Music History:

I have a degree in Music Education. I began my music career in an old-time circus band. I studied under a college instructor who had played briefly under Sousa and later led an army band in the Pacific, reporting directly to Douglas MacArthur.

I went into the army after graduation as a commissioned officer and commanded a company to which an army band was attached. I worked closely with this band. I taught history and was a high school band director in Commache, Okla. and Edgewood, TX., for a total of three years.