New Horizons Band
Dallas, Texas
Frank Bray
Trumpet
Music history:
In Lubbock, TX., I played cornet 3 years at J.T. Hutchinson Jr. Hi. and 3 years in the Monterey Sr. High Band. I played trumpet one year in high school orchestra as well, and played in the Texas All-State Band and Orchestra in 1957 and 1958. I played 4 years at Texas Tech University in the "Goin' Band from Raiderland", as well as in the ROTC Band. I put my horns away in 1962 after graduation, until I joined New Horizons in Feb. 2005.
New Horizons Band:
Why I joined New Horizons Band? When I retired, one of my goals was to learn to play trumpet again. I sounded so bad when I tried to play, I felt it was useless. Besides, I did not have a group to look forward to playing with.
The New Horizons Band gives me that opportunity to play music with a group of my peers that don't seem to mind the squeaks and missed notes as I am trying to get the ol' lip back in shape and the fingers limbered up. This is the incentive to get me to practice again.
