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My uncle was a public relations specialist with Delta - he would help put on events, etc. We got to meet Huey Lewis and the News backstage at a concert. Anyone know who that is?! :)

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I like to listen to all kinds of music! My favorite would be 90s country :)

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I played the flute in concert band from 5th grade until I graduated high school.  I also played the tenor sax for jazz band.

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We had many ensembles throughout the years that we performed in at contest during high school.  I especially remember my first one because I was soooo nervous! I could feel my knees shaking and swore the judge could see it happening!

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In the olden days we had baton twirlers instead of flags. I was the head majorette and got to twirl fire batons for a few marching band routines we had at the halftime of football games.

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I played alto and tenor saxophones in high school. I had the opportunity to play in our school's jazz band, marching band, pep band and concert band, changing to whatever saxophone we needed at the time! I loved it!

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I like lots of different music! It often depends on my mood!

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I played the french horn in middle school and high school. I was a part of pep band, marching band, and did play keyboard for the school musical one year as well.

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Yes! I was in choir throughout middle school and high school.

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Music classes and extracurricular groups made tons of memories for me! Music can take you everywhere from marching in a parade at Disney World to singing on the mountains in Switzerland with the Iowa Ambassadors of Music, so just stick with it! Find your "thing" - there's something for everyone.

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I regret that I didn't continue taking piano lessons into middle and high school. I am so glad I started, though, because it really helped me read my music in choir and band.

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In our car we tell Alexa to play whatever song we can think of at the time. Lots of KidzBop, Hamilton, Greatest Showman, Laurie Berkner, and Disney songs!

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All kinds of music. On my "recently listened to" list you'll find The Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Spice Girls, Broadway tunes, P!nk, and 90s pop and country hits.

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I was in show choir and madrigal groups my senior year of high school. I really enjoyed singing with my small group ensemble at contests and performing the National Anthem at state wrestling.

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I played flute from 5th grade through my senior year of high school. I still get my flute out every once in awhile to make sure I can play a scale and maybe a memorized song or two. I loved playing in pep band!

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Yes! I couldn't wait to start choir in middle school and continued through all of high school. I had the very best choir director. :)

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Depends on my mood. Listen to almost all kinds.

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Small group competion ensembles - played bass clarinet

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Pep band - clarinet. Concert band - bass clarinet. All in high school.

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105.7 KOKZ

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Love all music.

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I played the clarinet.

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Yes in choir at NF high

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My best memories from high school are from show choir and musicals. We traveled a lot for show choir and had to be up on stage in front of a lot of people, so it opened up new experiences for me and challenged me, a pretty shy kid, to be more confident and comfortable in front of people.

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One of my biggest music regrets is that I did not learn piano and guitar when I was younger. I tried to learn guitar later and taught myself some chords, but it is way easier to learn when you are younger.

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I used to sing with a couple of country bands. I wasn't a regular, but I would do a couple of sets with them often when they played.

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Most people might not know him, but I was singing with one of my dad's bands when they backed up a Buddy Holly tribute show. Tommy Allsup, one of the members of Holly's Winter Dance Party Tour band, was playing that night too, and I got to sing with him and meet him. He is most famous for being the loser of the coin flip with Richie Valens for the plane ride that crashed "The Night the Music Died".

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I like most genres and what I listen to changes depending on my mood.

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I was a member of show choir, musicals, madrigals, cheerleading dance team, pep band, and did flags in marching band.

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I played the clarinet.

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Music has shaped who I am, specifically my career, and I am so grateful for the opportunities and great mentors I've had over my education. Keep singing! Keep playing! Later in life you could regret giving up playing or singing...this is your chance to try it out and come to love it. Truly a life changing experience to make music.

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More instruments! I had the chance to play trumpet and a little bit of sax, but I'd love to learn to play more. And just getting the opportunity to sing in a choir more would be so wonderful...I miss it!

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Yes! Choir, show choir, ensembles, & musicals in high school.

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I do not play in a band but do sing with the Decorah Chorale.

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I've had the privilege of working with many famous musicians in my time at Luther College but never personally meeting them.

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I listen to Spotify while I drive to and from work for music and podcasts, otherwise NPR or MPR Classical.

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Most things! Lately I've been dabbling with singer/song writer pop, funk, rap and rock and roll.

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I participated in vocal jazz and madrigals, as well as our pops concert group the one year we did that. I was drum major for marching band, no batons or flags for me!
In college I participated in a vocal jazz ensemble and an all female a cappella group.

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Unfortunately my high school did not have an orchestra program, but I did play in smaller madrigal ensembles and brass ensembles in high school for contest and for community events.

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Yes, all through middle and high school. I played trumpet in concert band and jazz band, and started to learn tenor saxophone for jazz band my senior year of high school. Senior year I also started playing euphonium in concert band. Marching band was a part of concert band so I did that as well and was drum major my senior year.

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Yes! I was a choir member in middle school and continued singing in choir through high school and college. 11 years total of choral singing! My high school choir teacher is the reason I became a music educator, and my time singing at Luther College was some of the best experiences I've had!

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I would love to learn more music theory and how to read music better. I would LOVE to be able to play piano and guitar!

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I sang with the Decorah Chorale for several years as an adult. I also love signing in church!

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Life 101.9 is my favorite local radio station.

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I love all types of music! Bluegrass, Country, Christian, Oldies....

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I was in dance team, color guard and swing choir in high school! I also loved participated in solo/ensemble contest in high school as well!

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Cassie Peterson                          I joined band in 5th grade and played trumpet all throughout high school.  I loved large group concerts but I think pep band was my favorite!! 

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Cassie Peterson                          I joined band in 5th grade and played trumpet all throughout high school.  I loved large group concerts but I think pep band was my favorite!! 

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I was a member of chorus in High School under the amazing Mrs. Helgerson! I also had the privilege of signing at Luther College all four years! These experiences helped shape who I am today!

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I started learning how to play the five string banjo when in college. I'd like to pick that back up. I also have an accordion that belonged to my grandmother that I'd like to learn how to play (once it's repaired). I might sit down at the organ and see how that goes.

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When I was at Simpson, I took piano lessons from Dr. Lekberg.  My favorite part of a lesson was when he would say to me, "Scoot over, let me show you what I mean."  Incredible!  One of the stories he told me was how he used to play duets with Albert Einstein, who was a violinist.

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I am forever grateful that my parents gave me the opportunity to take piano lessons in 2nd grade.  I didn't start in Band until the middle of 6th grade playing the bells.  Later my parents were able to afford a saxophone for me.  I knew from that moment on that I wanted to be a band teacher!   Helping others learn how to make music is the best job ever! Music is worth the effort! Keep working!

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I sing with Northern Lights.  I also enjoy participating in The Messiah every year.  I direct our church choir.

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IPR

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I was in band from 5th grade through my senior year in high school. I played the flute the entire time. Concert band was really fun. I made a lot of close friends by being in band.

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Everything!

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We did not have a color guard when I was in high school.

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I played bassoon in the UNI Orchestra for one year. I also played in small ensembles that needed a bassoon player.

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I played alto saxophone in the High School Band as an 8th grader. I was a member of the Jazz Band and Pep Band in High School as well. I learned to play bassoon as a senior in high school. In college, I played in Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Jazz Band.

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I was a member of the High School choir (actually started accompanying the HS Choir when I was an 8th grader).  I sang in the UNI Women's Chorus.  I also direct the Senior choir and youth choir at my church.  I was a member of the WU Madrigal Singers and currently sing with The Northern Lights (ladies group from Decorah area).

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Sixties on 6, Seventies on 7, Sirius Radio

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Music from the 60's and 70's  Favorite genre would be Motown, also enjoy country

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Concert band and pep band where I played alto sax
Jazz Band where I played tenor sax

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Mixed Chorus and GIrl's Chorus

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I play in my church's hand bell choir. I play the upper E & F bells. We also have hand chimes that are used for certain songs as well.

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I listen to KNEI radio.

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I listen to Country music.

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I started out playing the oboe in 5th grade and then changed to the clarinet in 6th grade. In high school I played the bass clarinet all four years. xx

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I wasn't athletic but I found that band and chorus required just as much discipline to excel. So don't be embarrassed  that you are not a "jock." Sports usually get more attention than the Arts. Getting a #1 in a contest  that you have given a piece of your heart and soul to practicing can be just as rewarding!  You may not realize this until years later. You will learn to appreciate MANY different styles of music as time goes on! Don't give up!!!

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Soon after I started the clarinet, in 4th grade, I figured out how to play the piano at church while waiting for my parents to pick me up, When I was a freshman, my parents bought a piano and I had about 1 yr of formal lessons. I remember my brothers were jealous, because they wanted a color TV instead of a piano! Years later, I bought myself an electric keyboard which I had fun with, but now, I don't have the room or privacy to have a piano. I found it to be very relaxing. I also bought a banjo and wanted to learn how to play it, but my fingers are too short for a string instrument.  

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Soon after I started the clarinet, in 4th grade, I figured out how to play the piano at church while waiting for my parents to pick me up, When I was a freshman, my parents bought a piano and I had about 1 yr of formal lessons. I remember my brothers were jealous, because they wanted a color TV instead of a piano! Years later, I bought myself an electric keyboard which I had fun with, but now, I don't have the room or privacy to have a piano. I found it to be very relaxing. I also bought a banjo and wanted to learn how to play it, but my fingers are too short for a string instrument.  

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No, I got rid of my clarinet years ago. I used to sing in church choir but I have to work weekends at my 2nd job so I don't have the opportunity to do so anymore. My voice has changed over the years from 1st Soprano to 2nd or even Alto and I would rather be the one to carry the tune which is 1st Soprano. 

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No, I got rid of my clarinet years ago. I used to sing in church choir but I have to work weekends at my 2nd job so I don't have the opportunity to do so anymore. My voice has changed over the years from 1st Soprano to 2nd or even Alto and I would rather be the one to carry the tune which is 1st Soprano. 

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Well, he wasn't SUPER famous  but older people might remember Don Ho. He was a Hawaiian singer and I got a picture with him when I went to Hawaii many years ago. 

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Well, he wasn't SUPER famous  but older people might remember Don Ho. He was a Hawaiian singer and I got a picture with him when I went to Hawaii many years ago. 

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101.9, the Christian station out of Waterloo, but I also like KVIK, KHAWK, and KNEI!

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101.9, the Christian station out of Waterloo, but I also like KVIK, KHAWK, and KNEI!

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When I was younger, I used to love rock, like Deep Purple and Tommy James and the Shondels. Then I switched to country and love the old stars like Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash. Now I enjoy a great variety of genres, EXCEPT RAP!!!! I like Imagine Dragons! But my husband and I have attended some orchestra concerts at Luther and the Paramount Theater and absolutely LOVE them! It's so relaxing! In fact, when I'm traveling, I usually have a Christian  or country station on and I switch to a classical music station because it calms me down driving in a big city!

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When I was younger, I used to love rock, like Deep Purple and Tommy James and the Shondels. Then I switched to country and love the old stars like Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash. Now I enjoy a great variety of genres, EXCEPT RAP!!!! I like Imagine Dragons! But my husband and I have attended some orchestra concerts at Luther and the Paramount Theater and absolutely LOVE them! It's so relaxing! In fact, when I'm traveling, I usually have a Christian  or country station on and I switch to a classical music station because it calms me down driving in a big city!

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No. I would have dropped the batons or flags because I was pretty clumsy!

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No. I would have dropped the batons or flags because I was pretty clumsy!

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I wish we had an orchestra in our school because my nieces and nephews in bigger cities have learned to play cool instruments like the cello and viola. 

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I wish we had an orchestra in our school because my nieces and nephews in bigger cities have learned to play cool instruments like the cello and viola. 

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I played clarinet starting in 4th grade. I remember practicing one hour every day. It paid off because I earned "1st Chair" clarinet in our section my Jr. and Sr. year. I was a member of Marching Band, Pep Band, and entered many contests, usually earning First Place. In my Sr. year, I qualified for State Honor Band. 

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I played clarinet starting in 4th grade. I remember practicing one hour every day. It paid off because I earned "1st Chair" clarinet in our section my Jr. and Sr. year. I was a member of Marching Band, Pep Band, and entered many contests, usually earning First Place. In my Sr. year, I qualified for State Honor Band. 

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Yes; Glee Club, chorus, and entered contests in high school. 

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Yes; Glee Club, chorus, and entered contests in high school. 

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The Garth Brooks station on Sirius XM

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90s country

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xx I was the drum majorette my senior year for marching band and pep band.

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I played the clarinet from the time I was in 5th grade until I graduated high school.

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I was in multiple different choirs in high school. It was the best part of my day. I was also a member of my church choir.

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I chickened out on my opportunity to learn how to play piano when I was younger. I still hope to learn one day.

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I love singing in the Messiah every year as well as jumping in to play pep band at the high school basketball games.

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I was a member of choir at high school and at college (Wartburg Choir)

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Oldies and alternative rock are my favorites but I love it all.

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xx I participated in concert band, pep band, and jazz band as a trumpet player.  Loved jazz band the most.

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I was a member of the choir in my high school and at college. The college "choir" was a small ensemble that met weekly and worked with a local director.

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I played the flute for concert band & pep band and was a drum major for marching band in high school.

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Yes, I accompany our church choir.
I play in a hand bell choir and sing with Northern Lights. I also play for church services.

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I was a member of band (flute and piccolo), jazz band (piano), and pep band in high school.

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I was a member of choir in high school, at Simpson, and at UNI. I accompanied choirs in high school.

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I was a member of the dance team, and color guard in high school.

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All kinds of music but like country the most.

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xx I was a member of band, and pep band in high school. I played percussion.

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I was a member of choir in high school and college. I was also in swing choir, and madrigal.