I still have fond memories from grade nine music with Ozzie. He would often come to class prepared with a few jokes, in case the class needed waking up. Some of these jokes we could not tell our parents when we got home, if you know what I mean.
We always had a good time in Ozzie's class. I'm sure his enthusiasm is part of the reason I ended up making music my career. He chose the flute as my instrument (it was initially my third choice), and I am still playing and teaching flute 37(!) years later.
Ozzie always gave 200% as a teacher, and it was infectious to everyone around him. What a great way to start a career in music.
I shocked a few years ago to hear of the passing of Ozzie. I had been to his house several months before to visit and thank him for what he had instilled in me. Thanks to him and his persistance and insistance I was able to start a band in an Air Cadet Squadron and be able to run it and also teach many of the cadets. In its first competition the Band placed 4th at the Regional Cadet marching band Comp.
After that was when I went to his house to thank him for his work many years ago that allowed this to happen.
He will always have a place in my heart and I'm sure in the hearts of many others.
Elizabeth Rutter (Fleming) (1977)
I still have fond memories from grade nine music with Ozzie. He would often come to class prepared with a few jokes, in case the class needed waking up. Some of these jokes we could not tell our parents when we got home, if you know what I mean.We always had a good time in Ozzie's class. I'm sure his enthusiasm is part of the reason I ended up making music my career. He chose the flute as my instrument (it was initially my third choice), and I am still playing and teaching flute 37(!) years later.
Ozzie always gave 200% as a teacher, and it was infectious to everyone around him. What a great way to start a career in music.
Andrew Adamczak (1974)
I shocked a few years ago to hear of the passing of Ozzie. I had been to his house several months before to visit and thank him for what he had instilled in me. Thanks to him and his persistance and insistance I was able to start a band in an Air Cadet Squadron and be able to run it and also teach many of the cadets. In its first competition the Band placed 4th at the Regional Cadet marching band Comp.After that was when I went to his house to thank him for his work many years ago that allowed this to happen.
He will always have a place in my heart and I'm sure in the hearts of many others.