A colloquialism common in Pittsburgheese which means tidying up. And that's what we have been doing for about 3 months now. My wife decided to get into some of her 'keepsake' boxes recently. Among the newspaper clippings, pictures and souvenirs she found a letter that Mr. Rogers sent to me in 1990. If you're from Pittsburgh it's in your blood to watch the Steelers and Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. One of his episodes in the early 70's featured a group of people who introduced an African Talking Drum or Dundun (also Donno among others). They discussed how by changing the inflection of the pitch of the drum and using various rhythms one could have a conversation with others. Years later in 1989 I spent a month in San Francisco teaching Band and Percussion at an elementary school summer camp. I found a Dundun in the back of a cabinet while taking inventory and decided to use it for their final performance of the camp. I remembered that the word for 'hello' was...
Thoughts on teaching, coaching, repair and general ramblings