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played trumpet in high school many years ago.
Three years ago my 86 year old mother decided
I should play again. My natural reaction was, "you've
got to be kidding." Well, she planted
a seed. My parents and my husband went and
bought me a new trumpet. I was singing in the
choir at Anastasia Baptist Church in St. Augustine,
Florida but with trumpet in hand, I joined
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years melted away and playing felt as natural
as if I had played a year before. I now play
the trumpet, the flugel horn, the cornet,
and the piccolo trumpet and it has become
a center stone of my life. After a year of
playing again, my mother got another idea.
She felt I should be taking lessons from
the first trumpeter of the Jacksonville Symphony
orchestra. Now, this was really crazy! But
again, it planted a seed. I had no idea where
to start but I made a few local phone calls
to music related people. Two days later,
at 8pm my phone rang. I heard the other person
on the phone say, "Hi, I'm Cliff Newton,
the first trumpeter of the Jacksonville Symphony
orchestra and I understand you are looking
for a teacher." I just about dropped
the phone. I have been taking from Cliff
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the church I organized a trumpet trio, called
the Anastasia Brass Company. I look forward
to where this will take me in the future.
Bottom line: listen to your mother!
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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I
love to take pictures on my adventures around the
world.
Here are a sample of just a few.
Click on the photo's for a larger view
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