Me as a Musician, Part II: Elementary & Middle School

Yesterday left us with me lugging orchestral bells around my sixth grade class.  Well, that was al fine and dandy, but we got a new band teacher that year too.   He was a very old hairy man who had poorly articulated speech and all to properly articulated eyebrows, ear and nose hair.  If you have ever seen Jeff Dunham's marionette "Walter,"  you know what Mr. Barry looks like.  No where near as funny though.  Mr. Barry was dull, droll and a troll.  His spit could reach the moon on a normal day.  Nonetheless, band was very enjoyable.

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Graduating to seventh grade was traumatic for me.  The first week of school, was jumped in the mens restroom, and forever more was terrified of the "gotta go" urge.  band was great though.  Mr. Holck is an excellent teacher, and he runs a very very good program.  For the first time in my life, I had friends in the music department.  We hung out in band, after band, and in our other classes.  I remember playing a roland keyboard in a festival of music.  The piece was "John Willams Overture"  and it was a medley of his more popular themes, such as Jaws, Star Wars, E.T, and others.  We also Played a medley of the music in Shrek. 

Tomorrow:  Part III, High School & College