to bring in the official party (when they are National Guard) at ceremonies, after official party is in place, then play honors. This is not a part of honors in this case, it is only the music preceding honors. Ruffles and Flourishes will always be followed by Generals March for General Officers of the National Guard. When performed in this manner, use instrumental version only. Use the short version unless more time is required to get official party in place.
As an organizational song, the NGB March does not replace service songs and thus does not take precedence over them.
The March Mmay be performed with or without lyrics. If without, take out 2nd and 3rd verse and play through.
It Mmay be shortened by playing intro and going directly to coda at measure 100 Beat 2. (Pickup into Measure 101)
Tempo should be march tempo. If played along with the service songs, play at the same tempo.
If used in a ceremony with the service songs, this chart will be performed before the service songs, much as performing a branch song before the service song. If performed with branch songs, will follow the branch song but before the Army or Air Force Song. If performed with other organizational songs, will be played after the organizational song.
Order of play. This is not all inclusive, but if any of these are used, this is the order in which they will follow each other:.
Organizational song: For any unit or organization within the Army (National Guard) this is a local command.
NGB March (Always Ready, Always There) Represents NGB; it may also represent thus the entire National Guard ( both Army and Air).
Service songs (Army or Air Air Fforce) If performing NGB March and complete medley of all service songs in ceremony, or concert, perform the NGB March first. : Service Songs represent that military service of which the National Guard is a component of .(Army and Air Force). NGOur units when in active federal serviceactivated fall under that service, placing the service at a higher echelon over the National Guard.
Official State Song To be used while on title 32 status. Should not be used in formation of combined Active Army (title 10) and National Guard (title 32) If formation consists of multiple state (title 32) use each state song in order that they came into the union. (In this case, there is no consideration given to the civil war, Confederate states were admitted into the union prior to the civil war and still carry that date.) The Official State Song represents the state not the military. It represents not only the service members of that state, but also the civilian population within that state that supports the National Guard, which falls under the command of the Governor.
NGB March (Always Ready Always There) May be used as stand alone music in concerts to pay tribute to the National Guard.
When singing, use clear diction, sing with feeling of pride on the march. Sing with clear rhythmic accuracy and, distinct pulse. in the singing. Sing it as you would play it. Discretion may be exercised to balance vocal and instrumental by leaving out some instrumentalist to double on vocal. utilizing more instrumentalist on vocal. For maximum vocal impact, it is recommended to use just one snare, one Tuba and one trumpet per part leaving all others to sing until beat two of measure #100. From there out the entire band plays. If using all instrumental parts, use sound reinforcement for the vocalists.