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05/19/16 10:17 PM #196    

 

Juliana Savino

Hi, everyone,

I had the pleasure this spring of hearing Mr Bergantino rehearse and later conduct the [Cleveland] Heights High Symphony in Barber's Adagio for Strings. It was a reminder to me of how good we had it; Mr B never talks down nor makes things simple for students, he rehearses with passion and a confidence that sweating the details is utterly worth it.  I was reminded that I was lucky not just in that he started me on the double bass, but that I was in his general music class where I got exposed to his keen and opinionated take on music. By the end of tht class, I kne who Samuel Barber was, and Howard Hanson, and Leonard Bernstein, to name but a few. And he still wears thos white turtlnecks in whatever fabric was the successor to Banlon. I got to chat with him; he is his ageless cheerful self.


05/20/16 07:51 AM #197    

 

Arthur Rohlik

Wow.

Mr B.

We did indeed have it good in high school. Even though I quit the band after one year at BHS and I began to participate in the Great Folk Music Scare of the 1960's, music was still -for me- THE ONE TRUE THING. Mr B & Mr D permitted me to occupy a practice closet if there were no legitimate musicians wishing to use it. Juliana, do you play many styles of bass? Jam in a jazz trio perhaps, or swing with a Hot Potatoes Dance Orchestra, or accompany a cocktails and piano chanteuse? Guitar players are ubiquitous and I do not have the grips (formerly known as chops) or the discipline to be widely welcomed onto someone's stage. I know a buncha songs and got invited to pick-up gigs and jam sessions for that. When I got orthodontic braces I feared for my abiity to go sing and play, so, like any other desperate folkie I bought an electric bass. Loved it from the first time I discovered that I could play and still sing COUNTIN' FLOWERS ON THE WALL. I get invited out more often for bass sit-ins than guitar sit-ins and I don't mind it hardly at all. Good amps are smaller and lighter weight than when I started and that makes a big difference. 


05/20/16 12:13 PM #198    

 

Becky Bowman

Well I just have to chime in here!  I am so glad to hear your story about Mr. B, Julie!  I wish I could have been there.  He remains one of my favorite teachers for all time.  I remember you playing the piano in the band room, one particular piece that may or may not have been Season of the Witch. Memories overlap each other, or is that just me?  At any rate, I remember wishing I could play the piano as well as you, but being to hyper to sit down and practice long enough!  It took me years to figure out my problem. So now I make mix tapes of OTHER people's music!  Of course, tape has fallen by the wayside but I still call them mix tapes.  Mix CD or Mix Jump Drive just doesn't sound right.....

And Art, you are now the Doc of Folk Music,  so it just goes to show you how a little knowledge can lead us all in different yet wonderful directions!

I love this site and reading what everyone has to say. Keep up the good work! :) 


05/30/16 09:49 PM #199    

 

Juliana Savino

Hi, Arthur,
I am, alas, an ex-bassist. I was pretty much an orchestral player, with some jazz wannabe moments. Hand issues in recent years, and finally, a chance to pass my beloved Gemünder on to a talented young player. s'OK, I have a Steinway L to keep me company.


05/30/16 09:51 PM #200    

 

Juliana Savino

Becky, oh, yes, Season of the Witch. I liked to figure stuff out on my own. Good times.
Re: terminology, we still call movies films. People still major in film. Somehow today's language, MP3, video, digital, etc. falls short of magic.


06/02/16 12:05 PM #201    

 

Arthur Rohlik

That's funny. I recently performed SEASON OF THE WITCH at an open mic in a brew pub here in WA. A gentleman from the audience sought me out after my turn on stage to let me know that my presentation of the song made him feel as paranoid ast it did some decades ago. I thanked him. It was a compliment wasn't it?


06/12/16 05:10 AM #202    

 

John Nobu Naylor (Akagi)

Greeting fellow Braves.

I am enjoying summer break from school. Yup, still look forward to days off and I must admit, still like playing "hookie" after all these years. I will be  turning 65 this summer (remember: I was a year older than most of you since I could not speak English when I arrived in Ohio in the 2nd grade). I am getting all this paperwork from Medicare about which plan I want to choose...but Medicare? Seriously? Isn't that for really old people? Old people that talk incessantly about their ill health and crab about all the aches and pains? Wait...that IS me. LOL I still move around enough to be active...but that is a relative term.

Steve VW, I was reading your past post about your momories of Wallace Lake. I have a recollection  you, me, and Ed Zelaski paddling around in the middle of the lake, consuming adult beverages in my 2 man rubber raft. I remember the pissed off park rangers on their megaphones telling us to "bring that raft ashore". Apparently my water craft was not registered with the state, so I ended up taking my act to Coe Lake where I could float around with no harassment from  enforcement types. Now that was a cool lake; kind of like a Walden's Pond in the middle of Berea. They've developed that area since then, with gazebos, fountains, bridges, and pathways. We all know that time doesn't stand still so a bit of "progress" must be expected. I must admit Berea has done a fine job retaining the small town atmosphere. 


06/12/16 09:54 AM #203    

 

Steven Rowsey

Nobu,

I must have lead the most vanalla life in the history of Berea High. If anyone in authority had shouted "bring that raft ashore" at me I'd have had a load in my pants.....

Steve


06/12/16 02:23 PM #204    

Edward Zelaski

Nobu, as I recall the Wallace Lake incident, we had put the wine, Spanada I believe, in 32 ounce coke bottles. As we paddled in, we held the bottles in the water, letting them fill and sink. The ranger certainly spent a fair amount of time "interrogating" us on their whereabouts. 


06/13/16 11:15 PM #205    

 

John Nobu Naylor (Akagi)

LOL Steve, I blame our poor behavior on what Freudian psychologists attribute to some individuals having difficulty growing out of the anal (orifice) stage. By the way, it's dark in here but I'm seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Hey we did comply with the rangers, it just took us a while to get to shore on an overloaded raft with small plastic paddles. Singing (row row row your boat) and laughing enroute, and sinking our evidence  further drew their angst. 

Ed, great memory on  the Spanada wine.  I think we became the experts on cheap bum wines during that era; Boones Farm, MD 2020, and don't know if we ever drank Thunderbird but we sure knew their jingle: What's the word? Thunderbird What's the price? 30 twice  What's the reason? Grapes' in season What's the action? Satisfaction.  


06/14/16 01:08 PM #206    

Edward Zelaski

And... "What's it like? Smooth as silk and twice as nice!"


06/15/16 05:28 PM #207    

 

Juliana Savino

You forgot Ripple. What an era of bad wine it was. To paraphrase:

What's the word? Thunderbird. What's the taste? Indistrial waste.


06/16/16 06:14 AM #208    

 

John Farner

Haha, Julie!  Thunderbird worked well when paired with a Whopper, producing a veritable rainbow with the ensuing projectile vomit.


06/17/16 02:00 AM #209    

 

Jon Bittinger

O.K.
If you guys & dolls...are rolling down that swilly highway. ..
Remember Hop'n Gator...? Like a Beery lemon-lime Gatorade...or worse...
...And that classy "varietal" Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill...?
All cheap...but you "paid the price" nonetheless..!
Cheers

06/17/16 10:55 AM #210    

Edward Zelaski

Juliana,

Different topic but, "puerile punk's pacifier holder", nice alliteration regarding Curry's tantrum. 

 

 

 

 


06/17/16 11:08 AM #211    

 

John Farner

You can't call fouls on me. I'm the MVP and can do whatever I want, so there!

06/19/16 02:40 PM #212    

 

John Nobu Naylor (Akagi)

OK here we go, game 7. Have experienced the Miracle of Richfield (Joe Tait was the best), the disappointments of the shot, the fumble, the drive, and did the 9th inning melt down of Jose Mesa against Atlanta have a name? Waiting for game time. Go Cavs!


06/20/16 11:21 AM #213    

 

John Farner

Kyrie's three over Steph erased all of that. The Curse of Rocky Colavito has been broken. Long live The King!

06/20/16 06:28 PM #214    

 

Juliana Savino

OK, I wished for a close, hard-fought finale, and then bit  my nails to my elbow. They all did their part. Kevin Love's 14 rebounds and his exquisite harrassment of Curry from about 00:40 to 00:30 can't go unnoticed. Irving's shot was the only one that hit of the last 17 possessions, by either team. Lebron's tumble and triumph at the end was a real-life "Rocky" moment.  RJ's speech made me cry.

And. . . the Tribe swept the Sox. 216 will pwn 2016. You heard it here.


06/20/16 06:29 PM #215    

 

Juliana Savino

Hey, thanks, Eddie. I was going for some color there.


07/22/16 09:43 PM #216    

 

Juliana Savino

HI, everybody,

 

Steve Rowsey is featured on the NYT website, right here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/opinion/campaign-stops/what-does-donald-trump-mean-to-you.html

Re: the RNC. Like the Washington Post said, we didn't have a riot, we had a block party. All the bloodletting was inside the convention hall. Lots of cops on bicycles, a "Schwinn Blue Line" if you will.


07/23/16 04:22 PM #217    

 

Steven Rowsey

Juliana,

And what a block party it was--standing arm's length from Chuck Todd! The only problem was the NYT used a picture of my grandfather...

Steve


07/23/16 10:28 PM #218    

 

Jennifer Runyon

I want to wish all BH classmates with July birthdays a great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  God bless you and I pray you have many more.

Jen


07/24/16 04:59 AM #219    

 

John Farner

Hard to believe that in a country of over 300 million people the best we have is those two.  Thank God for Famous Grouse!


07/24/16 09:45 AM #220    

 

Steven Rowsey

You are so right, John. A poor selection from which to choose. That NYT reporter got one quote right-- what Donald Trump means to me is trouble. But I told her I voted for Bernie Sanders because I didn't want to have to vote for Hillary more than once this year.


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