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Working at Dollar Bargain
Working at Dollar Bargain. Last week I talked about working at the Gimbels in the now defunct Eastland Mall. Things hadn’t gone well. It was a year later and I was, once again, looking for summer work. I returned to the Eastland Mall and found work at the Dollar Bargain store. Dollar Bargain was another…
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Summer at Gimbels
Summer at Gimbels in the Eastland Mall. I’ve been talking about my college experience and the academic challenges that I faced. Today’s post will tackle one of my first summer jobs. I was a stock boy at Gimbels Department store in North Versailles, Pennsylvania. Make money I didn’t work a job during high school. Mom…
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Working for Norwin
Working for Norwin. I’ve been talking about my college experience. I wanted to be a marching band director. That’s what drove me to college and that is why I was fighting my way through classes that confounded me. A practicum was required for one of my classes. I needed to observe a music program alongside…
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Keyboard proficiency exam
Keyboard proficiency exam. Now there is a weird title for a post. I’ve been talking about my college experience in my previous posts. Last week I talked about my troubles with music theory and music history. Those subjects were difficult, but neither troubled me more than the keyboard proficiency exam (KPE). What the heck is…
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Out of my league
When my college classes started I realized that I was out of my league. I had the desire to be a great band director and I knew how to play trumpet and euphonium, but I knew absolutely nothing about the theory or history of music. This was going to be a big problem. What’s a…
