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Online Activity for 2008-08-23

My complete and daily online activity for you to go all voyeuristic on. Yesterday 2:03am Updated status on Facebook. Brent I Hate Traditional Marches: ….. Read MoreNo tags for this post. Related posts No related posts. http://ping.fm/18ywa. 8:49am Posted 6 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details) creeva: Why the hell did I get up so early …

August 23, 2008 – 11:59 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Lifestream Archive | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Is There a Strong Future For Community Bands?

I’ve done the community band circuit for a year now and I’ve played with two community bands.  The one thing I have noticed is that the bands don’t really seem to be growing.  When they do grow it’s usually by an older member decides to join in the band.  The youth market seems to be …

August 23, 2008 – 9:22 am | By Creeva | Posted in Media, Personal Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (7)

I Hate Traditional Marches

Picture from here Traditional marches, I’m not a fan.  Ironically when I was in marching band we didn’t play many traditional Sousa Era marches, and those that we did play I loathed.   When I joined community band however we have played a ton of traditional marches.   I wouldn’t complain to much but most of the …

August 22, 2008 – 7:22 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Media, Personal Writing | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

VCMA Concert Tonight

Tonight the VCMA will be having it’s final summer concert at the Lorain County Fair.   It’s been a wonderful summer season and I appreciate everyone that has come out to watch us perform.  I only missed one concert this season (though I did manage to arrive in the middle of the first song at one …

August 21, 2008 – 1:33 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Media, Personal Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (4)

County Fair, after County Fair, after County Fair

Picture from here Traditionally (since I’ve been with Xie) we don’t normally go to county fairs.   Of course there have been brief dabbles, a single visit or so to the Lorain County Fair or visits to the Lane County Fair when we lived in Eugene, but nothing planned ahead of time, more of a whim …

August 16, 2008 – 8:24 am | By Creeva | Posted in Family and Friends, Personal Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Tomorrow Night – VCMA Concert at The Vermilion Library Annex

Tomorrow night (July 17, 2008) at 7:00 pm, the VCMA Community Band will be having a concert in front of Vermilion’s Ritter Public Library Annex.   I should have a video up on the site a day or two after, but thought I would publish this out there in case anyone wanted to attend.

July 16, 2008 – 10:38 am | By Creeva | Posted in Media, Personal Writing | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

And More Announcements About the Pregnancy

Original From Parent Phobia : And More Announcements About the Pregnancy Every time it seems we are done and all the announcements that Xie is pregnant pass through the cracks, another one comes up.  This time around it’s a local community band that I play with and an announcement is being put out in their …

July 15, 2008 – 1:40 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Lifestream Archive | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)