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My Trumpet Student “Saves My Bacon” at Veterans Day Ceremony

Posted by glennled on November 26, 2015

Sarah Dunsmore, Trumpeter, sounds “Taps,” Veterans Day, 2015

The program for the Veterans Day Ceremony announced that as Post Bugler for VFW Post 1040, I would play “Assembly” to open the 30-minute ceremony at Veterans Park in Lynnwood on 11 November. Then at the conclusion of the event, my trumpet student and I would perform “Echo Taps.” But at the last moment, I could not play.

So the young lady, a senior at Juanita High School in Kirkland who has taken trumpet lessons from me for the past six years, had to solo. And that she did. Today, as I post this article, is Thanksgiving Day. I am thankful to Sarah Dunsmore—she “saved my bacon.”

Meanwhile, others on the program performed as planned. That included the following:

Northwest Jr. Pipe Band
Legion of Honor, Nile Shrine Center
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1040 Honor Guard
Martin Spani, VFW Post 1040 Past Commander
Nicola Smith, Mayor, Lynnwood
Manuel Ventosa, US Army WWII Veteran
Jim Smith, Former Lynnwood City Councilmember
John Beam, Pat McGrady, Bob Jeske, Ray Colby, Max Bettman, Veterans
Myra Rintakmaki, Gold Star Mothers
VFW Post 1040 Honor Guard
Boy Scouts of America, Lynnwood Troup 49
Cub Scouts of America, Pack 331

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: VFW Post 1040 Honor Guard

: Entrance Procession, Legion of Honor, Nile Shrine Center

: Veterans Day Ceremony, Veterans Park, Lynnwood, 11-11-2015

: Martin Spani, VFW Post 1040 Past Commander, US Marine Corps

: Myra Rintamaki, Gold Star Mothers, escorted by Frank Martinez, VFW Post 1040 Honor Guard Captain

: Northwest Jr. Pipe Band

: Glenn Ledbetter and Sarah Dunsmore, trumpeters

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My Trumpet Student Plays in Lake Washington School District Honor Band Concert

Posted by glennled on November 21, 2015

Sarah Dunsmore, LWSD Honor Band Trumpeter

She started trumpet lessons with me in 2009—six years ago—and thus became my fifth private student. Now she’s a senior at Juanita High School in Kirkland and made the High School Honor Band in the Lake Washington School District (LWSD). Her plans are to study music education at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, starting in fall, 2016. I’m proud of her—Sarah Dunsmore.

On 3 November, she played in the LWSD Honor Concert at Redmond High School. There were 8 trumpeters–three from Juanita, two from Redmond, two from Lake Washington, and one from Eastlake high schools. The band’s guest conductor was Dr. Christopher Bianco, who is the Department Chair, Associate Professor, Director of Bands and Brass at Western Washington University (WWU) in Bellingham. The 59-member Honor Band played three pieces to conclude the concert:

Festive Overture by Shostakovich, arr. Hunsberger
Irish Tune from Country Derry by Percy Grainger,
Joy Revisted by Frank Ticheli

The 58-member Honor Orchestra opened the concert with Dr. Ryan Dudenbostel conducting. He is Director of Orchestral Studies at WWU. Next came the Honor Choir, comprised of 37 members who were conducted by Dr. Geoffrey Boers, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Washington.

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