Hi Marcia. Bummer I missed you when I came to msb. I was in band my junior and senior years. We all kept Mark T. going to the store lots. Peg B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcia Moses" <mgmoses@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 1:55 PM Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Band
I took piano for too many years. I finally talked my folks into letting me take percussion lessons in the ninth grade. I didn't know it when I began snare drum lessons with Jesse Manley, I was automatically in the band, I thought it was great! I played the bass drum right off the bat. If it hadn't been for the band, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to visit parts of Michigan I would have never seen, or had the honor of playing in many band and orchestra festivals. It's good Mark Tonkin's was there to step into Park's footsteps, to insure that we would get our snack fix, with the chips and ice cream sandwiches, lol.Marcia-----Original Message----- From: SteveSent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 1:31 PM To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: BandI started playing piano, I thought it was a mandatory thing, and I couldn'twait to get out after a year. I had Agnes Horton as my teacher. When I switched to snare, Jesse Manley taught me the rudimentals--drum rolls, paradiddles, etc. I can still hear his voice in my mind "Beat, Beat, Bounce-it". In my first year in band, they had Park Herron and Milton Jackson as snaredrummers, so I played the bass drum. Kathy Barkley was on timpany and glock and spiel; Nancy Denny was on cymbals. I learned all the percussion anticsfrom Park Herron, and we certainly carried it all forward in the following years. Park used to make runs to Fabs during rehearsals, just like Mark Tonkins did a couple years later. Because I was small-framed then, I did not play bass drum when we marched.I had to pretend to play the cornet and that was pretty embarrassing. Charddidn't want me to miss marching in various events including the Holland Tulip Festival. I don't remember who else from my class was in the bandthat year, other than I think Terry Posont and I think his brother Larry wasthere then as well. I know there were over thirty and I think at least three trombonists. I think during 1967 I may have played snare drum at one of the band performances, unbeknownst to Jack Chard. Park switched with me and heplayed bass drum. God, I laugh at the stuff we used to mostly get away withthen. I remember a couple years later when Chard was holding us over to get someextra practice before the festivals. Terry Posont put his trombone away and left. I figured I would do. I quietly put the snare drum in its case, put my coat on and just as I was ready to walk out the backstage door, old Jackcaught my by my coat collar. I did get in some trouble at home for that stunt. Steve Class of '72 To send a message, msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to the list, send an email to: msb-alumni-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subscribe in the subject line. To unsubscribe msb-alumni-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line. Online, searchable archives of this list are available at //www.freelists.org/archive/msb-alumni To send a message, msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to the list, send an email to: msb-alumni-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subscribe in the subject line. To unsubscribe msb-alumni-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line. Online, searchable archives of this list are available at//www.freelists.org/archive/msb-alumni
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