[Trombone-l] Trombones

[Eric Edwards]

Man that's a nice story!


Happy Anniversary!!!

Quite an accomplishment to last that long, especially TWO trombone players
putting up with each other.


So,  are trombone players really better kissers?

I"VE never kissed one, so I don't know.

Eric


Eric, Leandra, Sara, Jared & Lily
Edwards
"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low
price has faded"

-----Original Message-----
From: trombone-l-bounces at server5.samford.edu
[mailto:trombone-l-bounces at server5.samford.edu]On Behalf Of Pat and Joe
Chapman
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:49 AM
To: TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu
Subject: [Trombone-l] Trombones

>
> This is a love story that involves trombones, and at the end I will
> ask a question that I hope will legitimize my using the trombone
> list to tell the story.
> As high school students we met in the band in the trombone
> section.  She sat at the first chair position, and I came in as a
> freshman, sitting at third chair.  I thought she was awfully bossy,
> and as band captain she had a lot to say.  However, as love would
> have it, by the end of the year we were going steady.  Playing in
> the band was fun, and playing together was even more fun.  Several
> years after high school we were married, and continued the trombone
> playing for a couple of years.  Family gradually took all of our
> attention, and with four wonderful sons we spent many hours at
> their sporting events, and yes, at their band and choral concerts.
> It should be no surprise that all four played low brass instruments
> - two of them using our instruments that brought us together.  Our
> sons' musical activities rekindled our trombone interest, and we
> found ourselves playing in community musical organizations.
> Retirement and a move to the Oregon coast left us thinking we would
> be playing duets together if nothing more.  We were wrong on that
> score, and now, a dozen years later we find ourselves playing more
> than ever in our lives.  It is still fun.  We play in a community
> concert band, a brass ensemble and also in a big band.  Of course,
> she is still playing first chair, but I changed to bass trombone
> along the way.  Throughout our lives together, the ties that bind
> have been our sons and their families and our love affair that has
> included the trombone.  Our story doesn't have  an ending yet, but
> our 50th wedding anniversary is on June 8th,  and I wanted to
> celebrate that day and share the happiness that trombones, life and
> love  have brought us.
> Oh - the question:  At what age should one consider hanging up his
> trombone and become just a listener?  (My own answer is "probably
> never.")...................Joe Chapman
> Pat Chapman, the lady trombonist, is a member of the trombone
> list.  This story is for her.
>
>
>

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