This is where the paperwork got done. The Mac G5 computer (huge in its day) and printer, more pix of my kids. At the left, clipped onto the Mac, is the white air conditioner unit with the coiled cord.
The grey and brown shelves were both scavenged from the discard pile in the basement. All of the furniture in the band room was second-hand, reclaimed or scavenged from the basement. The brown wooden chair? The cart for the printer? Repurposed from the discard pile.
Near the end of my stay at Island Trees, the principal banned me from going into the basement. So I would go to Head Custodian Paul and ask if I could go looking for stuff. With a huge grin he would say the word "No" while nodding his head up & down.
There is no way to overstate how much the custodial staff supported Ms. Vasco and I. Not only at concert |
time, but all year long. These folks were alwaysthere for us. Band teachers have unusual requests and we always got help.
The books are mostly texts from teacher college and references for music stuff. The clipboards on this bulletin board are for calendars and memos from the main office.
At the upper left
is an art project made by Jack Harder, one of my students from Garden City, the place of my previous employment. It is a great likeness of me. Then there are invitations to Special Persons Day from each of my daughters. The Beatles collage was a gift from a student.
Of course there is a trombone playing cat, a flyer from a Stanton Anderson Band show and a photo of the Jim Small Band playing at the OBI.
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