PERSONAL MUSIC HISTORY

• Played clarinet in 4th and 5th grade
• Started snare drum in 6th grade
• Bought drum set and "Teach Yourself To Play Drum Set" book for 70th birthday and started a new adventure in music

BANDS/GROUPS I HAVE PLAYED OR AM PLAYING IN

• Liverpool High School Band, Valley City, OH 7th-12th grades
• Bowling Green State University Marching Band one semester to get one credit so I could graduate a semester early
• UNI-New Horizons Band, Cedar Falls, IA 1999-2004
• *New Horizons Band Dallas
• *UpSwing Jazz Orchestra

CAREER/RETIREMENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Taught physical education grades 1-8, Madison, WI, for 6 years
• Elementary Guidance Counselor, Waterloo, IA, 16 years

FAMILY

• Had one brother
• Married 50 years and 5 days, widowed in 2006
• Have two daughters, one son, three granddaughters and one grandson

INTERESTS/HOBBIES

• Gardening and keeping up my three acres
• Photography, making note cards for gifts from garden photos
• Mentoring students at an elementary school one dat a week
• Playing in the bands
• Following sports teams

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