I only wish you came up to me and said that in person. Next year I plan on coming back. If you haven’t graduated and are still there, come talk to me if you see me. I’ll sit with you at lunch or at coffee or whatever. Challenge your friends to talk to everyone. I was there to talk to you and your peers, and almost every A&T student I talked to I had to start the conversation. When you start a conversation with me, you are doing me a personal favor.

You said on your blog it wasn’t student oriented – if you can, volunteer to be on the planning committee for next year and make it more student oriented and more what you want. I hope you didn’t think I was standoffish or elite or anything. I was there to interact and would have loved even more of it.

I subscribed to your blog, and look forward to hearing what you have to say.

My mind went a-reeling when I saw Bruce Piephoff’s name in this post. I lived in Greensboro circa 1980, and was in love with a dear heart named Lucy, with whom I lived on S. Tate. Bruce was performing even back then, and at one point he and Lucy seemed to be exchanging sparks…which made me none too happy.
And yet, for the first time in my life, I felt a certain and strange elation.

Greensboro had some other great events concur at that time. To wit, The Beijing Opera, Tashi performing Messaien’s “Quartet for the End of Time”, Springsteen at the Coliseum, Elvis Costello at some High School I think, and a clapping good performance of John Cage.

Anyway…glad to see he is still following his muse…and hope he is given his due, considering how long he has paid his dues.

Thanks for the memories! Sorry I missed the party.

Dave Beckwith
Charlotte

PS — I wonder if anyone knows what happened to Glenn Phillips, Bil Poole or F-Art Ensemble.