  Mkap Member Username: Mkap Post Number: 26 Registered: 11-2008 |
Z - Yes, it was Treble Clef. I took lessons from Steve can't remember his last name there. Still have my first music book by Joe Fava. First song learned was Solo Flight during the week following February 3, 1965: 4/4, G E Ee, G E Ee, F G E F, Gggg... | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2562 Registered: 04-2008 |
Thanks Mkap, I've been thinking about this for months and then this morning it came to me out of the blue. I don't have any of the music but I still have this rickety old music stand in it's case from those days. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5319 Registered: 04-2005 |
It must have become Amato's in the late 60's or so. I took lessons in about '70 when it was Amato's. The piano teacher I had was a young woman probably in her early 20's. Poor thing tried to teach me. I took lessons at three separate times in my life from three different teachers, and would probably still need a beginners book to be able to play anything | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2563 Registered: 04-2008 |
This would have been around 66'-67 that I took lessons there. The names Mkap mentioned sound familiar. The guy I had was kind of heavy set. | ||
7andkelly Member Username: 7andkelly Post Number: 1753 Registered: 04-2008 |
Any of you ever go to Mrs. Pecar for lessons? "Every good boy does fine". Her house was close to Merchandise Mart, not too far from the Civic Center. | ||
Mkap Member Username: Mkap Post Number: 27 Registered: 11-2008 |
Z - Stocky, heavy set, nice guy. Very patient with me, as I know I was not near being his typical prodigy. I WANTED TO PLAY ROCK AND ROLL MAN! It just took too long to get there. Got my Fender Mustang and Deluxe Amp from Gus Zoppi's. Still have both in perfect working condition. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5320 Registered: 04-2005 |
I think my sister may have taken lessons from Mrs. Pecar. The name rings a bell. My first piano teacher was way over on 7 Mile and Goddard from some old lady with bad breath. I shared a 1/2 hour with my neighbor. He was better at playing, so I spent a lot of my 15 minutes reading Highlights magazine. | ||
7andkelly Member Username: 7andkelly Post Number: 1754 Registered: 04-2008 |
I love Highlights magazine...mostly for the hidden pictures. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5322 Registered: 04-2005 |
That's the part I remember best, too, 7. There were other puzzles, but the hidden pics were the best. They still make that magazine. I'm going to get it for the grandson's birthday in April | ||
Ddavid Member Username: Ddavid Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2008 |
jcole, did you grow up on maddelein st.? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5323 Registered: 04-2005 |
Yes, I did. Is this Doug, Dan or Darlene? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5324 Registered: 04-2005 |
I'm betting it's Doug. | ||
Ddavid Member Username: Ddavid Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2008 |
jcole, was your piano teacher named Mrs. Runner?? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5325 Registered: 04-2005 |
That was her. Did you happen to have her also? | ||
Ddavid Member Username: Ddavid Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2008 |
yes it is. how are you doing???? | ||
Ddavid Member Username: Ddavid Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2008 |
yes, my brother Dan and i took guitar lessons from her. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5327 Registered: 04-2005 |
Didn't you also take piano from her when you were about 8? I've been fine. How is your family? | ||
Ddavid Member Username: Ddavid Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2008 |
do you remember Mrs. Runners lips moving really fast when you would make mistakes?? Dan and i would screw up just to see how fast her lips would move. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5328 Registered: 04-2005 |
I was scared of her. I think I only lasted through one season of lessons from her. I remember a spring recital and that was that. I don't think she liked little girls. You guys were more her style. | ||
Ddavid Member Username: Ddavid Post Number: 6 Registered: 12-2008 |
I took piano and guitar at the same time.I think i was about 10 or 11. My family's great. My mother lives in clinton twp. My dad passed away 4 years.ago. Darlene lives in Fair Haven, Dan lives in algonac, and i live in Fraser. Have 2 kids boy 26 and girl 22. how about you? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5329 Registered: 04-2005 |
I'm sorry about your Dad. He was good people. Is your mom living on her own? I'm up in Almont. Dad passed away back in '73, Mom's in a nursing home in Saginaw near Fran. Dinky is in Macomb Twp, Jim's out near Grand Rapids and Ruth is in Ohio/Florida. I have two daughters 32 and 31 as well as 3 grandkids. My older daughter Kate is in Clawson with her husband and two boys, and my younger, Sarah, is in Colorado with her husband, his daughter and their own little girl who's 1. I think it was you and I who shared a lesson and our parents took turns driving us over to Mrs. Runner's house. I thought we were younger, but if you were 10 or 11, I was about 11 or 12. I guess sixth grade seems about right. | ||
Ddavid Member Username: Ddavid Post Number: 7 Registered: 12-2008 |
my mother is living on here own. she still cuts her own grass and uses an electric snowblower. I think you are correct about sharing rides to Runners house. I am going to ask my Mother when i get home from work,to see if she remembers. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5331 Registered: 04-2005 |
That's great that your mom is still taking care of herself. Tell her and Dan and Darlene I said Hi. If I remember correctly, your mom should be in her mid to late 70's now?? She was several years younger than my mom. She's 88 now, and Dad would be 95 if he was still here. | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1316 Registered: 04-2007 |
Ddavid: Welcome to the forum. What a great discovery that your "lesson mate" is right here on the SJ forum. Did you attend SJ? if so what year? | ||
Kellyroad Member Username: Kellyroad Post Number: 1317 Registered: 04-2007 |
Still have the snare/tomtom drum used for practice while playing in the SJ band. (The top skin broke due to cold storage conditions...my bad). But if I wanted to I guess I could replace it and drive everyone nuts just like I did when practicing the long rolls, flams, and paradiddles back on Eastwood. Mr Henderson and Mr. Egan would have been proud. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5333 Registered: 04-2005 |
KR, DDavid went to Burbank, and I think Denby. | ||
Ddavid Member Username: Ddavid Post Number: 8 Registered: 12-2008 |
KR, i did go to burbank and Denby. I lived three doors west of jc. Both our dads were on DPD. | ||
7andkelly Member Username: 7andkelly Post Number: 1755 Registered: 04-2008 |
Ddavid, I know yours is a common name, but by any chance did you have an uncle named Anthony and aunts named Helen and Alice? | ||
Eastburn Member Username: Eastburn Post Number: 618 Registered: 03-2008 |
Sorry to see I've lost another classmate: LANEY THOMAS R January 2, 2009, peacefully at home in Troy. Age 64, formerly of Fraser. Retired Change Specialist for Chrysler Corporation for 42 years. Beloved father of Michele Frontiera, Thomas M. and Dena A. Grandfather of Joshua, Shana and Skylar. Son of Dora and the late Richard T. Brother of Sharon Decker, Paula Vollmer and Richard J. Loving friend of Denise Sontag and her children, Kristin, Lindsay and Michael. Family will receive friends Sunday 2-8 p.m. at A. J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Home, 2600 Crooks Road (between Maple and Big Beaver), with Prayers at 7 p.m. Funeral Mass Monday 11 a.m. at St. Mary of the Hills Church, 2675 John R, Rochester Hills. Visitation at church begins at 10:30 a.m. Memorial Tributes to American Cancer Society. View obituary and share memories at: www.DesmondFuneralHome.com God rest his soul. | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2564 Registered: 04-2008 |
We went to school with his brother Richard |
