Wishing all BandSir viewers a wonderful Thanksgiving and a very Merry Christmas! I wish you all well!
Here’s a collection of Chrstmas concerts from my era, 71 – 75. Enjoy!
Dan
BandSir Needs Your Help
Thanks so much to those of you listening to the collection of music here on BandSir.com!
A while back, I received this email from Erik Ronningen, ’64 & ‘66JC, recommending that BandSir add a category of records by academic year. I thought this was a great idea and so as of now, you’ll see the additional main menu item titled “Concert Band Records – by Academic Year.” It is right next to the alphabetical list of concert records which has been labeled as such.
One of the things that has made the identification of the years in which the records were recorded is that there is no indication of the year it was recordrd on the albums or the sleeves. Erik was kind enough to identify some of the record albums, as he has a number of them in his possession. However, there are still quite a few albums the dates of which are unknown.
Here’s where I need your help.
If you can definitively identify the year of any of the albums missing dates — concert band or dance band — please send me an email to BandSir.com@gmail.com with the information and I’ll add the academic year to the list.
Thanks again for your support and special thanks to Erik Ronningen for his idea. I appreciate it greatly.
Be well and stay safe out there!
Dan Wolfe
74-76JC
New Content Added: BandSir Scrapbook!
I’ve created another main menu item called “Scrapbook.” This menu will contain video and photo records of the VFMA Band as provided by you. I moved Jeff Christopher’s home movies to this category, and I’m delighted to add more home movies from Dan Witter.
If you have movies or photos that you might like to add to the scrapbook, please drop me an email at BandSir.com@gmail.com and I’ll (eventually) get them posted.
Be well and stay safe out there!
Dan
Back in Business!
The BandSir.com site has been successfully transitioned to a new media player which ought to work for everyone and the software with the security vulnerability has been removed from the site. Everything should play just fine on any browser and on any operating system. Thanks as always for your patience. If you find errors in the track listings, design, or any other error, please let me know so I can get it fixed. I don’t always check in on the site, so I rely on you to let me know when you encounter something that doesn’t work anymore. Please send … Get your chin in and keep reading…
Upgrade In Progress
Astute alumni observer, Hugh Johnson, pointed out that the audio tracks on each page would not play correctly. In investigating the problem, I discovered that he was right — it would only work correctly on certain browsers. I also discovered that the software used to construct the playlists became obsolete some years ago and was removed for <gulp!> security reasons. I will begin to transition the site to the new media player, but it will be a tedious process taking some time. Please be patient as I move everything over to something that works for everyone. Also, for Dan Witter, … Get your chin in and keep reading…