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Way back on the very edge there was the memory of my mother joining the church, and before I knew it I was singing in the Children's Choir. I do remember hating the giant bow we had to wear as a kid on our choir robes. At eight years old the trumpet came into my life. Why the trumpet? A good question with no answer. My parents rented one for me from my elementary school. The Band teacher, to my amazement played every instrument in the band. That's right all of the Strings, all of the Woodwinds, all of the brass and of course all drums and percussion, and any thing else I can't remember like piano. We did have various female music teachers as well that we had music classes with and sang songs with through the years. High school brought change but Mr. King the music teacher was now performing the same tasks in the high school up the road. With trumpets all rented out other brass instruments were left. For some reason I wound up playing a Sousaphone. That is John Philip Sousa's versi...