How to sum up 40 years in a page...

Hi to all classmates from the class of '65! How to sum up 40 years in a page... here goes.

After high school, straight to college for a year as a math major. When featured as a horn soloist at this college, I figured I'd switch to music, as everyone expected. So I ended up at the New England Conservatory in Boston and the rest is history. RightJ

I have played with lots of orchestras in my career - Boston Symphony, L'Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Radio Canada, Evansville Philharmonic, and ended up as assistant principal horn in the Rochester Philharmonic for over 20 years. Interspersed with all the orchestral playing was a lot of teaching, both private and college level, and many many separate gigs with quintets, broadway shows, and solo appearances. All in all, I've been all over, met lots of famous and infamous people, and enjoyed almost every minute of it. Granted, I'll never be rich, but I wouldn't have missed the experiences and people for the world.

Somewhere in there I became a hippie for a while - yes, I even went to Woodstock! Flower power, etc. I even got to meet Alice - from Alice's Restaurant. She was working on a cookbook with my old horn teacher!

I'm on my third marriage. Some are definitely better than othersJ I have a gorgeous daughter who inherited my hippie characteristics. She's in a band (singer, guitar) but could easily earn her living as a model or an artist. My current husband is a retired Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, who was a hospital administrator for SAC. Believe it or not, we met online and it took. We both have the same sense of humor, he being from the Bronx and me from Jersey! In your face versus right back at ya! It's a mutual respect kind of thing and certainly not dull.

At this stage in my life I've retired from playing horn and have taken up medical transcription. I had my master's in music, but acquired a paralegal degree along the line, and also a dog grooming certificate, both of which turned out to be enjoyable for a while, but one got boring and the other gave me tendinitisJ. I would like to thank Mrs. Brocklebank and all our English teachers for my command of the language and speed in typing, which made medical transcription a viable option. My dad probably also had something to do with it, since he was a physician, and I learned the verbiage by osmosis.

For hobbies, I read voraciously (mysteries predominantly, sci fi next), collect gemstones, explore my computer, and am learning more about sports than I ever wanted to know.

It's been an eclectic 40 years, and more varied than most, I suspect. I'm not at all sure it was what was expected of me by parents, school chums, or teachers, but I've given it a run for its money and enjoyed the ride. My very best to all of you.