milestones

linda turns 50 today. i turn 50 on sept 21...it used to seem so old. i guess it just seems more natural the older you get.

wrote an arrangment of "proud mary" for a marching percussion line for a neighoring school.

played a great gig yesterday for a wedding in newton. nice people, good food...good times.

i plan to crank out more christmas arrangments before it gets too late, but i am working hard on writing parts for my marching band doing a journey show.

school starting

Well, in service for the next 3 days, then school starts for real on the 18th of aug. Marching band camp starts today and I think it should be a great group of kids. The steel drum band has been selected to perform at the kansas music educators convention in feb of 2011. problem is that i have several newbies and it will be a difficult task to get them ready.

Tommy Bahamas

I have been teaching at a school in KC to help a friend out with his drum line camp. Most every night after the camp, i having been playing at the local Tommy Bahamas island clothing store.

It never ceases to amaze me about the cool people you meet and the interest that the steel drum generates. Perfect strangers are more than happy to engage in conversation concerning the pan. it is very cool.

One more day today and then home to haven to dive into the sea of orders that came in the previous week. It was a good week with more than $900 worth of sales. I guess school really is starting soon.

Band camp for my school is the 13th and I need to really buckle down cause my room is a shambles.

Still have a lot of backing tracks to knock out.