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Spring Tour 2012- Tulsa, Oklahoma “Mansions of the Lord”

I hope my returning readers haven’t been too frustrated with my recent lapses between blog entries. I’ve been unusually busy this tour, and most of my writing time has gone towards Army Field Band tasks and a graphic novel I’m trying to get out the door (more to follow on that soon, hopefully). But something […]
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Band > Football

Twenty members of The U.S. Army Field Band spent this week in San Antonio, Texas for the 2012 Army All-American Bowl. For those of you who tuned in to NBC to watch the game: Sorry. You were cheated. The real show wasn’t televised. Every second of the football game was, though. In-between the quarters, NBC aired […]
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Fall Tour 2011- Glastonbury, CT “The Mead of Poetry”

My long, frustrating search for an artist ended this week, as Scott Hampton and I began our collaboration on The Lazarus Slaves. To celebrate, some friends bought me my first bottle of mead, which we promptly emptied. Mead is the coolest drink there is. It’s also the oldest. The granddaddy of all alcoholic drinks, it predates […]
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Fall Tour 2011- Potsdam, NY (Halloween)

Halloween was our second Schools Day of tour. This has traditionally been a fun day to do school clinics, as kids are dressed up and generally in good spirits. But the Army Field Band Brass Quintet expected this year’s Halloween to be a little more bleak. We were scheduled to give our final recital of […]
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Fall Tour 2011- Slippery Rock, PA

Wednesday was a full day: 100 miles to Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania for a quintet recital, another 100 miles to Clearfield, just in time to catch the bus for the Army Field Band concert that night. It was a great day, though: Slippery Rock is home to an old friend and colleague, and the Slippery Rock […]
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Fall Tour 2011- Somerset, PA

Saturday, 8:30 PM- home from NYC Saturday, 9:30 PM- unpacked from NYC Saturday, 10:30-11:30 PM- trumpet practice Sunday, 4:30 AM- packed for Fall Tour 2011 Sunday, 7:45 AM- wake-up Sunday, 8:20-8:30 AM- second wake-up; cold sweaty panic Sunday, 8:35 AM- departure for Ft. Meade, MD Sunday, 9:00 AM- arrival, Ft. Meade, MD Sunday, 9:20 AM- […]
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