New Horizons Band
Dallas, Texas
Frank Bray
Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Dallas, Texas
Personal Music History
In Lubbock, TX., I played cornet 3 years at J.T.
Hutchinson Jr. Hi. and 3 years in the Monterey Sr. High Band. I played trumpet one
year in high school orchestra as well, and played in the Texas All-State Band and
Orchestra in 1957 and 1958. I played 4 years at Texas Tech University in the
"Goin' Band from Raiderland", as well as in the ROTC Band. I put my horns
away in 1962 after graduation, until I joined New Horizons in Feb. 2005.
New Horizons Band
Why I joined New Horizons Band? When I retired,
one of my goals was to learn to play trumpet again. I sounded so bad when I tried to
play, I felt it was useless. Besides, I did not have a group to look forward to playing
with. A good friend told me about the band, and I decided to give it a try. The New Horizons
Band gives me the opportunity to play music with a group of my peers
that don't seem to mind the squeaks and missed notes as I am trying to get the ol' lip
back in shape and the fingers limbered up. This is the incentive to get me to practice
again.
