When I was in the third grade I distinctly remember watching my brother Steve play the drums in the 6th grade Band at the Bagnall School in Groveland, MA. I idolized him and thought that's the instrument I am going to play...I'm sure my parents were happy with no rental fees! In fourth grade, there were tons and tons of percussionists. I remember Matt Lovett and I standing out as the better of the bunch. Back then, Mrs. Tatarunis was our band director and General Music Teacher at the Bagnall and she rocked! Everyone was in band! We had it the last hour of school each Friday and the teachers loved getting that free time. In the 7th grade, I got that typical middle school attitude when meeting Mr. Howard in my first percussion lesson. When asked for my name instead of saying Anthony, I said Lloyd, named after the main character of the movie Dumb and Dumber. Everyone in the lesson laughed their heads off and Mr. Howard decided to keep calling me Lloyd for the remainder of
.....musings of a music educator.