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Post by Clipper on Feb 25, 2009 23:08:12 GMT -5
Glad ya got back safe. Hope ya had a good time. Just a vacation or was there a car or hot wheels convention of sorts?
My son is going the end of March. He got a deal for 5 days and 4 nights at the planet hollywood for only $450 including hotel and airfare. Kathy and I may go some time in the fall, if we can get one of those packages like that. For a good rate on your flights and hotel, you can afford to see a couple of extra shows and really enjoy something besides the gambling.
Welcome back Mike.
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Post by zarnock on Feb 26, 2009 23:24:01 GMT -5
Glad ya got back safe. Hope ya had a good time. Just a vacation or was there a car or hot wheels convention of sorts? My son is going the end of March. He got a deal for 5 days and 4 nights at the planet hollywood for only $450 including hotel and airfare. Kathy and I may go some time in the fall, if we can get one of those packages like that. For a good rate on your flights and hotel, you can afford to see a couple of extra shows and really enjoy something besides the gambling. Welcome back Mike. Thanx Clipper! It's great to be back! Yes, there were Hot Wheels involved. It was a big convention and I was inducted into the Die Cast Hall of Fame! I got to hang with such greats as "George Barris" creator of "The Batmobile, Monkee Mobile, Munster Coach, Dragula and many others. “Tom Daniel” creator of those cool Monogram model kits that we grew up building. There were all kinds of celebrities and other cool people! Here is me with George Barris And here with Tom Daniel I can't tell you how many autographs we signed.... but it was a lot!
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Post by hans on Feb 27, 2009 7:05:39 GMT -5
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Post by jon hynes on Feb 28, 2009 4:30:01 GMT -5
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Post by jon hynes on Feb 28, 2009 4:33:10 GMT -5
UFA Band Director J. Edward Hacker. . . 'Music gives a child something to look forward to' By BARBARA JONES
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Post by jon hynes on Feb 28, 2009 4:38:20 GMT -5
J. Edward Hacker is a fast-talking "music man" attempting to con Utica pupils through music.
Unlike Meredith Wilson's character of Professor Harold Hill, a salesman planning to organize a town band, sell the folks uniforms and instruments, then skip out leaving them equipped but untrained, Hacker is a dedicated musician who initiates programs and carries them out.
As band director at Utica Free Academy for 15 years and administrative assistant of music in the Utica Public Schools for three years, Hacker has guided the creative interests of youth.
"Kids are flexible. Some enjoy all kinds of music. So often the music they hear has questionable value." said Hacker, discussing the current musical trends." Orchestration is recorded at one session and then the singer's voice is added to the tape at another time. There isn't the feeling of group creativity."
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Post by jon hynes on Feb 28, 2009 4:40:12 GMT -5
HIS VARIED MUSICAL experiences have concentrated on united endeavors. The trumpeter fondly recalls the "most memorable moment of my musical career" as a year's engagement with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under the renown Fabian Sevitsky.
He was teaching at UFA and playing with the Little Falls Symphony Orchestra when he was selected in 1953 as a member of the Indianapolis Orchestra. "I was given a year's sabbatical to play with the orchestra. We went on a tour of the Midwest states. It may sound corny and old hat, but it was the biggest thrill I've had," said Hacker. While there, he worked with Renalo Paccini, the native Utican who is associate conductor of the Indianapolis symphony.
An Ithaca College graduate with a major in music education, Hacker received his master's degree in music from the University of Iowa where he was trumpet soloist with the university concert band. During World War II he served a stint with the Army Air Corps Band in India and Burma.
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Post by jon hynes on Feb 28, 2009 4:40:55 GMT -5
CONDUCTING, ARRANGING and composing for bands have been Hacker's prime activities. For the past two years he has been state chairman of bands for the New York State Music Association. In this capacity, he directs the selection of 150 high school musicians for the association's annual all-state conference and arranges the summer band reading clinic for high school band directors.
"I'm especially interested in expanding the all-city elementary band for pupils in grades six through eight." said the music director. He organized the band three years ago as a "stepping stone between juvenile and high school bands."
"There are two facets in education today that we have to consider and work with: The disadvantaged child and the gifted pupil. With the disadvantaged child, it is the problem of cities to give him awareness of aesthetics and the beauty of living," said Hacker.
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Post by jon hynes on Feb 28, 2009 4:41:41 GMT -5
"Music gives such a child something to look forward to. Untouched, he looks but doesn't see, listens but doesn't hear."
Hacker's long-range plans include an extended music program for grades kindergarten through 12 with special emphasis on strings. He explained that the three primary grades, the classroom teacher instructs the pupils in music. He said this should be taught by a specially-trained person.
"But the demand is greater than the supply. It's not always easy to find vocal music teachers," said Hacker. His present staff includes 26 full-time teachers and several part time ones.
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Post by jon hynes on Feb 28, 2009 4:42:37 GMT -5
OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, Hacker continues his avid musical interest. "As long as it's good music I like it. From jazz to classical to folk to semi-classical. As long as it's in good taste and there are more than three basic chords," he said.
He has been first chair trumpeter with the Utica Symphony Orchestra for 14 years. Last year he was the first president of the Greater Utica Opera Guild. "The opera guild helped the city's climate," recalled Hacker. "It filled a gap in Utica's cultural life. I'm not an opera buff but I see no reason to rule out continued success this year. Last year a lot of people came out of curiosity. This year I think we will capture our audience."
He has written compositions for the Hartwick College and Ithaca College Bands. He also has composed cornet contest solos for the all-state competition. Hacker is an honorary member of the American School Band Directors Association.
Hacker's wife, Marie, is a cellist. In keeping with the family's musical abilities and interests, their daughter, Celeste, 11, plays the piano and French horn. The two boys, Richard, 9 is a trombonist, and James, 7, is a trumpeter. The family lives at 19 Benton Circle, New Hartford.
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Post by jon hynes on Feb 28, 2009 4:51:17 GMT -5
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Post by frankcor on Feb 28, 2009 12:14:58 GMT -5
Save the music!
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Post by zarnock on Feb 28, 2009 13:18:29 GMT -5
UFA Band Director J. Edward Hacker. . . 'Music gives a child something to look forward to' By BARBARA JONES Anyone who was in any mucic program in the Utica School District remembers Mr. Hacker....
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Post by jon hynes on Feb 28, 2009 17:43:18 GMT -5
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Post by jon hynes on Feb 28, 2009 17:44:01 GMT -5
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