Position:
Director of School Sales
E-mail: tdawson@paigesmusic.com
Start Date: August, 1991
Training or Education:
1988 Graduate of Millikin University - Music Education
Where are you from originally:
Paris, IL
What instruments do you play:
Trombone
What groups do you currently play with:
Occasionally, I play with the CHS Parent Pep Band.
What is your most memorable musical experience:
My most memorable musical experience came in January of 1985 while in college. The Millikin Jazz Lab Band had just returned from a 10 day performance trip to Aruba, an island just off the coast of Venezuela. Our first gig, after the trip, was at Lock, Stock and Barrel, a local watering hole next to campus. The two hour gig was the most "locked in performance" we ever experienced. Each tune had it’s own special groove. Each section was on fire! The ensemble roared with power, danced with finesse and man, did we swing that day….still gives me chills. The soloists that day, nailed all the changes and even added some musical humor in a solo or two! (When a soloist works in “I wish I were and Oscar Meyer Weiner, cause that is what I’d truly like to be," you know its a good gig!) We all knew it was a special day and one that we would try to replicate over and over. At the end of the gig, I recall looking around at the other members of the band, and saying, “What just happened? That was awesome! Let’s do that again!” To this day, that gig is my most memorable musical experience.