Up Coming Events:
No up coming events due to Covid Pandemic.
We did have a small group practice at River Park on June 8th at 8 am to 9:30. We had 5 members in attendance. We reviewed some of the material presented in the Steve Seifert Workshop he gave in Jan. All of us in attendance had a great time. We all wore masks and practiced Social Distancing. A Special Thank You to Jo for making masks for our group and showing up to help get the practice started. _______________________________________________________
A Little Trivia: WHAT ARE THE MOST OFTEN PLAYED SONGS OR TUNES? Answer: The “most recorded” songs and the “most performed” songs. In the United States since 1950, the top three most recorded songs have been “St. Louis Blues,” “Tea for Two,” and “Body and Soul.” The most often performed songs (owned by Broadcast Music) have been “Yesterday,” “Never My Love,” and “By the Time I Get to Phoenix.” All-time world-record sales of single hit recordings are held by “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby, “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and the Comets, and “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by the Beatles. We couldn’t find proof, but we think the most often played or sung tune is “Happy Birthday.” ______________________________________________________ A little inspiration for this year from the words of Pablo Casals: "The greatest respect an artist can pay to music is to give it life." _________________________________________________________ |
Practices: Golder Ranch Fire District Station 380 1175 West Magee Road Tucson, AZ 85704 FIRE DPT NOT AVAILABLE until further notice. FIRE HOUSE PRACTICE INFORMATION UPDATE: May 27,2020 Just stopped by Firehouse today, since I had not hear about a timetable to reopen. My last email stated June. They have moved it back to August or September, so no summer practice there. Jo NEXT TDE PRACTICE: Just an up date to inform you that until we can find a reasonable place to practice TDE will not be holding routine practices until further notice. As stated before unless a member decides to hold practices or we can find another venue to hold practices we will not be meeting until the Covid pandemic restrictions are lifted. June 24th Greetings, I hope you are doing well and staying safe. Anne Magee called me this morning and we discussed the area we had set up for practice. Due to the smoke from the Big Horn fire and the temp this morning at 8 am outside of Anne's house (100 degrees )she feels that it would be best to cancel the Practice. She and I are concerned about the amount of smoke in that area plus the temperatures are going up and there are expected winds for this weekend that may cause more smoke over the area. We do not want anyone getting sick from smoke or excessive heat. Anne does not have the room inside to do social distancing and with her husband's health issues we both feel this would not be worth the risk for an inside practice at her house. Anne is still persuing the possibilities of an outdoor meeting at her church while Jo and I are also l;ooking for other venues. As always, any suggestions are welcome. Bob Here are our suggestions for future practices: 1. We hold practices in small groups at each others homes 2. Members check with their local church to see if they will allow us to use a room. (preferably at no cost to our group) 3. If any member has a community room where they live that could be used at no cost. 4. Do a morning practice in a local park, (Each member would need to bring their own chair) Jo and I are checking into other possible venues that may be available. Any suggestions are welcomed. If you wish to host a practice please contact Jo or Bob with the details of when, where, and how many you can have in attendance. Thank you, Bob |
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