Thoughts from the Tower, Podium and Field ~~ Band, Leadership and Life
Been a number of months since I’ve posted and, as it is with everyone else in the world life has certainly kept moving along. Today I started the last summer workshop I share with Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser. It is always a bittersweet weekend–we love hanging together, working with young adults, etc., but we both know […]
Read More Old Friends –Still Teaching MeIt was the spring of 1995 and it was just another job. That’s right: A JOB. For after all, what is being a band director at a major university: nothing more than a paycheck. Right? …not even close. I did not know then that I would spend the rest of my life in Delaware. At […]
Read More Starting the Third Decade…The eve before Thanksgiving. I’m sitting here in my family room with the fireplace a blaze…it’s still snowing outside albeit much less than earlier in the day. Delaware got its share of slush…the usual for this part of the eastern corridor. Tomorrow I will enjoy the company of friends–the turkey is ready for the oven, […]
Read More Traditions…A few times over the years of posting thoughts and ideas and commentary and the occasionally rare criticism I have made the following remark: “My humble hat is stapled to my head.” It’s true…ok, perhaps not stapled but most assuredly Gorilla Glued on. I am always quick to deflect congratulatory statements from others, passing them […]
Read More Unexpected Wonderful SurpriseIt’s here! It arrived faster than we ever wanted and now that it’s here folks are all SCARED TO DEATH! That’s right, every marching band director across the country is shaking in their Dinkles right now because they looked at the calendar and saw “HALF WAY THROUGH THE SEASON” and they know that means only […]
Read More The Push, The MidPoint, Halfway Home…the middle of the season…thank you. It has been MONTHS since I took the time to post here and I’m not all that sure why. There were many times I had this particular post running around in my cluttered mind but simply didn’t make the time. Hmmm…that is unacceptable for me. I will attempt to be better at my […]
Read More To Those Who Helped Shape This LifeSometimes it takes a smack upside the head with a two X four to get my attention. Sometimes that two X four has to have a giant spike at the end of it too. But other times it is not as simple as that. Other times it is a subtle, gentle reminder that overtakes your […]
Read More Remembering How To Fly….My Return to Neverland