Coda-Fall 2004
Time for the stock "Jason Foster Livejournal End of the Semester Address"...
Hmm Hmm...
Well, this certainly has been one of the most INTENSE semesters of college I have endured. With 17 undergraduate hours and 6 graduate hours...not to mention Phi Mu Alpha, CMENC, and of course the Festival of Winds...yeah, its been rough.
So here are some updates...
1) Opus 30-Festival of Winds is OVER! More than that...it was said to be the most successful yet by Ingrid and Dr. W. Hats off to all the people that went way above and beyond to make it happen. Truthfully, I thinks thats where our success came from-a INCREDIBLE core of volunteers. Bravo!
2) Phi Mu Alpha has adjured for the semester-let me also congratulate Leon Novembre, Chris Romeo, Marcos Rodrigez, and Nathan Van Walker on their initiation into Upsilon Psi!
3) Let us bow in sorrow, awe, and silence to a True Man of Music-Brother Maestro Fredrick Fennell.
Let me briefly insert an email, sent by Fennell's daughter to the National Headquaters of Phi Mu Alpha on Fennell's passing...
From: Cathy Fennell Martensen
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:37 AM
Subject: Fred Fennell
I want you, and the greater music community to know that my father died peacefully in his sleep early this morning, Tuesday, December 7, 2004. Elizabeth and I were by his side. I had promised him that I would do all I could to get him back to Siesta Key so he could watch the sun set over the ocean. With the help of Hospice, he arrived home in time to see the brilliant orange and pinks in the western skies last evening. A bit before Midnight, dad told me he was "frustrated and disappointed." When I asked him, "Why?" he replied, "There's no drummer here yet. I can't die without a drummer!" I told him that I loved him, and that "Heaven's best drummer was on the way." Moments later he said, "I hear him! I hear him! I'm OK now." This was my final conversation with my dad.
I was blessed to be able to dress my father in his finest set of tails after he died, complete with the usual struggle with his tie. Elizabeth asked if he could be "dressed up" and I could think of nothing finer for a lasting memory. Dad asked to be cremated and that I scatter his ashes in the woods at Interlochen, Michigan this summer. This, of course, I will do.
Elizabeth is OK at this point. We are closely watching her, monitoring her blood sugar levels and seeing that she gets the diet and rest she needs after such a life transition.
There will be a small Memorial Service at a church in Siesta Key. No date or time has been set yet. As knowledge of my father's death is communicated, please keep both Elizabeth and me in your prayers.
Fondly > Cathy Fennell Martensen
Certainly, Fennell was a great great man, and will be sorely missed by the Brother's of Phi, Mu, Alpha and the world as a whole.
4) School is out! Fall 2004 is behind us all. I head back to Naples tomorrow morning. I'll prolly be back at JCPenney.
5) I'M ON BREAK! So expect many more updates and MOOSESIGHTINGS LIVEJOURNAL PICTURE HOURS!!!
6) I am semi-working at JW Mitchell High School...and Alonso High School.
7) Senior Recital-MOOSECROSSINGS PART DEUX-is currently scheduled for Februrary/March-stay tuned
Well guys-its been a ride...I'll be back in Tampa periodically-and especially for FMEA Convention Jan. 3rd...
HOLLA!
Hmm Hmm...
Well, this certainly has been one of the most INTENSE semesters of college I have endured. With 17 undergraduate hours and 6 graduate hours...not to mention Phi Mu Alpha, CMENC, and of course the Festival of Winds...yeah, its been rough.
So here are some updates...
1) Opus 30-Festival of Winds is OVER! More than that...it was said to be the most successful yet by Ingrid and Dr. W. Hats off to all the people that went way above and beyond to make it happen. Truthfully, I thinks thats where our success came from-a INCREDIBLE core of volunteers. Bravo!
2) Phi Mu Alpha has adjured for the semester-let me also congratulate Leon Novembre, Chris Romeo, Marcos Rodrigez, and Nathan Van Walker on their initiation into Upsilon Psi!
3) Let us bow in sorrow, awe, and silence to a True Man of Music-Brother Maestro Fredrick Fennell.
Let me briefly insert an email, sent by Fennell's daughter to the National Headquaters of Phi Mu Alpha on Fennell's passing...
From: Cathy Fennell Martensen
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:37 AM
Subject: Fred Fennell
I want you, and the greater music community to know that my father died peacefully in his sleep early this morning, Tuesday, December 7, 2004. Elizabeth and I were by his side. I had promised him that I would do all I could to get him back to Siesta Key so he could watch the sun set over the ocean. With the help of Hospice, he arrived home in time to see the brilliant orange and pinks in the western skies last evening. A bit before Midnight, dad told me he was "frustrated and disappointed." When I asked him, "Why?" he replied, "There's no drummer here yet. I can't die without a drummer!" I told him that I loved him, and that "Heaven's best drummer was on the way." Moments later he said, "I hear him! I hear him! I'm OK now." This was my final conversation with my dad.
I was blessed to be able to dress my father in his finest set of tails after he died, complete with the usual struggle with his tie. Elizabeth asked if he could be "dressed up" and I could think of nothing finer for a lasting memory. Dad asked to be cremated and that I scatter his ashes in the woods at Interlochen, Michigan this summer. This, of course, I will do.
Elizabeth is OK at this point. We are closely watching her, monitoring her blood sugar levels and seeing that she gets the diet and rest she needs after such a life transition.
There will be a small Memorial Service at a church in Siesta Key. No date or time has been set yet. As knowledge of my father's death is communicated, please keep both Elizabeth and me in your prayers.
Fondly > Cathy Fennell Martensen
Certainly, Fennell was a great great man, and will be sorely missed by the Brother's of Phi, Mu, Alpha and the world as a whole.
4) School is out! Fall 2004 is behind us all. I head back to Naples tomorrow morning. I'll prolly be back at JCPenney.
5) I'M ON BREAK! So expect many more updates and MOOSESIGHTINGS LIVEJOURNAL PICTURE HOURS!!!
6) I am semi-working at JW Mitchell High School...and Alonso High School.
7) Senior Recital-MOOSECROSSINGS PART DEUX-is currently scheduled for Februrary/March-stay tuned
Well guys-its been a ride...I'll be back in Tampa periodically-and especially for FMEA Convention Jan. 3rd...
HOLLA!