2013 Summer to Fall

Thank goodness for loving to take pictures in recording our history to have a jolt from a friend that I had not updated this blog since July.  Looking through the picture folder and the blog I see that he has been observant. 

When we last left a post on Retired Teachers at Recess we were anticipating stopping in Manchester, IA for the Midwest area rally.  Charles did direct the last week of July.  We then returned to our driveway inTN.
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In mid-August, 2013, we arrived in Red Bay, AL in the town where our Tiffin coach was built in 2003.  We had previously contracted with an independent business to have our peeling decals painted on this bus.
 






 

 We also worked with Chris Berry’s Woodworking business to replace our very dirty and worn valances.  He built beautiful valances from Alder wood. We love them.      

September 6-9, 2013 we hosted Gary and Corinne Robinson from California.  Gary plays trumpet and Corinne sings in the Frustrated Maestros.  Gary and Charles enjoyed playing together in Gillette in June.  Knowing that the Robinsons were headed east and returning via KY Charles invited them to stop to see us.  It was a good opportunity to continue to visit and enjoy some trumpet-trombone duets.

There is constant preparation of the Maestro music that Charles directs.  He and our house kitty,Lulu, write many notes in his shop.     As we post this blog we are headed to Gettysburg, PA for Music Camp for a week.  Then follows the GEAR rally in York, PA.  Charles is directing both of these.  At GEAR the Frustrated Maestros will provide evening entertainment providing dance music.  This “Sock Hop at the Ice Cream Shop” combines the rally ice cream social and dancing to 50s-60s tunes providded by the Maestros.  Again…there is much preparation to have music ready. Charles does have music prep help with two Maestros who arrange and send music via pdf in E mail.