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Posts Tagged ‘Yamaha’

Five “I Stand for the Flag” Trumpet Shows at Retirement Communities in July!

Posted by glennled on August 15, 2021

In early July, I performed my one-hour trumpet show, “I Stand for the Flag,” at five different retirement communities in the Greater Seattle area. Naturally, they clustered around Independence Day, the Fourth of July. In order, they were:

  • Merrill Gardens at the University, Seattle (1 July)
  • Aljoya, Mercer Island (2 July)
  • Fairwinds Brighton Court, Lynnwood (4 July)
  • Emerald Heights, Redmond (7 July)
  • Merrill Gardens at Burien (9 July)

This show consists of 25 patriotic marches, songs, and bugle calls. I wore my VFW Post 1040 uniform and played three instruments (my Getzen Eterna Severinsen trumpet, Super Olds cornet, and Jupiter pocket trumpet) and used three mouthpieces (Yamaha Vizutti, Bach 8C, and Denis Wick 4).

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Third Trumpet Show at Covenant Living at the Shores, Mercer Island

Posted by glennled on February 4, 2020

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Lake Washington view, courtesy of Covenant Living at the Shores, Mercer Island

 

“I lived on Mercer Island for 34 years before moving to Edmonds.” So said I to the 25 residents of Covenant Living at the Shores (CLS) who came on 20 December to Fellowship Hall to hear my Christmas season trumpet show, “Things Remembered.” It was my third performance at this lovely, waterfront retirement community. I came back at the kind invitation from Roxanne Helleren, Resident Life Director, and Kathryn Middleton, Life Enrichment Coordinator.

This one-hour show features 25 well-known, popular songs. Fourteen of them are Christmas songs which are mixed in with others that come mostly from hit musicals and movies. The songs are carefully chosen to match the typical phases of our lives: single, married, kids, family Christmas celebrations, empty nesting, and retirement. As I narrate, we remember the good things that we all experience, ponder, and are grateful for. The audience sings and hums the tunes, and I tell a few jokes. I used my Getzen trumpet and Super Olds cornet, my Harmon and straight mutes, and my Yamaha Allen Vizzutti mouthpiece.

I’ve written blog articles, with photos, after each of my previous shows here. Please use the Archives column on the left to find them and enjoy reading about those shows and CLS (formerly Covenant Shores):

  • “Showtune Favorites”—published on 24 May 2019
  • “I Stand for the Flag”—published on 16 July 2019

CLS’s website is http://www.covlivingshores.org.

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My Early Return with a Different Trumpet Show to Ida Culver House, Broadview Retirement Community in North Seattle

Posted by glennled on July 22, 2019

 

Ida Culver House, Broadview, north Seattle

Ida Culver House, Broadview, 12505 Greenwood Ave N., Seattle—an Era Living retirement community. Photo courtesy of ICHB.

They came back on 11 July! “They love you!” said Dana, speaking of the residents of Ida Culver House, Broadview (ICHB) in north Seattle who came back to hear my second one-hour trumpet show in two months (please see my blog post of 9 June 2019).

Dana is the kind, helpful assistant who, with another good lady, Monica, set up the room for me where I played another of my five trumpet shows. This one is called “Showtune Favorites: Hit Songs from Musicals and Movies.” It consists of 25 such songs, including “Over the Rainbow,” “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Hello Dolly,” and “Hopelessly Devoted to You.” They sang along (or hummed) and laughed (or groaned) at my jokes and riddles.

For different sound effects appropriate to each song, I used two trumpets, one cornet, four mouthpieces, one harmon mute, and one straight mute. The trumpets are by Getzen (Severinsen) and Jupiter, the cornet is by Olds, and the mouthpieces are by Yamaha (Vizzutti), Denis Wick, and Bach.

Ida Culver pioneered two of the 8 retirement communities now in the Era Living group. Two are named for her—this one and the one in Ravenna, which she originally created as a home for retired teachers.

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