Category Archives: Festival of Bands 2010

Because we were in Eugene anyway for the Festival of Bands, my wife and I took a couple of hours that day to walk around the University of Oregon campus.  My wife said she didn’t remember the campus, and so I … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →