Re: SPAH

["Robert Paparozzi" <chromboy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim,
    You are an asset to the Harp community, your presence, knowledge and
bad-ass playin' will be missed in St. Louis. (I met Tim at the Dallas SPAH
and was floored by his playin' and a great cat to boot!)

    However, the kids in Plano, TX are in for a real 'nice ride' in years to
come and I'm sure you'll end up 'reelin' in' a few new mouth organ
candidates along the way.
Why couldn't "I" have had a teacher like Tim Moyer or Doug Tate or
Sting...when I was in school...t'aint fare,-)

    I just finishing reading the "Sting" book "Broken Music"....I found it
fascinating that he too, was a grade school teacher in Newcastle UK.

    He told a story about how he was playin' in a few bands and just landed
a "pit" gig in the show "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat". He THEN
lands a full-time teaching gig and is worried about how he is gonna pull off
the wednesday matinee!!

    He goes to the head-sister at the school and works out a deal to bus the
kids every wed. as an "educational-cultural" endeavor and he said, "he never
missed ONE matinee" and it all worked out!!!!!

    Tim, PLEASE, don't try bringing those lil' monsters to SPAH,-)))!!!!

What I'm tryin' to say is, "Best of Luck" we'll miss ya' and keep in touch,
they're gonna LOVE ya'!!!

all the best,
Rob Paparozzi
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Moyer - Working Man's Harps" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Douglas Tate" <douglas.tate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 5:27 P
Subject: Re: SPAH


>
> Thanks for the support, Doug.  I loved my SPAH convention experience, and
> would go back in a heartbeat.  I am suffering from the double-jeaopardy of
> going to work in a school district that starts VERY early (students start
> August 4th in Plano, TX., teachers the Monday prior).  It is probably
> easier for a person under 18 to get away for a few days for a convention
of
> this type (provided the parents approve) than those who teach.  Getting a
> week off just two weeks into the year is pretty much impossible for the
> teacher.
>
> I enjoyed many of my experiences in the computer business, but when I look
> back at the 20+ years I spent in programming, it was the eduational
> products and projects that I enjoyed the most.  Working with research
> libraries and elementary schools, librarians and classroom teachers,
> creating tools, educational titles, and educational hardware was always
the
> most satisfying, if not the most financially rewarding.  I'm looking
> forward to getting in to where the rubber meets the road, as they say.
And
> yes, the money's not great, but I can always build harps to make up the
> difference ;-)
>
> -tim
>
> Tim Moyer
> Working Man's Harps
> http://www.workingmansharps.com/
>
> At 03:19 PM 6/14/04 +0100, Douglas Tate wrote:
> >At 16:03 14/06/2004, Tim Moyer wrote:
> >
> >>d.m.fairweather wrote:
> >> > So who's going to SPAH this year?
> >>
> >>After just two great years, I'm not going to be able to go this
> >>year.  I am starting a new career as a school teacher, and SPAH takes
> >>place after the school year starts, I'll be working.  If the dates
> >>don't move, I'll not see too many more harmonica conventions.
> >
> >This is a real problem and one which must come under review again.  If we
> >have the convention in the traditional place then we effectively rule out
> >anyone below 18.  If we have it before then we have other problems.
> >Thanks for bringing this up Tim.  I believe that it is important that we
> >have the ability to meet people in education and also to provide a forum
> >for teachers to meet and discuss strategies in schools.
> >
> >Congratulations on the new career... I can attest that it's a great one.
I
> >went from being way up the tree in the European computer industry to
> >becoming a classroom teacher. Very little money to start off with but
> >immense satisfaction and the feeling that you are really contributing to
> >the community rather than making black boxes :))
> >
> >Douglas t
> >
> >
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