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There are several columns
throughout the year which give
me trouble. This is one of
them.
After an event such as our
Spring Concert last Friday
night, I am too full to express
myself clearly. Words tumble
all over themselves in my mind.
Emotions are too dominant,
squeezing out logical, progres
sive thought. All objectivity
flees and I am caught up in a
whirlpool of pride, humility, and
gratitude.
So, I postpone writing the col
umn until the very last minute
and then sit down at the type
writer and try to put down in
cold, black letters my very
warm and bright feelings.
To say that “1969: A Musi
cal Odyssey” was a success
ful Spring Concert is fact. Fact
substantiated by the gracious
response of well over 500 peo
ple who attended. Fact support
ed by the almost-tangible spirit
of the Flash of Crimson ema
nating from the stage of the
high-school gym so that I, who
stood so close, could almost
reach out and grab a handful.
Fact further supported by the
look of pride on the faces of
parents and families of the
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Sparkler and Red Flame Band
members after their perform
ances.
If success is indeed meas
ured by how many people at
tend an event, and how respon
sive they are, and how well the
performers do, then our concert
was an unqualified success.
All of us in the Band Family
enjoyed the concert. We hope
that this was evident. It is our
“showing off” time, as is foot
ball season each in its own
way. This is a time when much
preparation goes into the pres
entation of what we feel is some
thing special. Our primary pur
pose last Friday night was to
entertain our audience while, at
the same time, showing them
what had been learned, musi
cally, during this current school
year. I hope you compared the
sound of the Flash of crimson,
September, 1968 with last Fri
day night’s Flash of Crimson
sound!
People have different ideas
about how to do a spring con
cert. Mr. T. firmly believes
in versatility.
The concert began with a fan
fare to end all fanfares! From
the motion picture, “2001: A
Space Odyssey”, it is justabout
Flash Of Crimson
BY JOYCE TURNER
the most dynamic and most un
usual - sounding fanfare ever
written. It happens to be one of
my favorite things, and I told the
kids and Mr. T. I thought we just
ought to close the curtain and go
home on that one!
But that was just the begin
ning! The FOC went from that
into a spirited march, then
a lovely folk-hymn type of num
ber, then one which sounded like
a t.v. western theme, followed
by a difficult Mexican - styled
piece, and ended up the first half
with the wildest arrangement of
“Peanut Vendor” on record!
“ Peanut Vendor ” has been
the source of a lot of fun dur
ing pre-concert rehearsals. It
took shapeoveraperiodoftime,
as each new “thing” was added.
There were probably a few
“things” thought up that never
made the arrangement, if I know
Mr. T. and the kids!
The Sparklers took everyone
by surprise, playing very well in
their first public appearance.
Many comments were heard
concerning the fact that we have
some good musicians coming up
in the ranks from this group!
I am sure that parents who
had been listening(some of them
unwillingly!) to isolated parts of
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these concert numbers for
weeks suddenly beamed at how
well their youngster sounded,
and were astonished at how good
the numbers sounded with ALL
THE PARTS! I always feel for
parents whose kids don’t play
the melody ....I’m in that boatof
ten....all you hear is the second
or third part and you never rec
ognize the number till you hear
it in concert! (Our youngest of
ten goes around singing the har
mony parts to most of the num
bers and most people think she
is nuts!) I hope the headaches
from listening to some of the
weird noises these Beginners
have been making in the last
few months were all worth it
to you parents as you proudly
listened to your young ones Fri
day night!
The Red Flames performed
admirably, also, and it is not
too difficult to imagine them sit
ting in those FOC chairs and
wearing the distinctive uniform
of that proud organization next
year. They will have to work
even harder than they have so
far, of course, but it was only
necessary to listen to them to
realize how far they have come
since last year’s concert.
The last half of the concert is
always the best half, we feel,
because everyone audience
and performers....has warmed
up by that time! That’s when
the FOC turns loose with some
of the big stage-band sound that
really sets them apart from
most high-school bands. Some
bands have a stage band made
up of a few members, but Mr.
T. uses the whole crew, and to
quite an effect!
A definite change of pace, and
something new for our FOC con
certs, was the clarinet ensem
ble, offering the audience the
sight and sound of some of our
new school-owned instruments.
Shelley Turner on E-flat clari
net; Angela Bagley, Debbie
Wright, and Hazel McConnell
on regular clarinets; Lynn Pat
terson on Alto; Janice Haw
kins on Bass; and Deborah
Wheeler on Contra-bass clari
net comprised the ensemble.
The low rumble of that con
tra-bass was heard throughout
the evening, rounding out the
low voices of our Band. Though
you can’t hear all the low in
struments individually, the dif
ference can certainly be heard.
A listen to last year’s concert
tape tells the tale! The clari
net “choir” added a refresh
ing bit of entertainment.
1 cannot, in all fairness, say
anything at all about the trum
pet soloist. I also, in all fair
ness, cannot ignore his con
tribution to the program! I must
say this: through the years I
have heard my husband play with
many professional orchestras
and bands, in many different
settings. Never have I heard
him perform with more feel
ing than when he is in front
of “his” kids. It is a moment
of pride for which I have no
words.
The big-band “ rock” sounds
of “ Sunday Mo rain’ ” and
“One and One-Half Steps A
bove” REALLY moved! And
the FOC backed up Mr. T. on
“Portrait of a Trumpet” like
they’d been bora to the task.
“Stars and Stripes Forever”
was most moving in my opin
ion, and I could not help but
marvel at the improvement in
performance even over the
dress - rehearsal rendition the
night before the concert! That’s
what spirit, pride, and a fine
audience does for an outfit like
the FOC! And when they ended
the concert with their theme,
“Flash of Crimson March”, no
one in the world could doubt
that it WAS their theme....like
it had been written for them,in
stead of the Band’s being named
after the march!
So it was another high point
in the lives of those of us for
tunate enough to be associated
with Forsyth County’s Band
Program. Those moments are
becoming more and more fre
quent as our Bands grow, as
more youngsters become in
volved, and as more people out
side the Band Family find out
what we have going here.
This is one of the fine things
about the support here...people
with no direct connection with
the Bands are interested In
them, are proud of the rep
resentation of the Flash of
Crimson, and show that pride
and interest.
We....the Flash of Crimson,
Mr. T., the Sparklers and Red
Flames, and I wish to thank
our lovely audience of last Fri
day night. Not only were you
polite, attentive, and respect-
ful, but you enjoyed yourselves
and made your feelings known
to all of us up there on the
stage. We hope you are glad
you went!
As I stood up there, trying
to do justice with words to the
outstanding young musicians as
they offered you the evidence of
their labor and love of music,
I felt as I do now....inadequate.
And proud and happy as all
get-out!
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Pictured above is one class of the Brandywine school in 1940. The picture was turned in
by Mrs. Catherine Meeks Waters.
Front row, 1-r: Dorothy Day, Evelyn Morris, Maurine Boling, Katie Shirely, Catherine Meeks.
Second row,: Howard Odum, ? , (teacher) DeEtte Jones, L. T. Meeks, Billy Stancil, Gaston
Goss, Junior Anderson.
Third row; Robert Hood, ? , Curtis New ton, Gene Wallace, Annie Lou Anderson, Earline
Bennett, Claudia Cox, and Mary Lee Cox.
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