PERSONAL MUSIC HISTORY

• Piano – small kid, probably about 6
• Percussion – Jr. high and high school, Enid, OK
• Sax – started about age 72; first attempt at a wind instrument

BANDS/GROUPS I HAVE PLAYED OR AM PLAYING IN

• High school band
• *Denton New Horizons Band
• *New Horizons Band Dallas

CAREER/RETIREMENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Career #1 – teacher. Little kids, first or second grade.
• Career #2 – tech writer/manager, first with a DOD company in New England, then with Ernst & Young here.
• Career #3 – software test, first with Ernst & Young, then with a spin-off of E&Y that did computerized training.

FAMILY

• Married for 47 years, now widowed
• 2 sons, 3 grandsons, 2 nephews, 5 great-nephews, 1 great-niece. (My family doesn’t seem to grow girls very well.)
• 1 large dog (Akita)

INTERESTS/HOBBIES

• Music (of course)
• Tai chi
• Quilting/needle crafts/crochet etc.
• Gardening
• Airplanes. Used to fly, now just right-seat flying but still love airplanes.

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