[Trombone-l] Trombones

[Dennis Clason]

I hung my instruments through most of my first marriage.  My soulmate 
and wife is a flutist.  They can have my trombones when they're pried 
from my cold hands.  Music's too important to give up.  If, god forbid, 
I become physically incapable of playing, I'll go back to singing.  Or 
I'll find a way to play.

Dennis

Pat and Joe Chapman wrote:
>> 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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