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Goin' Home Reagan Departure Ceremony

President Ronald Reagan Departure Ceremonies in Washington, DC June 11, 2004. Goin Home is performed by the United States Air Force Band. The arrangement is by Jari Villanueva The arrangement of “Goin’ Home” was used in the movie Clear and Present Danger and filmed at Andrews AFB in January, 1994. The scene depicts an arrival ceremony after several Americans are killed in Colombia. A little history: The tune is based on the slow movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony (No. 9 in e minor). I had always loved the melody that is said to have been based on a Negro folk song Dvorak had heard while traveling through the United States in the late 19th century. It was arranged for the USAF Band for use at Arlington for funerals needing a more secular song (the band is careful to play the proper hymns for Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and non-denominational services) and this one filled the bill. It was actually inspired after watching the TV movie, “Franklin and Eleanor” which recreated the train departure of President Roosevelt from Warm Springs GA after his sudden death. The scene of the Black Naval musician singing and playing "Going Home" and the use of the melody as transitional material spiked an emotion in me. I did the arrangement along with a companion selection, "Amazing Grace" in the late 1980s. The USAF Band starting using it on a regular basis at Arlington and other service bands requested the arrangement from us for their own use. The arrangement was played by the US Army Band (Pershing’s Own) at the service at the Tomb of the Unknowns in May, 1998 when the Vietnam Unknown was exhumed for testing. (The remains were later identified as USAF 1st Lt Michael Joseph Blassie) It was used because there was no religion attached to the Unknown and they wanted a secular piece of music. When Clear and Present Danger was produced they wanted to film a full honors arrival ceremony at Andrews and I was delighted when they chose "Going Home." On the day of the filming in January,1994 it was so bitter cold that the band did not sound as good as it could, so a few weeks after the filming the Ceremonial Brass recorded it for the soundtrack. My big disappointment was that I did not receive a credit for the arrangement in the end. I believe they just acknowledged the Military District of Washington in the closing credits. Fast forward to June, 2004 when President Ronald Reagan passed. The band received the word that the family liked the music and wanted it played at his funeral. So the USAF Band played it at the departure ceremony as President Reagan's remains left Washington for the last time. And in 2007, it was again performed for Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush at their departure ceremonies at Andrews. That "Going Home" is still played at Arlington at funerals means so much to me and I am honored to have this little musical legacy. Of all the music I've been associated with this one arrangement is the one I'm most proud. Being associated and working with the USAF Band and the USAF Honor Guard at ANC is another proud thing in my life.