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January 2001:

My interest in music began in grade school, when my parents encouraged me to play clarinet. About the same time that I had decided that I did not want to keep playing, my mom proudly told me that the family had gone ahead and bought my clarinet instead of renting it. I cried almost all the way to the bus that morning of the fifth grade!

Later in high school I played Tenor Sax in marching band, continuing with the clarinet for concert band. After putting all instruments down for years; a friend asked me to play clarinet in the church orchestra at Liberty Baptist Church in Hampton, Virginia. I played there for 3 years and continued when the Air Force moved me to Dayton, Ohio in 1994.

My interests have spread out. I now play flute, clarinet and two low brass instruments: euphonium and tuba. At Patterson Park Church in Beavercreek, Ohio, I began by playing clarinet for an additional 3 years. But I have mainly been playing Tuba since 1997. It is fun to move from one instrument to another.

In 2001 I have taken up Bassoon for the church orchestra.  Beginning to learn again!

The greatest fun has been watching my children learn to play. My elder son, now in college played tuba in high school. Our daughter, a senior, plays a mean clarinet. And our youngest, in the 5th grade has interests in percussion, guitar and trombone.