[msb-alumni] Re: Band
- From: Connie Grace <cgrace@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 14:36:48 -0400
Whar are you now
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> On Apr 6, 2014, at 1:34 PM, evelyn weckerly <weckerly@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi, Bob,
>
> I'm from the class of '59.
>
> I appreciate your prayers. I had colon issues, not cancer. I was in the
> hospital twice, the second time for surgery, which established that I did not
> have cancer; but rather, Crone's disease. Some of my colon was removed, but
> I could not be put back together then because it was a 50 percent risk of
> failure. I'm going to be put back together at the end of April; now it's a 5
> percent risk of failure. I have not been able to live in my own home since
> the last week of last June. If all goes well and I have fully regained my
> strength, I plan to go home sometime this summer.
>
> So I will appffeciate the prayers of you all.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Evelyn
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Spear" <rsvs80@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: <msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date sent: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 06:44:49 -0700
> Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Band
>
> If it has been a year & you have been sick. It is great to hear from you. I
> don't believe I know you though but I will keep you in my prayers. That you
> continue to improve.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: msb-alumni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:msb-alumni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of evelyn weckerly
> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2014 6:15 AM
> To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Band
>
> Hi, Gary and all,
>
> Gary, When you and I were at MSB, Jesse Manley taught the piano students
> that Mrs. Williams (later Hunn) could not take because she had no room for
> them. Alicia Zaremba McKibben was one of them when she came to MSB as a
> seventh grader. She and I were roommates that year.
>
> By the way, I have not sent anything to this list for about a year. It's a
> long story and off topic for this subject. I will simply say that I have
> been very seriously ill and am still in recovery.
>
> Regards,
>
> Evelyn
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Wood" <K8HLX@xxxxxxx
> To: <msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date sent: Sun, 6 Apr 2014 03:36:40 -0500
> Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Band
>
> I think as far as I remember, piano tuning is the only thing that Mr.
> Manley taught.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peggy" <pyates2011@xxxxxxxxx
> To: <msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 10:12 PM
> Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Band
>
>
> Hi Bob,
> Yah, now I remember. He did teach piano tuning because Larry
> Yanchus took
> that from him and he also taught chair caning. I had no idea
> that he also
> taught band at one time. Must have been before Jack Chard
> started
> teaching.
> Peggy Yats and Ld Ginger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Spear
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 10:34 PM
> To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Band
>
> He taught piano tuning. I didn't know he taught anything else.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: msb-alumni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:msb-alumni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peggy
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 5:40 PM
> To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Band
>
> Hi Steve,
> I didn't know that Jessie Manley taught band. I remember him
> teaching
> chair
> caning but that was all I knew he taught at the time.
> Peggy and Ld Ginger
> Class of 1970.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 1:31 PM
> To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Band
>
> I started playing piano, I thought it was a mandatory thing, and
> I
> couldn't
> wait 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 snare
> drummers, 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
> antics
> from 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.
> Chard
> didn'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 band
> that year, other than I think Terry Posont and I think his
> brother Larry
> was
> there 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 he
> played bass drum. God, I laugh at the stuff we used to mostly
> get away
> with
> then.
>
> I remember a couple years later when Chard was holding us over
> to get some
> extra 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
> Jack
> caught my by my coat collar. I did get in some trouble at home
> for that
> stunt.
>
> Steve
> Class of '72
>
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