Monthly Archives: December 2010

Autzen Stadium Sidebar: Creating a Championship Flop

A sidebar, of course, is a shorter, related piece that accompanies a larger article. For example, every article that I’ve had published in InSite magazine has required a sidebar.  So this is a sidebar that accompanies not only the two-part blog post … Continue reading

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Festival of Bands 2010 – Part 1

Inside my skull, the intense percussion is still resounding.  Today it is slightly subdued.  But on Saturday night (slash) Sunday morning, when we’d just returned from the 32nd annual Festival of Bands at University of Oregon in Autzen Stadium, my … Continue reading

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Festival of Bands 2010 – Part 2

So, what is the real-world value for all the hours invested? Here is my answer. A couple weeks after the competition in Eugene, I was in a large, home improvement store.  I saw a youth (accompanied by his parents) wearing a … Continue reading

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