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Category Archives: Bucket List
Bucket List #3 ~ Attend NAMM ~ check
If you have a music bucket list, attending NAMM at least once should be on it. NAMM 2015 was held in Anaheim this year and hosted over 75,000 attendees. Opening day included a visit by the Disneyland band. The best … Continue reading
Posted in Band, Bucket List, Community
Tagged Fishman, james blunt, mindi abair, NAMM, SaxRax, selmer, toto, yamaha
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Project du Jour: Little Free Libraries
“If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.” ~ Frank Zappa Recently a friend of mine reminded me of the Little Free Libraries. Lauren is building her first house and … Continue reading
The National Community Band 2013
“From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.” ~ John Philip Sousa Suzy and I will be performing in our third … Continue reading
2013 Resolutions a la Commitments
“New Year’s Day now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.” ~ Mark Twain With all the talk and jokes about New Year resolutions going … Continue reading
Posted in Bucket List, Family, Guides, Health and wellness, Man stuff, My World, Tips and Tricks
Tagged commitment, goal, resolution
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This Community Band Is Up to the Challenge
It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing. ~ Boromir, about the ring in Lord of the Rings. When the Woodinville Community Band director Leah … Continue reading
Posted in Band, Bucket List, Classical, Community, Gigs, Music, Music Instruments, Saxophone, WCB, Wikipedia, YouTube
Tagged Gollum, J. R. R. Tolkien, Johan de Meij, seattle, sheetmusicplus, Smeagol, solo, soprano sax
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From my Bucket List: Small Ensemble Musings
“As good as I am, I’m nothing without my band.” ~ Steven Tyler I was thinking about some of the things on my bucket list, most of them job, family and music related. I am not brave enough to share … Continue reading
Posted in Band, Band Management, Big Band, Bucket List, Hobbies, Jazz, Music, Sax Quartet, Seattle, WCB, YouTube
Tagged Dissonance, ensembles, professor gadget sax quartet, woodinville community band
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Old Casa du Glassa
We are leaving the big house for a smaller one. I wanted to capture some of the pictures of this lovely house before we moved on. By moving to a smaller place, we are one step closer to retiring. The … Continue reading
Getting Hired by Microsoft ~ the Zoosk way
“I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.” ~ George Burns Over the years many, many family and friends have sent me their resume to get hired by Microsoft. I’m embarrassed to … Continue reading
Posted in Bucket List, Education, Getting a Job, Gigs, Health and wellness, Microsoft, My World, Quote
Tagged contractors, shayan Zadeh, Social Media, Volt, Zoosk
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Tulum Mayan Ruins Tour ~ 2011
I have always wanted to visit the Mayan and Aztec ruins in Mexico. So when Suzy got this great cruise deal that included a trip to Key West, Cozumel, and Tulum, we jumped at the chance. Located on 40 foot … Continue reading
The Hemmingway Adventure
Suzy and I have just returned from our Caribbean cruise and I wanted to share a little taste of what we saw on the Key West Island. A visit to see Nobel prize winning Ernest Hemmingway’s house and bar has … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Bucket List, Culture, Education, flickr, Holiday, International, My World, Pets, Sun bathing, Travel, Writing
Tagged Caribbean, Carnival cruise, Elvira, Ernest Hemmingway, ghost, Hemmingway, Key West, Nobel prize, polydactyl cat, Sloppy Joes
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The Bis Key Chronicles 