Gary HIll

I have stayed active in church in many capacities but mainly with music. At Boeing, I joined the Concert Band and learned to play the baritone horn and tuba. Then I joined the Boeing Brass Quintet. I always kept my ham radio activities in the background but now have time to enjoy them. Married 50 years in SEP-2023. Moved from Florissant to Burlington, Iowa, in September 2024, to be closer to our daughter. Big change, having lived in 5 homes in Florissant and was born in St. Louis. Now a member of the Burlington Municipal Band (muniband.org), playing tuba. I also play tuba and sub at piano at church. I've had my heyday in music and currently just try to encourage the younger ones.

Double sessions in our senior year were a real blessing. I seem to remember having a light course load and, attending the morning session, I had plenty of opportunity to have an afternoon job. I drove my dad's VW Beetle in HS and could drive all night on $1.00 worth of gas. I think it would have been nice to have taken up a musical instrument or have been in the choir back then but I was very involved with music in my church so I just stuck with technical classes. I always enjoyed attending the school musicals, though, and my hat's off to those with guts enough to put themselves out on the stage.