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D3 women’s volleyball season began 9/1/2021. Since then, after a regional realignment took place, I’ve been following different conferences, focusing mostly on Midwest/Central and East Region squads. I also post on D3 Top 25 polls and teams that “also receive votes” in the Top 25. My intent at the moment is to give a bitContinue reading “D3 WVB Season Heating Up, et. al.”

It was Village Days period in Greendale, WI and our former Concert Band director was in town from Arizona that weekend. He found out that our bandwagon had a new canopy on it, so he wanted to put his low brass instrument to work while taking a ride in the bandwagon. After the regular festivitiesContinue reading “A 1-Unit Parade”

Performed for a parade today. Temps in my locality were in the upper ’80s-low ’90s, but fortunately our band used a canopy cover on our bandwagon and there was a nice breeze blowing in off the lake. (A lot of people in the crowd got a big kick out of our tuba player, who hasContinue reading “Latest Clarinet Adventure”

I’ve been a clarinet player for more than 40 years-also follow softball and women’s volleyball a lot. I’ve got a boatload of funny band stories I could tell–don’t know whether I’ll mix them in to this blog or create a separate one just yet.

I followed several Division 3 women’s volleyball squads just last spring, focusing primarily on Great Lakes and Central Region squads. The American Rivers Conference was very interesting. Coe, Wartburg and Loras battled it out hard all season. On the last day of the spring season, Wartburg needed to beat Nebraska Wesleyan on the road toContinue reading “Spring 2021 Underdogs Who Made Better”

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”