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"It was awful," says Gary's wife, Joanie Marquardt, with a laugh.
“有點害怕，”加里的妻子瓊妮·馬夸特笑著說。
The Marquardts' neighbors, Bruce and Carol Hedblom, were exposed to Gary's playing too. "No inhibitions," Bruce says diplomatically.
馬夸特家的鄰居布魯斯和卡羅爾·赫德布盧姆也看到了加里的表演?！皼]有禁忌，”布魯斯說道。
"I would have given up," adds Carol. Instead, Gary took lessons. "We were all hoping he would get better," says Joanie.
“我本應該放棄的，”卡羅爾補充道。相反，加里學道了知識?！拔覀兌枷Ｍ茏兊酶茫杯偰菡f。
"And then he did." He even passed his audition (on the third try).
“后來他做到了。”他甚至通過了試鏡（第三次試鏡）。
Through BAA, Gary volunteers at funerals roughly a hundred times a year. "I don't play perfect every time," he says.
通過全美軍號組織，加里每年大約做100次葬禮志愿者。“我不是每次都吹得很完美，”他說。
"But it comes from the heart." When he's not playing a funeral, he's often found at local cemeteries honoring veterans.
“但我是發自內心的。”當不參加葬禮時，他會經常去當地的公墓，紀念退伍軍人。
Be they Civil War–era soldiers or casualties of more recent conflicts,
無論是參加內戰的士兵還是最近在沖突中的傷亡人士，
he always leaves a penny on each stone, symbolizing the pittance of his service compared with theirs.
他總是在每一塊石頭上留下一便士，象征著自己的服務與他們相比微不足道。
But why so committed? Turns out Gary—now 68 and comfortably retired after selling his document services company—got a pass in his 20s.
但為什么這么承諾？事實證明，出售文件服務公司后輕松退休的68歲的加里，在20多歲時獲得了通行證。
He was all but certain he'd be heading to -Vietnam after college, until a bleeding ulcer intervened.
他大學畢業后去越南幾乎成為定局，直至被診斷為胃出血。
