-: The Temple experience, um,
well, it's, it's again trying to help
people move their lives forward.
And, again, I refer to this a lot
you know, people say hey, good luck with something
and it's not really luck.
It's where preparation and opportunity intersect.
And Temple gave me the preparation
and so far I've taken advantage of the opportunities.
So, um, again, all my instructors at Temple I'm very
grateful to them but especially the two people
that I worked closest with and
that's Glenn Steele and Alan Abel.
They were very caring people,
they knew what they were doing.
And um, I just, you know,
look back on my time here very fondly.
Interviewer: And, why percussion?
-: Why percussion?
Well that's a good question.
I started out playing some piano,
and then I went to saxophone,
and then I went to trumpet.
And I gave that about two weeks,
and finally I told my dad I said I think
I wanna try percussion.
And he says okay, but this your last chance.
And that was some 40, 50 years ago
and I've stuck with it ever since.
And I'm really thankful the way things turned out.