StraightAhead

I was only in the 7th grade but I was in the 9th grade band at Colonial Jr. High.  I had lived in Humboldt Tn before moving to Memphis and I had started band in the 5th grade, whereas, at Colonial, they started in the 7th grade.  I was a bit of an oddity, you might say.  I had probably been on 1st chair at one time or another, maybe not , with John North around.  Mr. Walker was known to move a guy from 1st to last for bobbleing one note, though.  It happened to me more than once. Probably the next year when I was in the 8th grade. We always had really good bands that could compete with many high school bands.