Dr. Jonathan Sayre Allen – Trombonist and Teacher

The third week of school has come and gone. It was a short, four day week due to Labor Day. Significant events from week three:

nothing. Wow. I guess not that excited and not really warranting a blog post… Ok…
Performed Bert Appermont’s Colors for Trombone in Trombone Seminar Class. I received some good feedback, mostly about differentiating between different accent types. This is something that I have been struggling with for a while. I wonder if the dual-bore slide hinders my ability to do this? Especially more delicate, quite accents?
There was only one meeting for theory, so that is a highlight…
Upgraded my MacBook to 10.6.1 and my iPhone to 3.1. I am such an upgrade freak. I love it.
Spent a significant amount of time at the Medical Loop bus stop as I somehow missed the Oakdale bus every day by about five minutes and had to wait fifty minutes for the next bus to come.
I got sick with a cold that has been going around.
I found some pictures that I thought I lost! I will post some of them below.
Updated my blog with a new template, as you can already see.
Kate grandfather passed away, so she will be going to Salt Lake City next week for the funeral. Thanks to Chris Ellsworth, who works for United Airlines, for allowing us to use a “Buddy-Pass” for Kate to get to the service.

The following pictures were taken about ten months ago here in Coralville, Iowa. I went down to one of the areas hit hardest by the flood of last year and there was an upright piano that has obviously received significant damage. The sun was starting to set, so the colors were optimal. Enjoy.