Doc and Dave are at their best with humorous reflections about entering the world of podcasting and many of the surprising things they learned about community bands and delivering digital content. Plans for an exciting line up of guests and goals for the next season leads to an uplifting close, for now. In the mean time, "Just Keep on Playin!"

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We had a great visit with New England musician, outstanding music educator and consummate music advocate Dr. David Neves. He traces his mother's wisdom during his early interest in playing Alto Sax through participation in Portuguese Bands, School Bands, General Business Bands, and All-State Ensembles leading to a music education major at Berkeley College, being named RI Teacher of the Year, and elected both President of RIMEA and eventually MENC Eastern Division. After retiring from RI teaching, Dr. Neves served as Arts Coordinator for the Needham, MA school district and is currently directing RIPYWE (Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensemble: dneves@ri-philharmonic.org)), Coordinator of Music Education for The University of Rhode Island and his life-long passion as Advocacy Co-Chair for RIMEA. Buckle-up for a fascinating story of accomplishment with a few memorable gems along the way!

This episode features our guest Alison Patton, Director of the Westerly Band. She leads a band that has a very long and storied history in the southern most town of Rhode Island. The band has a rather unique role in the community and some very creative recruiting mechanisms that keep things fresh and sustainable.

The band can be contacted at: WesterlyBand@Yahoo.com