Tues. July 15, All Star Game day. 5pm. Dear Friends, Sorry I haven't been in touch recently. I/we've been busy. Feeling healthy. That's good. We had a ball at MapleWoodstock this year. I played Sat. with JJ Blues (soon to be Smokin' J's Blues Band) on my Alembic Bass and Sun. with the Clam Chowder Marching Society Band (on TUBA!!). This picture is from last years MapleWoodstock, but we still have the same guys in the band; this year we sounded even better.
SummerMusic continues next Sunday with 3 Bands: Maplewood Community Band (which I conduct) and Chatham Community Band, and a guest band from Holland "Zwarte Fanfare .com", a German/Czech styled Brass Band of 16 performers here in the States for a quick tour. I'm trying to setup concerts for them.
Carol has done beautiful work on our "Cottage Garden". It's coming along. We will start to move around a bit in August. Woodstock, Amherst for Andy and Suzy's wedding, followed by Tanglewood and finally the Finger Lakes region for some hiking etc. We hope to get to New Mexico for Fall. We must try again to get to Yankee Stadium one more time. I got down the Shore to play a round of golf with Brother Kim and his boys last week. Fun. We will be down the Shore again on August 2nd for 2 family parties, one in Belmar (Carols cousins) and one in Seaside (Travis and Julie's engagement). Meantime I see Dr. Berman July 28th for a checkup. Another of her former patients who is a friend of mine, Stephen Mohr passed on yesterday. Carol and I went to his funeral this morning. Maggie and Stephen have been Maplewood/South Orange/Woodstock friends for years. She's a poet who read on my Performers Cafes all those years ago at DeHart Park (in what's now called the Jim Buchanan room) with Diane Moser. Stephen and Maggie would come to Blue Moon Diner to hear our band play. Stephen was a BeBop fan big time.So it was such a surprise about 8 months ago to walk into Dr. Berman's clinic and see them there. His Lymphoma took a turn in which she could no longer help Stephen and he went to another Doctor. So we will continue to celebrate his life. We intended to go out to eat together and it never happened due to colds, therapies etc. But we must still go out and toast Stephen.
Prayers and thoughts are with our friends and relatives dealing with different cancers. Our love goes out to them as they deal. I'm proof that a very devastating disease can be dealt with. I hope they all find the quality of care I've found. God bless my MSK Nurses and Doctors. And my dear supportive friends and relatives.
Last week Carol was down to see beautiful little Shoshana Eve. In their new home. This week her siblings are going to Hebrew Camp now that Swimming Camp is over. They are beautiful.
Peace. Carry on. Have a great summer. JIMBO
