That is an awesome story. Sent from my iPad
On Aug 29, 2013, at 1:55 PM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > Gatortalk has been around for quite a while and so have most of its members. > While I don't date back to the Prodigy days, the last 20 or so years in this > forum have been a pleasure and part of my life. > > In early 1995, I had the pleasure of announcing the birth of my daughter > Olivia. This before the days where dads spent the nights in the hospital room > with mother and child, so I was at home alone and Gatortalk seemed like a > good place for a birth announcement. I think it may have been the first, but > I missed a few years, so who knows. > > In fact, my online handle grew out of that pregnancy. If our child were a > girl, her mother would choose the name. A boy, and the choice were mine. My > top three were Shane Matthew, Zebulon, or Jacob ("Jake"). When given my > choices, my wife looked at me and said that I had better name my online name > "Zebulon," because she would never let me name a child that. > > Over the years, Olivia has become an accomplished musician, and thankful that > she was never named Zebulon. She has been a member of the All County Band and > Youth Philharmonic on the French Horn, as well as trumpet in the Jazz band. > In her senior year, she became Drum Major at Naples High (home of Gators Nick > Alajajian and Buddy Schulteis). A picture is here: > > > > Ultimately, she graduated high school with a 5.2 GPA, had the third highest > SAT in her high school class, and chose to attend Florida; that gives an idea > of the caliber of UF students these days. > > This August, she enrolled at UF. The last few weeks before enrolling were > full of practicing "Orange and Blue," "Jaws," "We Are the Boys" and the UF > alma mater on the French Horn. Luckily, as any good father should, I had > multiple versions of each saved to my music library for her listening > pleasure. > > Last week, she auditioned for the band, and made the marching team as a > Freshman. I hadn't realized that the entire band doesn't march at halftime, > apparently marching as a true freshman is a bit of an honor. Here is a shot: > > <Viva Drum Major.jpg> > <IMG_9838.jpg> > > > When the band spells out "Gators," please look for her; she will be at the > top of the "a." > > I'm not quite sure of her position in the other formations, but was happy to > learn that she can now play "You Can Call Me Al." > > Be sure to watch the band, and give an extra holler for the French Horns! > > -Zeb > > P.S. Technically, the marching version of the French Horn is called a > Mellophone. The bell of the horn faces forward instead of up, and it is not > played with a hand in the bell. So, if you would rather show your support by > being "mellow" for the game (you know who you are), that would be fine as > well! > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
