Wonderful! Our grandson auditioned for the tuba place in Kings Brass this year and was the runner-up. So maybe another year. We have a Dungey brass quartet and quintet sone of whom are professionals too, so much fun!!!
Alan Cole, AwayWeGi is a great French horn player and will be attending too!!
The Dungey family is musical for sure, with a number of accomplished players in the clan, including a granddaughter who was an experienced trumpet soloist as a tiny tot & now is an accomplished player as a young adult.
As for me, at age 80 I still play. I may be over the hill, but at least I'm not yet all the way to the bottom of the downslope. The peak of my accomplishment was when I was in my early 40s & taking lessons from Dan Carter, who played 4th horn in the National Symphony Orchestra at the time. Near the end of a lesson, Dan turned to me & held the tips of his thumb & forefinger about an inch apart & said, "Alan, you're about
that far away from being a good horn player."l I took it as a major serious compliment & was virtually walking on air all the rest of the day.
Playing horn is featured in a 2006 TUG-BBS game I participated in --
Two Truths & A Lie.
Click here for my 2 + 1.
For my confession about what's true & what's false,
click here.
-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.
