Easter Monday on the White House Lawn. Since 1878, American presidents and their families have celebrated Easter Monday by hosting an ‘egg roll’ party. Held on the South Lawn, it is one of the oldest annual events in White House history. The President and First Lady are honored to continue the tradition of the White House Easter Egg Roll that dates back to 1878 with President Rutherford B. The Easter Egg Roll will take place on Monday, April 22, 2019, on the South Lawn of the White House.

John Philip Sousa (arr. R Mark Rogers)

This work is the fourth movement of Sousa's Tales of a Traveler.

General Info

Year: 1911 / 1928 / 2000
Duration: c. 2:35
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher:Southern Music Company
Cost: Score and Parts - $110.00 Score Only - $8.75

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet/B-flat Soprano Clarinet IV
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Slapstick
• Snare Drum
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This sprightly ragtime piece was composed in 1928 as a new final movement for Sousa's 1911 suite Tales of a Traveler, replacing the stately Coronation March with a lively piece more in keeping with the dynamic America of the roaring twenties.

- Program Note by Keith Brion

Easter egg-rolling was a tradition in Washington that began during the term of our fourth President, James Madison. Dolly Madison, the wife of the President, started the tradition in 1816. In 1880 the 44th Congress banned egg-rolling on the Capitol grounds, and subsequently President Rutherford B. Hayes invited children to continue this activity on the White House lawn. Music during the egg-roll was introduced by President Richard Harrison in 1889, with the Marine Band performing under Sousa’s direction. It is likely that Sousa’s children participated in this event.

- Program Note by the Boise State University Symphonic Winds

Sousa's 1911 suite Tales of a Traveler was a commemoration work designed to celebrate The Sousa Band’s world tour of that year, with each of the movements featuring a picturesque scene from a different memorable world location. The original last movement of the suite was designated for the coronation of King George V in Britain, but when the music was not used for that event, Sousa changed the title to reflect a scene at the White House. Seventeen years later, the March King became dissatisfied with this finale, so he composed a new movement that remains the most familiar part of the suite: the delightfully charming Easter Monday on the White House Lawn.

Fonts 70s free ttf. The scene of children rolling eggs outside the White House dates back to the Madison administration in 1816 and is continued today. Sousa, with the Marine Band, performed the work at the 1929 Egg Roll, recalling: “With the children rolling eggs, dancing, and romping, a scene of animation persists itself; the elders, from the President to the merest passerby, look on the scene with joy and pleasure.” The march itself is bubbly and vibrant, with the characteristic tunefulness of any Sousa march combined with a particularly demanding virtuosity, leaving nearly any audience member tapping their toe or humming its catchy melodies long after its conclusion.

- Program Note by Jacob Wallace for Baylor Wind Ensemble concert program, 11 February 2016

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD:Strictly Sousa - Dallas Wind Symphony (Jerry F. Junkin, conductor) Recorded at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, TX - 16 July 1998.
• Audio CD:2005 TMEA 4A All-State Symphonic Band (Gary Hall, conductor) - 2005

Audio Links

• Audio:Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• The College of New Jersey (Ewing) Wind Ensemble (Eric Laprade, conductor) – 18 October 2019
• Kennesaw (Ga.) State University University Band (Trey Harris, conductor) – 22 April 2019
• University of Oregon (Eugene) Wind Symphony (Jason Silveira, conductor) – 7 March 2019
• University of Florida (Gainesville) Symphonic Band (John M. Watkins, Jr., conductor) – 13 April 2017
• Lee University (Cleveland, Tenn.) Wind Ensemble (David Holsinger, conductor) – 10 April 2017
• University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Wind Ensemble (John R. Locke, conductor) – 20 October 2016
• Kennesaw (Ga. ) State University Wind Symphony (Debra Traficante, conductor) – 26 September 2016
• California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Festival Wind Orchestra (Eric Wilson, conductor) – 17 April 2016 
• Lone Star Wind Orchestra (Dallas, Texas) (Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor) – 3 April 2016
• West Chester (Penn.) University Wind Symphony (Rachael L. Smolinsky, conductor) – 21 February 2016
• Baylor University (Waco, Texas) Wind Ensemble (J. Eric Wilson, conductor) - 11 February 2016 (2016 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
• Dallas Winds (Jerry F. Junkin, conductor) - 3 November 2015
• Boise (Id.) State University Symphonic Winds (Johnnie Vinson, conductor) - 5 March 2015 (80th Annual ABA National Convention)
• U.S. Coast Guard Band (Kelly Watkins, conductor) - 15 June 2014
• U.S. Pacific Fleet Band (Robert J. Wrenn, conductor) - 3 March 2012

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Across the Danube (1877/2015)
• America (ed. Schissel) (2013)
• America First (1916)
• America First (arr. Gore) (1916/1989)
• America First (arr. Teague) (1916/1940)
• Anchor and Star (1918)
• Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (1924)
• Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (ed. Schissel) (1924/2019)
• At the Movies (arr. Rogers) (1922)
• Atlantic City Pageant, The (1927)
• Aviators, The (arr. Gore) (1931)
• Ballet of the States. See: March of the States
• Beau Ideal, The (1893)
• Beau Ideal, The (arr. Bourgeois) (1893/2005)
• Beau Ideal, The (arr. Worman)
• Belle of Chicago, The (Sousa) (1892)
• Belle of Chicago, The (arr. Byrne) (1892)
• Ben Bolt (1888)
• The Black Horse Troop (1924)
• Black Horse Troop, The (ed. Fennell) (1924/1974)
• Blue Ridge! I'm Coming Back to You (1917)
• Bonnie Annie Laurie (1883)
• Bonnie Annie Laurie (ed. Foster) (1883/2014)
• Boots (1916)
• Boy Scouts of America (arr. Schissel) (1916/2008)
• The Bride Elect (1897)
• Bullets and Bayonets (1919)
• Bullets and Bayonets (arr. Fennell) (1919/1989/2005)
• Century of Progress, A (1931)
• Chantyman's March, The (1918)
• Chariot Race, The (1890)
• The Charlatan (ed. Brion) (1898/2017)
• Charlatan, The: Waltzes (ed. Rogers)
• Christmas and Sousa Forever (arr. Giroux)
• Circumnavigators Club, The (1931)
• Circus Galop from 'The Irish Dragoon' (ed. Schissel) (1915/2004)
• Columbia's Pride (arr. Corrie) (1914/2018)
• Comrades of the Legion (1920)
• Comrades of the Legion (ed. Byrne) (1920/1996)
• Congress Hall (1882)
• Corcoran Cadets March, The (arr. Fennel) (1890)
• Corcoran Cadets March, The (1890) (1890)
• Crusader March, The (1888)
• Cubaland (1925)
• Daughters of Texas (1930) (1930)
• Daughters of Texas (arr. Fennell) (1929/1987)
• Dauntless Battalion, The (arr. Glover) (1922/1996)
• Diplomat March, The (1904)
• Directorate, The (1894)
• Easter Monday on the White House Lawn (arr. Gore) (1911/1928/)
• Easter Monday on the White House Lawn (arr. Rogers) (1911/1928/2000)
• El Capitan (1896)
• El Capitan (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1896/1999)
• El Capitan (ed. Fennell) (1896/1989)
• Esprit de Corps (ed. Foster) (1878/2011)
• Fairest of the Fair (1908/1951)
• The Fairest of the Fair (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1908/2000)
• Fairest of the Fair, The (ed Fennell) (ed. Fennell) (1908/1978)
• Federal, The (1910)
• Flags of Freedom (1918)
• Flags of Freedom (arr. Gore) (1918)
• Flashing Eyes of Andalusia, The (arr. Brion) (1920/2014)
• Foshay Tower Washington Memorial (arr. Dorff) (1929/1977)
• The Free Lance March (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1906/2019)
• The Free Lance March (ed. Revelli) (1906/1981)
• From Maine to Oregon (1913)
• From Maine to Oregon (arr Bourgeois) (1913/2004)
• Fugue on Yankee Doodle (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1996)
• The Gallant Seventh (1922/1950)
• Gallant Seventh, The (arr. Bourgeois) (1922/2003)
• The Gallant Seventh (arr. Fennell) (1922/1971)
• George Washington Bicentennial (1932/1966)
• George Washington Bicentennial March (ed. Fennell) (1932/2006)
• The Gladiator March (1886)
• The Gladiator (arr. Byrne and Boyd) (1886/1994)
• Gladiator March, The (arr. Brion) (1886/2015)
• Gliding Girl, The (arr. Schissel) (1912/2008
• Globe and Eagle (1879)
• Globe and Eagle (arr. Gore) (1879)
• The Glory of the Yankee Navy (1909)
• Glory of the Yankee Navy, The (arr. Schissel) (1909/2004)
• Glory of the Yankee Navy, The (arr Fennell) (arr. Frederick Fennell) (1909/1984)
• Glory of the Yankee Navy, The (arr Gore) (arr. Gore) (1909)
• Golden Jubilee March (1928)
• Golden Jubilee March (arr. Fennell)(1928/1971/2005)
• Golden Star, The (1919)
• The Gridiron Club (1926)
• Gridiron Club, The (arr. Gore) (1926/2004)
• Guide Right (1881)
• Hail to the Spirit of Liberty (Sousa) (1900)
• Hail to the Spirit of Liberty (arr. Schissel) (1900/2010)
• Hail to the Spirit of Liberty (ed. Hunsberger) (1900/1983)
• Hands Across the Sea (1899) (1899/1927)
• Hands Across the Sea (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1899/1997)
• Hands Across the Sea (arr. Balent) (1899/2012)
• Hands Across the Sea (arr. Fennell) (1899/1982)
• Harmonica Wizard (1930)
• High School Cadets, The (arr. Foster) (1890/2005)
• High School Cadets, The (ed. Byrne) (1890/1998)
• Hip Hip Hooray. See: March of the States
• Homeward Bound (1891-1892)
• Homeward Bound (arr. Schissel) (1891?/1992/2014)
• The Honored Dead (1876)
• Humoresque on Swanee by George Gershwin (arr. Brion) (1920/1928/2003)
• Humoresque on the Theme 'Look for the Silver Lining' (arr. Dvorak) (1922/1979)
• Imperial Edward March (1902)
• In Flanders Fields the Poppies Grow (1918)
• In Memoriam (Garfield's Funeral March) (1881)
• In Parlor and Street (1880)
• The International Congress (1876)
• The Invincible Eagle (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1901/1995)
• Invincible Eagle March, The (arr. Helmecke) (1901/1951)
• The Invincible Eagle (1901)
• I've Made My Plans for the Summer (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1907/1997)
• Jack Tar (arr. Hunsberger) (1903/1973)
• Jack Tar March (arr. Schissel) (1903/2016)
• Kansas Wildcats March (arr. Gore) (1931/2005)
• Keeping Step with the Union (1921)
• King Cotton (1895)
• King Cotton (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1895/2000)
• King Cotton (ed. Fennell) (1895/1983)
• La Flor de Sevilla (1929)
• La Flor de Sevilla (arr. Schissel) (1929/1951)
• La Reine de la Mer Valses (1886)
• The Lambs' March (1914)
• Last Days of Pompeii, The (arr. Rogers) (1893/1912/2010)
• Legionaires, The (1930)
• Liberty Bell, The (1893) (1893/1921)
• The Liberty Bell (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1893/2001)
• Liberty Bell, The (ed Revelli) (ed. Revelli) (1893/1982)
• Liberty Bell, The (arr. Helmecke) (1893/1951)
• Liberty Bell, The (arr. Tamura) (1893)
• Liberty Loan (1917)
• Liberty Loan (arr. Brion) (1917/2015)
• Library of Congress March, The (arr. Bulla) (1932/2003)
• The Lion Tamer. See: On Parade
• Look for the Silver Lining (1922)
• Looking Upward Suite (ed. Bourgeois) (1902/1904/1999)
• Loyal Legion March, The (1890)
• Man Behind the Gun, The (1899)
• Manhattan Beach March (adapt. Brion and Schissel) (1893/1996)
• Manhattan Beach March (arr. Balent) (1893/2015)
• Manhattan Beach March (arr. Helmecke) (1893/1951)
• Manhattan Beach March (ed. Fennell) (1893/1980)
• March of the Mitten Men (Power and Glory) (1923)
• March of the Pan Americans (1916)
• March of the Royal Trumpets (1892)
• March of the States (1915)
• A March of the States (arr. Schissel) (1915/2018)
• Marquette University March (1924)
• Mikado March (1885)
• The Minnesota March (arr. Bencriscutto) (1927)
• Minnesota March, The (arr. Fennell) (1927/1990)
• Mother Goose (1883)
• Mother Hubbard March (1885)
• National Fencibles (1888)
• National Fencibles (arr. Schissel) (1888/2013)
• National Game, The (1925)
• National Game, The (arr Brion) (arr. Brion) (1925/2005)
• Naval Reserve, The (1917)
• New Mexico (arr. Fennell) (1928/1970)
• New York Hippodrome (1915) (1915)
• New York Hippodrome (ed. Bryne) (1915/2000)
• New York Hippodrome (arr. Knoener) (1915)
• New York Hippodrome (arr. Brion) (1915/2014)
• Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (1923)
• Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (arr. Fennell) (1923/1972)
• Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (arr. Bullock) (1923/2001)
• Northern Pines, The (1931/1998)
• The Occidental (1887/1891/2016)
• Old Ironsides (arr. Lovrien and Gann) (1926/1999/2007)
• On Parade (1892)
• On the Campus (ed. Schissel) (1920/2005)
• On the Tramp (1879)
• On the Wings of Lightning (arr. Sanford) (1876/1941)
• Our Flirtation (1880)
• Overture to 'Vautour' (1886)
• The Pathfinder of Panama (1915)
• The Pathfinder of Panama (arr. Byrne) (1915/1993)
• The Pathfinder of Panama (arr. Brion) (1915/2016)
• The Pathfinder of Panama (arr. Schissel) (1915/2018)
• Peaches and Cream (1924)
• People Who Live in Glass Houses (arr. Bourgeois) (1909/2004)
• Pet of the Petticoats (1883)
• Phoenix March, The (1875) [lost]
• Picador, The (1889)
• Power and Glory. See: March of the Mitten Men (Power and Glory)
• Powhattan's Daughter (ed. Schissel) (1907/2013)
• President Garfield's Inauguration March (ed. Carrie) (1881)
• President Garfield's Inauguration March (arr. Gore) (1881)
• Presidential Polonaise (1886)
• Presidential Polonaise (arr. Simpson) (1886)
• The Pride of Pittsburgh (arr. Brion) (1901/2014)
• Pride of the Wolverines, The (1926)
• The Pride of the Wolverines (ed. Fennell) (1926/2006)
• Prince Charming (1928)
• Processional (ed. Bourgeois) (1918/2006)
• Quilting Party March, The (1889)
• Recognition March (ca. 1880)
• Resumption (1879/2015)
• Review (arr. Corrie) (1873 / 2015)
• Revival March (tr. Oliver) (1876)
• Revival March (1876)
• Riders for the Flag (ed. Fennell) (1927/1968)
• Rifle Regiment, The (1886)
• Rifle Regiment, The (ed. Fennell) (1886/1985))
• Right Forward (1881)
• Right-Left (1883)
• The Rose, Thistle and Shamrock (arr. Brion) (1901/2004)
• The Royal Welch Fusiliers (No. 1) (1929)
• The Royal Welch Fusiliers (No. 2) (1930)
• Sabre and Spurs (Sousa) (1918)
• Sabre and Spurs (arr and adapt. Brion and Schissel) (1918/1999)
• Sabre and Spurs (ed. Fennell) (1918/1951)
• Salutation (1873) [lost - poss. revised as 'Recognition March']
• Salvation Army, The (1930)
• Semper Fidelis (1888)
• Semper Fidelis (arr. Balent) (1888/2009)
• Semper Fidelis (arr. Bourgeois) (1888/1996)
• Semper Fidelis (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1888/1995)
• Semper Fidelis (arr. Hindsley) (1888/1954/197-?)
• Sesqui-Centennial Exposition March (arr. Gore) (1926/2003)
• Sheridan's Ride (1908)
• Showing Off Before Company (1919)
• Sisterhood of the States. See: March of the States
• Smick, Smack, Smuck (1878)
• Solid Men to the Front! (1918)
• Solid Men to the Front! (arr. Byrne) (1918/1994)
• Songs of Grace and Songs of Glory (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1995)
• Sound Off (1885)
• Sound Off (arr. Balent) (1885/2018)
• Sound Off (arr. Brion) (1885/2014)
• Sousa! (arr. Barker) (1981)
• Sousa March Carnival (arr. Iwai) (2004)
• Sousa Portrait, A (arr. Foster) (2004)
• Sousa Scramble, The (arr. Murtha) (2000)
• Sousa's Cadets (arr. Loest) (2012)
• A Stag Party (c. 1885)
• Star-Spangled Banner, The (orch Sousa) (arr Murtha) (as orchestrator) (1814/1918)
• Stars and Stripes for Christmas (arr. Foster) (1896/2003)
• The Stars and Stripes Forever (1896)
• The Stars and Stripes Forever (ed. Bourgeois) (1896/2004)
• Stars and Stripes Forever, The (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1896/1996)
• The Stars and Stripes Forever (arr. Helmecke) (1896/1951)
• The Stars and Stripes Forever (ed. Revelli) (1896/1988)
• Tales of a Traveler (arr. Rogers) (1912/1999)
• Tally-Ho! (1886/1894)
• Three Quotations (arr. Rogers) (1895/1997)
• The Thunderer (1889)
• The Thunderer (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1889/1998)
• The Thunderer (ed. Fennell) (1889/1997)
• The Thunderer (ed. Jurrens) (1889/1984)
• Transit of Venus (1883)
• Transit of Venus (arr. Bourgeois) (1883/2013)
• The Triton (1879/1892)
• The Triton (arr. Foster) (1879/1892/2009)
• Triumph of Time (1885)
• Turkey in the Straw (as arranger; trans. Guion) (1919/1931)
• Universal Peace (probably 1925 or 1926)
• University of Illinois March (1929)
• University of Nebraska (1928)
• Untitled march (1930)
• USAAC March (1918)
• U.S. Field Artillery March (arr. Brion) (1917/2003)
• U.S. Field Artillery March (arr. Wagner) (1917/2016)
• Voice of a Departing Soul, The (as transcriber)
• The Volunteers (1918)
• The Volunteers (ed. Foster) (1918/2008)
• The Washington Post (1889/1917)
• The Washington Post (arr. Bocook) (1889/2010)
• The Washington Post (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1889/1997)
• The Washington Post (arr. Carnahan) (1889/)
• The Washington Post (arr. Fennell) (1889/1983)
• The Washington Post (arr. Story) (1889/1998)
• We Are Coming March (ed. Schissel) (1918)
• Wedding March (Sousa) (1918)
• When the Boys Come Sailing Home! (1918)
• When the Boys Come Sailing Home! (arr. Brion) (1918/2014)
• White Plume, The (1884)
• The White Rose (arr. Brion) (1917/2003)
• The White Rose (arr. Holsinger) (1917/)
• Who's Who in Navy Blue (ed. Byrne) (1920/1995)
• The Wildcats (arr. Gore) (1930 or 1931)
• William Tell Overture (as transcriber)
• Willow Blossoms (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1916/1995)
• Wisconsin Forward Forever March (arr. Glover) (1917/1987)
• Wisconsin Forward Forever March (arr. Schissel) (1917/2017)
• With Pleasure (ed. Foster) (1912/2006)
• With Pleasure (arr. Schissel) (1912/2006)
• Wolverine March, The (ed. Foster) (1881/2012)
• Yorktown Centennial (1881)

References

• Sousa, J.; Rogers. R. (2000). Easter Monday on the White House Lawn: Tales of a Traveler: Suite for Band (1929) [score]. Southern Music Co.: San Antonio, Tex.

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