You should see him. He's 53 and looks 73. We had a multi-year reunion recently and I asked someone "Who is that old man over there?" They said (him). I was shocked. Everybody was shocked. Alcoholic.

Addendum: After he called me a sissy and I quit, a few years later, I was seriously into sports. Football especially. Band guy wanted me to join the band. Nope. I'm the QUARTERBACK, I'm not going to play in the band.

The band dude recruited a graduated quarterback that also played in the band. He approached me and told me "Ever notice how many girls there are in the band? You've never been on a band trip have you? Because YOU'RE NOT IN THE BAND, dummy. We have a great band, you would love it. (They did.)

I joined, started on trumpet, then he put me on snare drum. I had a ball! That was a great time. We had a great band, for little bitty town, we kicked some butt.

Awhile back, I heard "In The Mood" on Lawrence Welk Show that my mom was listening to. I commented that we used to play that number. And I mean, well!

I need to look up that band director, I think he's still alive.