37 years ago this week I graduated from high school. I was such a band nerd in high school. Band was my life in high school. It was a place where you were accepted, you worked together, and core memories were made. I remember my sophomore and junior years playing music before the commencement ceremony … Continue reading Friday Photo Flashback
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Friday Photo Flashback
Time for another edition of the Friday Photo Flashback. Today, we go back to May of 1987 to the annual Band Banquet. I stumbled on the above photo in a stack of pictures from my dad. I realize that the photo is a bit blurry, but if you look carefully, you will see that I … Continue reading Friday Photo Flashback
A Blog in Three Quarter Time
There is a thing that circulates on Facebook every so often that says, "Every thing I learned about Classical Music, I learned from Looney Tunes." In a way, that is true for me (and a lot of people). Here is a link to an article from Classic FM: https://www.classicfm.com/composers/liszt/cartoonist-how-generation-learned-classical-music-bugs-bunny/ I bring this up for a … Continue reading A Blog in Three Quarter Time
Ghosts of Halloween Past
A few years back, I wrote a blog about those terrible Halloween costumes we used to wear as kids. You know, the one with the plastic masks with the holes in them? The masks with that cheap rubber band that always broke? Remember those? Here is a link to that blog as a refresher for … Continue reading Ghosts of Halloween Past
Friday Photo Flashback
Time for another Friday Photo Flashback. This time around I'm taking you to my room....circa 1990. The shelf you are looking at sat above my bed (a waterbed...lol). Above it was another shelf with the globe my grandmother had got me for Christmas, some ceramic pieces my mom made me and a few other things. … Continue reading Friday Photo Flashback
Why I Want My Children to Be in Band
While scrolling Facebook this weekend, there were lots of pictures of high school Homecoming dances and football games. Hoco, as it is now called, was one of those events I always looked forward to! I loved marching in the parade and playing the halftime show. This morning a link to this article came up and … Continue reading Why I Want My Children to Be in Band
Something’s Missing!
Warning - Band Alumni Rant To Follow! It is no secret to anyone who follows my blog that I am a Band Nerd through and through! I have many wonderful memories of playing in band when I was in school. Many memories surround the high school Homecomings. Homecoming was always on a Saturday. We'd start … Continue reading Something’s Missing!
Challenger
I was a sophomore in high school 36 years ago. Space shuttle launches were nothing new to me, as they had done 24 launches since 1981. On January 28, 1986, the entire country watched as the first teacher (Christa McAuliffe) was on board. It was a Tuesday and it seemed like every classroom was watching … Continue reading Challenger
2 Years of Ramblings – A Reflection
Two Years Old Word Press informs me that this blog turned two years old yesterday! Two years and the blogging continues.... I wrote a blog reflecting on one year and some feelings remain the same. Rather than look back on the entire two years, I thought I would reflect on the last year, which had … Continue reading 2 Years of Ramblings – A Reflection
Three Birthday Tributes
Today I would like to salute three of my closest friends. I guess, in a way, I am taking the easy way out by including all three of them in one blog. I am doing it this way because they all celebrate birthdays this month. So here are some thoughts on three great guys. Joe … Continue reading Three Birthday Tributes
Various Ramblings of a Nostalgic Italian 