The insulation is in.
The drywall(lying on the floor) should be up within a couple of days.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
We have Brick
I went by the house this afternoon hoping to see some progress on the brick and this is what I saw:
No brick up yet but there are some workers moving stacks of bricks to various places. I thought that they were about ready to start - perhaps tomorrow. I went by again at 6pm on the off chance that they had started bricking today and found this:
I was impressed by how much they had done in 3 hours.
We have brick!
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
The House
The week before last we took a picture of the 'house.'
Just a foundation with some pipes sticking out of it. The next step was the framing which was supposed to start tomorrow. We checked in to see if the lumber had been dropped and what we found instead was this:
We were supposed to get a phone call from the construction manager the night before framing started but did not. The reason for this was so we could take pictures of the various phases as the frame was going up(we also wanted to pictures of the foundation being poured but didn't get the agreed upon call then, either).
We did take some pictures after we got used to the thing already being there. Behold:
Garage
Kitchen
Living Room
Loft
Master Bedroom
The view from upstairs
So there it is; our new house. Next week the plumbing, a/c, & electrical should be done.
We're looking at early October as a move-in date.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
ITF/Las Vegas
We went to Vegas May 30-Jun 6. The primary purpose was to go to the International Trombone Festival but we had decided beforehand to stay a few extra days and meet some friends there and have some fun.
The ITF was a nice experience. It was nice to see some acquaintences that I hadn't see in a while and then there were a couple that I don't think that were that happy to see me. My UNT trombone teacher was there and was extremely busy but we got to talk for a few minutes. It seems that one of his students won the second trombone position with the Vienna Philharmonic. I was blown away. I didn't even know that they allowed Americans to try out. And it was his very first professional audition. Also, the 'TF' trombone quartet(also coached by the same teacher as Jeremy Wilson) from UNT won the quartet competition.
I also saw someone that I knew from BYU there, along with his son(whome I can't believe is 15 now). He's the Trombone professor at BYU-Idaho now. Good for him. He is one heck of a player.
I am a little curious why my former BYU roommate, now the BYU trombone prof, didn't show. Its only 7 hours straight down I-15 to lv from Provo. Maybe I'll shoot him an email.
ITF itself had many fine performances and lectures. I'm not remembering them all very well right now so I won't talk about it. That's what I get for not making my blog entry right when I got home.
The highlight of Friday was that night when we ate at the buffet at the Wynne Hotel. It was incredible having shrimp, crab legs that were split lengthwise(making meat extraction easier), pastas, chinese food, bbq, just EVERYTHING. Two thumbs up from up from us. Drawback? It was $36 each.
The ITF ended on Saturday. Monday afternoon we saw the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay. The ads look very cool, showing a huge great whit with its gaping maw against the glass but the actual exhibit was a bit of a letdown. The biggest the sharks got was what I would say 'medium-sized.' Eh.
Our friends, 'Bob' and 'Elaine' arrived on Monday. That evening all of us went and saw the Blue Man Group. What a fantastic experience! They had a giant pvc pipe with bends and sliding sections and they made all kinds of cool sounds with it. There were a lot of flashes of color, long streams of recycled paper rolling over the audience, and other audience participation. I would HIGHLY recommend it.
The next day we walked around a lot, checking out the casinos. We tried to ride rollercoasters at both New York, New York and Stratosphere but they both closed down because of high winds. We checked back on each but no luck. By afternoon I was really wishing that I had brought my newer tennis shoes because my feet were hurting, blisters and all. We stopped at a drugstore-like enclave and I played dr on my feet but I'm not sure that it helped all that much. We ate dinner at Mandalay Bay buffet which was not quite as good as Wynn's but not nearly as expensive($20), either. Bob suggested that we check out Mama Mia, the ABBA vehicle, that night so we ended up seeing that. I didn't think too much of it. The next day Bob and Elaine went back to LA and we came back to TX(a 1200 mile drive).
A good vacation but a loooong drive.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
To all my fans out there(both of them): a lot has been going on for the last month and a half and I'm going to try to catch everyone up somewhat. I'll take it one event at a time.
20th Class Reunion
The 3rd week(end) in May the wife and I piled into out 1999 honda accord and went to my 20th anniversery in Magnolia, Arkansas(about an hour due east of Texarkana if that helps anyone). The reunion consisted of 3 events: a Friday Night mixer, a Saturday morning high school walk through for the purpose of seeing all the changes that have been made to the high school in the last 20 years, and a Saturday night dinner and dance at the local country club.
Friday Night Mixer
This was definitely the most surreal of the three. I knew in my brain that everybody would look older but my last memoryof these people was how they looked on graduation day; May 14th, 1987 when everybody was 18. As people started to come through the door it was like a time machine in my head went off, trying to reconcile how people looked when they were 18 with how they looked 20 years later. This happened over and over for each person that I recognized which was kind of trippy. There were quite a few people that I didn't remember, even after looking at their name tag. And many of these people seemed to remember me as their good friend. I was the tallest in school so maybe they remember me that way. I did see a couple of friends there that I used to hang out with quite a bit but not nearly as many as I had hoped. One of these friends only lives 15 miles away from where we live, which was great. We're planning on getting together for lunch soon as he's an attorney and comes to the county courthouse in Denton quite a bit.
Saturday Morning HS walking tour
Our guide was the current hs principle. I think when we graduated, he was the asst principal at the jr high. Most of my memories of him consist of him being a pe teacher when I was in fifth and sixth grade. Anyhow, we met in the library where he started off by telling us how technologicly advanced the school had gotten, how wired the placed had gotten and how lessons were now transmitted from the library to the classrooms. Most of the library books are now on cd(if I heard him right).
Next we walked over to the band hall. We first entered a large bandroom about the same size as the ensemble rehearsal rooms that I rehearsed in at BYU. Then mr principal man informed us that the was the small one. We all walked over to the other half of the building and saw the other bandroom. It was HUGE!!!! WOW!! Not just big but cutting edge, too. Attached to the ceiling was a white satellite opject that we were informed was a sound system(or part of anyone). Actualy it was part sound and part projection(projector) but it was extremely sleek and modern. I'm guessing that that part of it alone was between $50,000 and $100,000. Apparently Magnolia has money to spend. A lot of it.
Then we went over to the huge, new gymnasium. It is very large for a hs gym, has arena style seating, and is convertible for several differnt activities - like graduation. A very nice facility.
Saturday night at the country club
I had never been to the country club before. It was fairly nice but not overly so. The shindig was scheduled to start at 6:30 and that's when people started to stream in. I think dinner itself wasn't served until 7:30 or so. The dancing started after dinner, 8:30 or so. I got to talk with several people whom I hadn't seen yet. It was fun & interesting. Fun to see old acquaintenances and interesting to see what people had done with their lives. Some people did great things, started families, got good educations and good jobs and some pretty much stayed like how they were at graduation. There were a lot of both.
At 9 or so a couple of friends and our wives got bored with the whole deal and went to McDonalds of all places and sat and talked about our childhoods for a while. It was nice reminiscing, talking about movies, talking about how our lives were going. They are some good people. The kind of people who make me think that maybe the world has a chance.
20th Class Reunion
The 3rd week(end) in May the wife and I piled into out 1999 honda accord and went to my 20th anniversery in Magnolia, Arkansas(about an hour due east of Texarkana if that helps anyone). The reunion consisted of 3 events: a Friday Night mixer, a Saturday morning high school walk through for the purpose of seeing all the changes that have been made to the high school in the last 20 years, and a Saturday night dinner and dance at the local country club.
Friday Night Mixer
This was definitely the most surreal of the three. I knew in my brain that everybody would look older but my last memoryof these people was how they looked on graduation day; May 14th, 1987 when everybody was 18. As people started to come through the door it was like a time machine in my head went off, trying to reconcile how people looked when they were 18 with how they looked 20 years later. This happened over and over for each person that I recognized which was kind of trippy. There were quite a few people that I didn't remember, even after looking at their name tag. And many of these people seemed to remember me as their good friend. I was the tallest in school so maybe they remember me that way. I did see a couple of friends there that I used to hang out with quite a bit but not nearly as many as I had hoped. One of these friends only lives 15 miles away from where we live, which was great. We're planning on getting together for lunch soon as he's an attorney and comes to the county courthouse in Denton quite a bit.
Saturday Morning HS walking tour
Our guide was the current hs principle. I think when we graduated, he was the asst principal at the jr high. Most of my memories of him consist of him being a pe teacher when I was in fifth and sixth grade. Anyhow, we met in the library where he started off by telling us how technologicly advanced the school had gotten, how wired the placed had gotten and how lessons were now transmitted from the library to the classrooms. Most of the library books are now on cd(if I heard him right).
Next we walked over to the band hall. We first entered a large bandroom about the same size as the ensemble rehearsal rooms that I rehearsed in at BYU. Then mr principal man informed us that the was the small one. We all walked over to the other half of the building and saw the other bandroom. It was HUGE!!!! WOW!! Not just big but cutting edge, too. Attached to the ceiling was a white satellite opject that we were informed was a sound system(or part of anyone). Actualy it was part sound and part projection(projector) but it was extremely sleek and modern. I'm guessing that that part of it alone was between $50,000 and $100,000. Apparently Magnolia has money to spend. A lot of it.
Then we went over to the huge, new gymnasium. It is very large for a hs gym, has arena style seating, and is convertible for several differnt activities - like graduation. A very nice facility.
Saturday night at the country club
I had never been to the country club before. It was fairly nice but not overly so. The shindig was scheduled to start at 6:30 and that's when people started to stream in. I think dinner itself wasn't served until 7:30 or so. The dancing started after dinner, 8:30 or so. I got to talk with several people whom I hadn't seen yet. It was fun & interesting. Fun to see old acquaintenances and interesting to see what people had done with their lives. Some people did great things, started families, got good educations and good jobs and some pretty much stayed like how they were at graduation. There were a lot of both.
At 9 or so a couple of friends and our wives got bored with the whole deal and went to McDonalds of all places and sat and talked about our childhoods for a while. It was nice reminiscing, talking about movies, talking about how our lives were going. They are some good people. The kind of people who make me think that maybe the world has a chance.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
My AIMS Audition
For those not in 'the know,' AIMS is an 5-week annual musical festival held annualy in Austria. And, every year, there is an annual audition 'tour' where auditions are held in different locations from January to March. Eastman, Julliard, Chicago, LA...most of the big cities are covered. On Sunday, Feb 11, I auditioned at the one held at SMU in Dallas. I had to drive around a while to find parking, but I still got in the music building with plenty of time to warm up.
I had expected that there would be an actual audition committe but when I entered the room, it was just the orchestra manager and a microphone. In retrospect, I guess that I should have expected it.
The required audition repertoire was a movement of a concerto and 5 specific excerpts.
Here's how it went, in order:
1. I chose the first movement of the Grohndal for my solo. It went ok..the tempo was fairly steady but I did miss a few notes and made an error at an entrance. The orchestra guy stopped me after the halfway point. The AIMS provided accompanist was sightreading everything and did a so-so job.
2. Mahler 3rd - Fairly well. A tad sloppy in the lower register but I felt like I kept the style fairly consistant and played the various 'tempo' markings well.
3. Tuba Mirum - Went well.
4. William Tell Overture - Went very well. The judge comments, though not that loudly, 'excellent' afterwards. Don't worry, I'm not reading too much into it. I'm glad that this one went well because I had really been busting my hump on it.
5. Schumann Symphony #3, 4th mvt., 1st 8 measures - I played through it and I wasn't that happy with it(The high Eb was a bit thin and I flubbed one or two other notes) but didn't say anything. After I finished, The orchestra manager said 'Let's try that again.' So I played it again and I'll be durned if I didn't play it WORSE the 2nd time. I flubbed the high Eb, barely getting it at all, and cracked 2 or 3 other notes. ARRRRGGGGGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was so frustrating because I had played it and played it well before. Here, I had two shots at it and screwed it up both times. I think that I just didn't concentrate enough on a big enough second breath. A week later, this still bothers me.
6. Lohengrin, Prelude to Third Act - This went well. The orchestra manager comments 'good' afterwards(again not reading too much into that).
So it was an ok audition. To be honest, I think that any chance that I had of making the orchestra died when I flubbed up the Schumann a 2nd time.
It would have been fun, though.
For those not in 'the know,' AIMS is an 5-week annual musical festival held annualy in Austria. And, every year, there is an annual audition 'tour' where auditions are held in different locations from January to March. Eastman, Julliard, Chicago, LA...most of the big cities are covered. On Sunday, Feb 11, I auditioned at the one held at SMU in Dallas. I had to drive around a while to find parking, but I still got in the music building with plenty of time to warm up.
I had expected that there would be an actual audition committe but when I entered the room, it was just the orchestra manager and a microphone. In retrospect, I guess that I should have expected it.
The required audition repertoire was a movement of a concerto and 5 specific excerpts.
Here's how it went, in order:
1. I chose the first movement of the Grohndal for my solo. It went ok..the tempo was fairly steady but I did miss a few notes and made an error at an entrance. The orchestra guy stopped me after the halfway point. The AIMS provided accompanist was sightreading everything and did a so-so job.
2. Mahler 3rd - Fairly well. A tad sloppy in the lower register but I felt like I kept the style fairly consistant and played the various 'tempo' markings well.
3. Tuba Mirum - Went well.
4. William Tell Overture - Went very well. The judge comments, though not that loudly, 'excellent' afterwards. Don't worry, I'm not reading too much into it. I'm glad that this one went well because I had really been busting my hump on it.
5. Schumann Symphony #3, 4th mvt., 1st 8 measures - I played through it and I wasn't that happy with it(The high Eb was a bit thin and I flubbed one or two other notes) but didn't say anything. After I finished, The orchestra manager said 'Let's try that again.' So I played it again and I'll be durned if I didn't play it WORSE the 2nd time. I flubbed the high Eb, barely getting it at all, and cracked 2 or 3 other notes. ARRRRGGGGGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was so frustrating because I had played it and played it well before. Here, I had two shots at it and screwed it up both times. I think that I just didn't concentrate enough on a big enough second breath. A week later, this still bothers me.
6. Lohengrin, Prelude to Third Act - This went well. The orchestra manager comments 'good' afterwards(again not reading too much into that).
So it was an ok audition. To be honest, I think that any chance that I had of making the orchestra died when I flubbed up the Schumann a 2nd time.
It would have been fun, though.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Buffalo, Here I Come!!
So, I'm all set for Buffalo. Got my plane ticket, rental car reserved, hotel room reserved. I'm excited for the trip. My actual audition is in Feb. 25th with the finals on the 27th. I'm flying in on the afternoon of the 24th and flying out the evening of the 27th. I could have just anticipated not making the finals and scheduled my flight back for the 26th but I figured I needed to be hopeful about things.
Even though its a 2nd trombone position and pays about $40k a year, I figure there should be around 100 trombonists there. The preliminaries take 2 days and they'll probably pick between 3 and 5 players for the finals(if they like that many). It'll be a good experience, at the very least.
I've been practicing quite a bit lately and I'm in the best shape that I've been for a while, at lease since I've been out of school. Its been a bear preparing for this thing because of the huge amount of material that's being asked; 16 excerpt and a portion of a Bach Cello Suite. Its stretched me thin to get it all ready in time.
Because of my flight schedule I have 1 day, the 26th, with absolutely nothing to do. So I figured that I would go over to Palmyra and look at some LDS church history sites(i.e. Book of Mormon publication site, Joseph Smith farm, Hill Cumorah visitors center) since its only about 90 minutes away. Should be a fun day.
Wish me luck!
So, I'm all set for Buffalo. Got my plane ticket, rental car reserved, hotel room reserved. I'm excited for the trip. My actual audition is in Feb. 25th with the finals on the 27th. I'm flying in on the afternoon of the 24th and flying out the evening of the 27th. I could have just anticipated not making the finals and scheduled my flight back for the 26th but I figured I needed to be hopeful about things.
Even though its a 2nd trombone position and pays about $40k a year, I figure there should be around 100 trombonists there. The preliminaries take 2 days and they'll probably pick between 3 and 5 players for the finals(if they like that many). It'll be a good experience, at the very least.
I've been practicing quite a bit lately and I'm in the best shape that I've been for a while, at lease since I've been out of school. Its been a bear preparing for this thing because of the huge amount of material that's being asked; 16 excerpt and a portion of a Bach Cello Suite. Its stretched me thin to get it all ready in time.
Because of my flight schedule I have 1 day, the 26th, with absolutely nothing to do. So I figured that I would go over to Palmyra and look at some LDS church history sites(i.e. Book of Mormon publication site, Joseph Smith farm, Hill Cumorah visitors center) since its only about 90 minutes away. Should be a fun day.
Wish me luck!
Thursday, January 04, 2007
My Trombone Life so Far
So I've been back in music & trombone full time since August now. I can't honestly say that things are going well in that department, at least from a financial perspective. I don't have any students although I hope that will change soon with the start of the current semester. I haven't played much 'professionaly' although I did have the one Christmas gig. Didn't pay that well, though. And I've done one piece on Finale. I'm advertising in the International Musician, though, so I'm hoping to get more work there.
The good news? My playing has been getting better. I've been steadily playing every day, doing my warmups and working etudes and then excerpts. The excerpts still need some work but they are getting better. I need to get it all cleaned up before I go to the Buffalo audition in late Feb.
Oh, and concerning that - I'm looking for a couple of excerpts that I'm having a hard time finding:
2nd Trombone - Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
2nd Trombone - Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis
I know that they are available in excerpt books but I would rather have the original part, for accuracy's sake. No seems to sell them or rent the individual parts. If anyone knows how I can get these I would appreciate the info.
So I've been back in music & trombone full time since August now. I can't honestly say that things are going well in that department, at least from a financial perspective. I don't have any students although I hope that will change soon with the start of the current semester. I haven't played much 'professionaly' although I did have the one Christmas gig. Didn't pay that well, though. And I've done one piece on Finale. I'm advertising in the International Musician, though, so I'm hoping to get more work there.
The good news? My playing has been getting better. I've been steadily playing every day, doing my warmups and working etudes and then excerpts. The excerpts still need some work but they are getting better. I need to get it all cleaned up before I go to the Buffalo audition in late Feb.
Oh, and concerning that - I'm looking for a couple of excerpts that I'm having a hard time finding:
2nd Trombone - Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
2nd Trombone - Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis
I know that they are available in excerpt books but I would rather have the original part, for accuracy's sake. No seems to sell them or rent the individual parts. If anyone knows how I can get these I would appreciate the info.
Friday, July 14, 2006
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Time for a Change
I have been wanting to play more and more over the past few months. I practice daily now, trying to get my chops up and pull my level of playing up to at least a respectable level. I play sometimes after work and sometimes before I go to work. I go up to the school(UNT) and use their practice rooms on my days off. This has helped somewhat but what I really need is performance opportunities. There are several that I could perhaps take advantage of except for my work schedule.
Some have asked, 'Can't you change to days?' 1. The last guy who asked for dayshift waited for a year before the change was made. 2. The schedule would then be 7am-7pm which would still make it difficult to do any performing(I live in Denton & work is 35 miles away in Plano) 3. I would also not be able to go to church 6 months out of the year. 4. I am no longer interested in working in the command center(reasons are named in an earlier post).
So I've made a decision. On August 1st, 2006 I will quit and pursue a career in music.
This is a bit scary as I don't have another job waiting for me but I am more scared of seeing the life & joy drain out of me in what should be the best years of my life.
Financialy it will be tough. A 50% cut in income means that we'll have to tighten our belts so to speak and I will have to come up with ways to meet the gap between bills & income each month. I have come up with the following ways to make money with out compromising my ability to play.
1. Music Copying - I worked my way through grad school mostly by preparing composers handwritten manuscripts on the computer for publication. I am in the process of setting the computer up to do the same thing again.
2. Teaching private students - I'll need to get cleared by the local school districts to do this.
3. The occasional odd gig - might provide a few bucks but nothing to count on.
4. A part-time job - as the situation dictates
As far as playing goes, my foremost priority is to find a position with one of the local community orchestras. I really want to get orchestral experience. Also, there's a local trombone group around here called 'Slide Area' run by a local freelancer. That looks like it could be some fun. I also wouldn't mind being in a brass quartet or quintet. Lastly, I'll keep an eye out for any local musicals that need trombones in the pit.
My ultimate goal is to either 1. Get a full time gig with an orchestra or 2. Teach college full time. For #2 I'll have to back to school for a DMA but I'm not doing that just yet.
I had a lesson with Jan Kagarice on Tuesday(wife of my former UNT teacher). She is such a wonderful teacher. We mainly worked on breathing & relaxation. I've incorporated the exercises that she had me do into my daily playing routine.
I visited with Dr. Vern Kagarice a couple of weeks ago and he was very gracious and gave me some solid ideas for playing opportunities in the area.
Tony Baker(the other UNT full-time trombone professor) also had some good ideas. He was very kind in replying my email and also agreed to give me lessons. Tony and I actualy have a tiny bit of history together. We went to the same bandcamp one summer(Henderson State University). We were placed in the top band together. I was first chair, David Herring was second, and Tony was third. Now David Herring is the Principal Trombone of the Minnesota Orchestra, Tony Baker is a full-time professor and free lancer, and I'm...uh...well...I'm trying to get back into it.
That's it for now. I'll update this more as things progress.
I have been wanting to play more and more over the past few months. I practice daily now, trying to get my chops up and pull my level of playing up to at least a respectable level. I play sometimes after work and sometimes before I go to work. I go up to the school(UNT) and use their practice rooms on my days off. This has helped somewhat but what I really need is performance opportunities. There are several that I could perhaps take advantage of except for my work schedule.
Some have asked, 'Can't you change to days?' 1. The last guy who asked for dayshift waited for a year before the change was made. 2. The schedule would then be 7am-7pm which would still make it difficult to do any performing(I live in Denton & work is 35 miles away in Plano) 3. I would also not be able to go to church 6 months out of the year. 4. I am no longer interested in working in the command center(reasons are named in an earlier post).
So I've made a decision. On August 1st, 2006 I will quit and pursue a career in music.
This is a bit scary as I don't have another job waiting for me but I am more scared of seeing the life & joy drain out of me in what should be the best years of my life.
Financialy it will be tough. A 50% cut in income means that we'll have to tighten our belts so to speak and I will have to come up with ways to meet the gap between bills & income each month. I have come up with the following ways to make money with out compromising my ability to play.
1. Music Copying - I worked my way through grad school mostly by preparing composers handwritten manuscripts on the computer for publication. I am in the process of setting the computer up to do the same thing again.
2. Teaching private students - I'll need to get cleared by the local school districts to do this.
3. The occasional odd gig - might provide a few bucks but nothing to count on.
4. A part-time job - as the situation dictates
As far as playing goes, my foremost priority is to find a position with one of the local community orchestras. I really want to get orchestral experience. Also, there's a local trombone group around here called 'Slide Area' run by a local freelancer. That looks like it could be some fun. I also wouldn't mind being in a brass quartet or quintet. Lastly, I'll keep an eye out for any local musicals that need trombones in the pit.
My ultimate goal is to either 1. Get a full time gig with an orchestra or 2. Teach college full time. For #2 I'll have to back to school for a DMA but I'm not doing that just yet.
I had a lesson with Jan Kagarice on Tuesday(wife of my former UNT teacher). She is such a wonderful teacher. We mainly worked on breathing & relaxation. I've incorporated the exercises that she had me do into my daily playing routine.
I visited with Dr. Vern Kagarice a couple of weeks ago and he was very gracious and gave me some solid ideas for playing opportunities in the area.
Tony Baker(the other UNT full-time trombone professor) also had some good ideas. He was very kind in replying my email and also agreed to give me lessons. Tony and I actualy have a tiny bit of history together. We went to the same bandcamp one summer(Henderson State University). We were placed in the top band together. I was first chair, David Herring was second, and Tony was third. Now David Herring is the Principal Trombone of the Minnesota Orchestra, Tony Baker is a full-time professor and free lancer, and I'm...uh...well...I'm trying to get back into it.
That's it for now. I'll update this more as things progress.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Prodigy is first woman tuba player for top orchestra
Carol Janistch, 21, was just awarded the principal tuba position with the Philidelphia Orchestra. She just graduated from University of Michigan and now she has a $102k/year-10-week-paid-vacation job playing her tuba. She beat out 195 others auditioning for the position.
This girl just impresses the heck out of me.
Carol Janistch, 21, was just awarded the principal tuba position with the Philidelphia Orchestra. She just graduated from University of Michigan and now she has a $102k/year-10-week-paid-vacation job playing her tuba. She beat out 195 others auditioning for the position.
This girl just impresses the heck out of me.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Friday, June 09, 2006
Here are the pictures that I promised.
Lets start with the Alamo. We went there when we were trying to kill time before out Temple session started.
Then we did our session at the San Antonio Temple. What a nice temple! A smaller one but well designed and very nice to look at both inside and out. Much nicer than the Oklahoma City Temple.
Here's a running total of the temples that I've been in(session, sealing, or some other ordinance:
Dallas
Houston
Jordan River
Laie Hawai'i
Los Angeles
Manti
Mount Timpanogas
Nauvoo
Oklahoma City
Provo
Salt Lake
San Antonio
I just need Lubbock and that'll complete the 4 in Texas! Its 5.5 hours way out in the barren west part of the state so that's not exactly a high priority right now. We don't travel these places just to go to the temple there, but if we are already somewhere with a temple that we haven't been in(visiting friends or vacation or whatever) we make a point of going.
Lets start with the Alamo. We went there when we were trying to kill time before out Temple session started.
Then we did our session at the San Antonio Temple. What a nice temple! A smaller one but well designed and very nice to look at both inside and out. Much nicer than the Oklahoma City Temple.
Here's a running total of the temples that I've been in(session, sealing, or some other ordinance:
Dallas
Houston
Jordan River
Laie Hawai'i
Los Angeles
Manti
Mount Timpanogas
Nauvoo
Oklahoma City
Provo
Salt Lake
San Antonio
I just need Lubbock and that'll complete the 4 in Texas! Its 5.5 hours way out in the barren west part of the state so that's not exactly a high priority right now. We don't travel these places just to go to the temple there, but if we are already somewhere with a temple that we haven't been in(visiting friends or vacation or whatever) we make a point of going.
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