Heady Oom-pah

The European Wind Ensemble held its annual New Year's Concert at VCU's Vlahcevic Concert Hall today, the first day of China's Year of the Dog. Its music was Viennese and Italian, full of spirit and good feeling, and the group played as if they liked each other and were glad to be there. Our friend Dale on french horn had several solo passages and took a separate bow. A pleasant afternoon, except that my ribs still hurt because of an elbow my wife threw after this brief whispered exchange during "Schöner Galathee":

D: The conductor doesn't have a wife.
J: Probably not.
D: Know how I know?
J: Sure, he seems cheerful.

Joan Young, 7/21/1955 - 1/25/2006

Joan loved athletics and the outdoors. She was an enthusiastic member of the CASA soccer league and an avid tennis player. She enjoyed travel, the beach, hiking, skiing, cycling and many other active pursuits, as well as being a movie fan and a voracious reader. Her upbeat personality, sharp wit and wry sense of humor endeared her to many friends from all walks of life, often with new friendships forming between people through her.

Dead Friends I Think Of Often

Steve Ingersoll, 1966
Steve Kelsey, 1967
Margery Pierce, 1967
John Trotter, 1967
Al Furniss, 1968
Brooke Halsey, 1969
Frank Frederick, 1970
Fred Fox, 1981
Bob Lamberton, 1985
Jim Swan, 1986
Jim Markham, 1989
Bill Taylor, 1992
John Simpson, 1993
Alan Kirschner, 1994
Valerie Battle, 1995
Larry Katzenbach, 1997
Jeff Moss, 1998
Welford Farmer, 2002
Don Winn, 2003
. . . to be continued