My sophomore year in High School band, we played the Leonard Bernstein's Candide Overture in concert. I've been humming it all day as I walk around the main plant's offices here in Greenville. I remember it was sophomore year, as Joe Sabo played the maniacal xylophone part, Jim Hoogeveen on the precise snare part, accomplice Rob Klonel beside him on bass drum. I got to play crash cymbals... and this song is perhaps the best song ever for a cymbalist. It almost made up for having to play cymbals my entire freshman year in marching band... but in the end I got to be percussion section leader 2 years later, so that's not all bad.
8 years ago
This is Rob Klonel....how the hell do you remember all this stuff in detail? I can't even remember my own name most days!
ReplyDeleteRob! how the hell are you!?! Awesome to hear from you!
ReplyDeleteYou, Jim, and Joe were excellent mentors / role models / good examples to a young, impressionable, wet-behind-the-ears kid like me back then, and Bernstein writes some memorable stuff. That, and I've got a extensive mental storage cabinet where I file this stuff I guess.
I'm glad google could help link us after almost 30 years. =)