I picked this one from our Rookie Teacher of The Year, Lieutenant Commander(Ret.) Jeff Dyer, it is Lt. Com. Jeff Dyers’ favorite quote by Theodore Roosevelt, it is a quote, but is known to be a poem as well.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”- Theodore Roosevelt

Now with this quote/poem, the first part is farely easy to tell what is happening a person is being told how they could have done better, and what they were doing wrong, but Theodore Roosevelt says that the one person that is doing the most is the one getting out there and doing something about a problem not the one that is trying to correct the one that is going out of their way to do something they beleive in, the it says “…because there is no effort without error or shortcoming…and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly…” which means, even if you do make a mistake or two that doesn’t mean you have failed that means you can do better then the last time.

Dr. Glasser is 90 years old and currently resides in Jacksonville with his wife Alma, but once lived in Pace.  From 1933 to 1939, he played bugle in the Boston Latin School Drum & Bugle Corps.  In 1939, his father bought him the trumpet and arranged lessons for him from a member of the famous John Phillip Sousa Band!  Dr. Glasser didn’t play in college because World War II had started and he fought for our country in the Pacific as a member of the Marine Corps.  After the war, he went to dental school and became a Navy dentist while earning the position of captain, retiring after 32 years of service to our country.

The Milton HS Band is planning to display the 1937 trumpet, that we refer to as “Capt. Hal,” in a display case in our bandroom, and will use the instrument for playing “Taps” at the veteran events that we participate in each year (Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, etc.) along with other patriotic events. 

We are amazed at the design of the valve casings, water keys, and bottom valve caps (where you use a coin to loosen them).  Also the ornamental artwork on the instrument bell is very elaborate.      

Thanks for your continued support of the Mighty Black & Gold Band!

2011 - Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI’s most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. May 2nd

1949 - 1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km May 3rd

2002 - Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as a Giant, leading his team to a 3-0 win over Cincinnati. Bonds is the first player to hit 400 homers for one team and 100 with another May 4th

1979 - Voyager 1 passes Jupiter May 5th

1997 - Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame May 6th

1914 - US Congress establishes mother’s day

1956 - 1st solar powered radios go on sale April 16th

1937 - Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer J Fudd & Petunia Pig, debut April 17th

1991 - John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136 April 18th

1971 - Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder) April 19th

1986 - Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game April 20th

1956 - Elvis Presley’s 1st hit record, “Heartbreak Hotel,” becomes #1 April 21st

2012 - The Lion King becomes highest grossing Broadway show after overtaking The Phantom of the Opera April 9th

2012 - Raymond Aubrac, French Resistance Leader, dies at 97 April 10th

1981 - Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him April 11th

1992 - Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France April 12th

1970 - Apollo 13 announces “Houston, we’ve got a problem!” as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon April 13th

1865 - President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater April 14th We lose a man that was not scared of speaking what was on his mind and one of my biggest idols.

“Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”                 

-Mother Theresa

This is true for many things, but not only for a persons words, but also their actions as well. Some people don’t understand this so let me explain, Some people don’t have much in life so they try to make best with what they have so when someone else gives them something the person giving something sees it as just being nice, but the person getting the gift sees it as more because its someone else tring to help someone else that has not much to give, many would confuse this with charity, but some see it as something to get them through today. Think about it like this everyone cares for the people who are famous and wealthy, but then whos there for the people who need to be cared for these people that you would see all around you if you just looked. For some people see a thank you as common curtiousy some others would see it as something they earned or the fact that there are people out there that do care for them and are willing to help them.

                 Milton High School’s Symphonic band went to Pensacola High School on Friday, March 8, 2013 at 4:00 pm; the concert band went Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 11:30 am.  The judges were Jim Knight, Steve Sims, and Ivan Wansley who graded the prepared music pieces;  Bill Thompson graded the sight reading.  Symphonic band’s director was Mr. Weaver; the concert band’s director was Mr. Shultz.  The symphonic  band score’s for “Bullets and Bayonets March” by John Phillip Sousa was excellent (2); “Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon” by Percy Grainger was superior (1); “Third Suite” by Robert Jager was excellent(2); and in sight reading they made a superior(1) for an overall excellent.  The concert band scores for “Thunderer” by  John Phillip Sousa, Keith Brion and Loras Schissel was excelent(2); “Nettleton” by Johnnie Vinson was excelletn(2); “March of the Trolls” by  Edvard Grieg and Brian Beck was excellent(2); and the sight reading score was a superior (1) for an overall excellent. 

Symphonic Band:

Courtney Martin (Flute),  Elaine Martin (Flute), Gracen Drake (Flute), Samantha McClellan (Flute), Deanna Thorpe (Flute), Kayla Adams (Flute), Catherine Holmes (Oboe), Cameron Thomas (Clarinet), Abigail Beaumont (Clarinet), Amari Waitman (Clarient), Kaliegh Skinner (Clarinet), Ella Jones (Clarinet), Sashia Gentry (Clarinet), Tori Long (Clarinet), Meagan Flores (Clarinet), Olivia Dees (Clarinet), Hanna Morris (Clarinet),  Catherine Holmes (Alto Saxophone, Alternate insrtument), Hailey Wistner (Alto Saxophone), Jamil Muhammad (Alto Saxophone), Maria Smith (Alto Saxophone), Haley Ritchie (Alto Saxophone, ALternate Instrument), Sydney Gilmore (Alto Saxophone), Karlyn Waters (Alto Saxophone), Jake Reed (Tenor Saxophone), Caitlyn Brown (Bari Saxophone), Haley Ritchie (Bassoon), Logan Vonada (Trumpet), Spencer Quaranta( Trumpet), Nick Dinwiddie (Trumpet), Aunna Williams (Trumpet), Becca Turner (Trumpet), Paul Raught (Trumpet), Justin Osborne (Trumpet), Patrick Greene (French Horn), Alyssa King (French Horn), Adria Kokinos ( French Horn), Corey Jones ( Trombone), Jer-Marcus Cook (Trombone), Tristain Holmes ( Euphonium),  Alexia Gardner (Euphonium), Caleb Barlow (Tuba), Andrew Davis (Tuba), Wesley Patterson (Tuba), Molly Olsson (Bass Guitar), Tyler Kass (Bass Guitar).

Concert Band:

Kady Reed (Flute), Alicia Crowder (Flute), Audrie Kennedy (Flute), Miranda Hodges(Flute), Katelym Davis (Flute), Christa Ioakim (Flute), Samantha Lozano (Flute), Danielle Henrichsen (Flute), Lauren Schofield (Flute), Rebbeca Spivey (Flute), Tiffany Broome (Flute), Sarah Demond (Clarinet), Paige Gibson(Clarinet), Jessica Pearson (Clarinet), Ashley Clemons (Clarinet), Africa Ramirez (Clarinet), Shaylin Parker (Clarinet), Katarina Skinner (Clarinet), Gabby Flores (Clarinet), Dusty Hall (Clarinet), Taylor Cooper (Clarinet), Katelyn Beyers (Clarinet), Marrie Favorite (Clarinet),  Brittney Gibson (Alto Saxophone), Kristal Lowe (Alto Saxophone), Jadarius Hill (Alto Saxophone), Scott Drueppel (Alto Saxophone), Delaney Evans (Alto Saxophone), Katie Brown (Alto Saxophone), Nicholas Gardner (Tenor Saxophone), Woody Gibson ( Trumpet), Matt Spears (Trumpet), Ashlyn Rhodes (Trumpet), Hank Hard (Trumpet), Hope Bryan (Trumpet), Alexander Robey (Trumpet), Tim Boucher (Trumpet), Dakota Cauley (Trumpet), Heather Forester (French Horn), Daniel Lezcano (French Horn), Joseph Herring (French Horn), Brooklyn Mercer (Trombone), Dex Anderson (Trombone), Jeremy Balak (Trombone), Lucas Thompson (Euphonium), John Engberg (Euphonium), Dillon Waite (Euphonium), Chelsea Gifford (Tuba), Taylor Emerson (Tuba), Garrett Whitfield (Tuba), Brandon Welch (Tuba), Cameron Rust (Bass Guitar).

“The best way out is always through.”

Robert Frost

What this means is that when faced with something such as a test, or even choirs, it’s always best to do them instead of trying to get yourself out of them because then it’s going to be easier and faster to get it done now instead of later.

We all know the times we have had bad grades, and the fact that for some reason you can’t pull them up. Try doing some of these to help, try toning out the noises you hear when your trying to work this will help you get more answers correct, don’t cheat because you never know if the person your cheating on even has the right answers and if you get caught it’s going to be a zero so whats the point, and before school try reading up on what your going to be most likely working on it will help you get a head start on the subject or topic.