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1950
Brother Paul marries Anne Schiff of Philadelphia
1951
January: Graduated from Frankford H.S. held at the Baptist Temple on a rainy January day
Temple University: Liberal Arts (pre-med) courses.
Performed on Paul Whiteman’s TV Teen Club Performance ABC Parental Permission Agreement
1952
March 10: Enlisted in USAF with neighbor David Schmidt of Deveraux St., Phila., PA
Photograph of David and Fred with their moms during visiting day at:
Sampson Air Force Base, Geneva, New York
July 18: Trip to Canada: Niagara Falls, etc.
Sep 2: Fly from Philadelphia via Washington, DC to Nashville, TN on DC3
BBC Orchestra of Canada
1953
Drum Major
USAF Band during parade, Sewart AFB Tennessee
Fred, Gene Yarchever and Mickey Faun
Mar. 18: Kent Manor Motel, Erlanger, KY (near Cincinnati) on way to Sewart AFB, Smyrna, TN
Mar. 31: Mommoth Cave, KY
Apr. 1: Robins Air Force Base, GA Music Competition – First Place
Apr. 14: Biloxi AFB Mississippi
Apr. 15: New Orleans
May 11: Lookout Mountain, TN
1954
Received notice being transferred to Pepperell AFB, St, Johns, Newfoundland
Jan. 7: Flew to Knoxville, TN: Air Force Stage Band performed for the opening of the new TV station
Feb. 22: “Thumbing” ride on Pennsylvania Turnpike to Pittsburgh to catch return ride to Symrna, TN
May 12: Assigned to Peperrell AFB St. Johns, Newfoundland to perform with Skynights Band
July 2: Peperrell Air Force Base: St. Johns, Newfoundland.
August 23: Far left Bob Neal (CO); on steps: Mickey Faun (trap set), ? , Oma Galloway Piano/Bass Drum) and ? at Narsarsuaq Airport in Greenland to perform for the service personnel on AFB
1955
St. Johns, Newfoundland: with Portugese Fishing Armada
“Sky Knight’s fine Saxmen, Fred Schock and Bob Cole go along with gag . . .” Pepperrell News’n Blue
Aerial view St. Johns, Pepperrell AFB, Lake Quidi Vidi and St. Johns Harbor
1956
January 10: Personnel Processing Group Extract Manhatten Beach AFB
Discharged from USAF; Brooklyn, NY
January: Philadelphia to Bloomington, IN.
June 4: First visit to Indianapolis, IN
Dec. 20: Park City, KY (Mammoth Cave National Park)
Dec. 29: Miami, FL: visited Clark Bell and Rebecca Bell. Played for prom at Miami University: “What women! Wow!” Joe Miller (sax from AF Band) also visited and played for New Year’s Eve prom.
Dec. 31: Miami, FL: Played
1957
Jan. 25: Detroit; Musicians’ House; Carl Philip Emanuel Masillon (excommunicated Franciscan monk)
Jan. 28: Detroit: Joe Como from USAF (Italian Family dinner)
Apr. 21: Indiana Roof (Butler College Prom) performing with Al Cobine Band
Schedule example in preparation for junior recital :
- 7:30 a.m. Practice Bassoon
- 8:30 a.m. Quintet Rehearsal
- 9:30 a.m. Practice Clarinet
- 10:45 Pickup GI paper, Art Post Card, books on Ruben and van Gough. Pay diploma fee.
- 11:30 a.m. Psychology of Music Teaching Class E490
- 12:30 p.m. Set up orchestra
- 1:00 p.m. lunch
- 1:30 p.m. Appointment w/ Mr. Ferber
- 2:30 p.m. Library: work on Clarinet Paper for E490
- 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Opera Orchestra Rehearsal
- 5:30 p.m. Dinner
- 6:30 p.m. Work on Art Assignment
- 7:30 p.m. Recital Rehearsal – Beethoven Trio
- 8:30 p.m. Practice Piano
- 9:30 p.m. Review E490
- 10:30 p.m. Sleep “at last”
June 1: Owensboro
June 2: Evansville
Aug. 14: Indiana Beach resort: two week summer stage band job: (Stan Kenton Band in for one night; instruments stolen)
1958
March: Performed the solo clarinet part during the I.U. Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance of Kodály’s Dances of Galánta.
May 29: Missy performs with Evansville Philharmonic
July Evansville: production of “Roberta” (open air theater) IU Opera
July 13: Purdue University: production of “Roberta” (auditorium seats 6000) IU Opera
1959
May: Graduation with high honors from Indiana University School of Music
BM degree: major in woodwinds
Sept. 21 Delaware Water Gap; join Fred Waring
Note: The penultimate presentation on the program (“Sounds of Christmas in America”) included an arrangement of O Holy Night. The Carol can be heard beginning at 39:20 of the “The Sounds of Christmas” [Full Album] (Capitol Records 1959). No matter how many times we performed the arrangement by Roy Ringwald, I always looked forward to playing it again and again.
Itinerary
Newark NJ
New York City
19th Harrisburg, PA
21st New Castle, PA (Golf on Mrs. Millers course; Waring’s sister)
Oct. 22: Detroit, MI
Oct. 23: Visited Missy, Margaret and Fred Baldwin in Bloomington, IN
Oct. 25: Lafayette, IN
Oct. 26: Elkhart, IN
Oct. 30: Dillsboro, NC (Smokies)
Nov. 3 Chicago, IL
Nov. 5 Milwaukee, Wis
Nov. 9 Waring Tour: Holdrege, Nebraska
Kansas City, Missouri “Played to circa 10,000”
Nov. 10: Mitchell, SD (Corn Palace)
Nov. 22 Houston, TX
Nov. 24 Dallas, TX
Nov. 29 San Antonio, TX
Dec. 2: Truth or Consequences, NM
Dec 12. Phoenix, AZ
Stayed for 6 weeks at Saharan Motel, Hollywood, CA
