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For the past two weeks I have been teaching at the University of Iowa Arts Share Camp. Arts Share is a summer day camp for K-5. It has been crazy and fun! The kids favorite part though? When Herky stopped by[ READ MORE ]
We took a couple of days and went over to Chicago to visit Kate’s sister and her family. We spent part of Friday downtown checking out some sights, including Millennium Park and Michigan Avenue. Saturday was a little more relaxed. The boys had soccer in the morning and then went to see Pixar’s “Up!”. That [ READ MORE ]
Last night was a fun pops concert with the QCSO. We played a set with a Led Zeppelin cover band. It was a sold-out show. The band and the audience were very high energy – it was a lot of fun![ READ MORE ]
This week was full of excitement, but not always the good kind! This week we experienced: Hard drive failure Celebration Bridal Shoppe break-in Motorcycle accident outside Celebration Game night with neighbors (good excitement) BBQ with church friends (more good excitement!) It has been a fun/stressful/busy/crazy/sweaty(humid) week. Cheers![ READ MORE ]
When I was picking Kate up from work we heard a loud crash, I looked around and I saw people flying off a motorcycle. A car had hit a motorcycle with two people on it! Luckily, they were wearing helmets, although the gentleman on the bike had a pretty mangled leg. One of the people [ READ MORE ]
This has been an exciting first week of summer! I had a hard drive failure (luckily, I had my hard drive cloned) and then the bridal store Kate manages was broken in to! There was very little cash in the register, so they only got away with around $90 and some fake jewelry. Exciting stuff&#[ READ MORE ]
The summer time is great for relaxed practice time. I may or may not practice more than during the school year, but the stress-free environment, for me, produces great results in practicing. I can take the time to mentally refocus on areas of my playing that I have not had the time to focus on [ READ MORE ]
While I am kind of out for the count due to my old-man-back issues, I have been working on scanning high resolution album art so that my iTunes is more pretty. I ran across this Steve Turre liner notes/album art this is gorgeous/crazy. Enjoy![ READ MORE ]
I have had some old-man issues with my back lately. I herniated (mild) the disks between both the L3-L4 and L4-L5. The doctor has me on prescription strength Aleve (Naproxen), Vicodin (Hydrococodone), and Flexerol (Cyclobenzaprine). Since two of the three can cause drowsiness, I have been sleeping through the night for the first time in [ READ MORE ]
Q&A with Trombone Master Wycliffe Gordon | Features | Charleston City Paper[ READ MORE ]
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