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
The timing on this photo find is almost perfect. We're less than two weeks away from Halloween and I stumbled on this photo of my folks. This photo made me laugh out loud! My mom is wearing one of my dad's old band outfits. They used to wear these blue tuxes when they played weddings … Continue reading Friday Photo Flashback
Bestie Birthday Wish
While she has been mentioned before in a few blogs, I have one friend who has never had one completely devoted to her. Today, on her birthday, I want to rectify that. As we get older, memories tend to fade. Details can get lost. We may remember things a bit differently than they actual happened. … Continue reading Bestie Birthday Wish
Friday Photo Flashback
This Sunday (6/9) will mark 36 years since I graduated from high school. Coincidentally, I graduated from college with my Associates Degree 25 years later (11 years ago). I mention this because there have been so many graduation posts on Facebook over the last week or two. Many of my friends have been celebrating the … Continue reading Friday Photo Flashback
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
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!
Friday Photo Flashback
For this week's edition of the Friday Photo Flashback, we go back to Spring Break of 1989. I had graduated high school, was working at my first radio job, and my high school band was heading to Florida to perform at Disney World. My brother was still in band at the time and my parents … Continue reading Friday Photo Flashback
Various Ramblings of a Nostalgic Italian 