The folks hosting my Australian Jazz Course in January asked me to send them evidence of my qualifications and demonstrated excellence in my field. Before sending the real thing, I had fun sending this (which is actually true and real as well!).
• Got a C in music on my 3rd grade report card.
• Took organ and piano lessons from 1st through 8th grade and then quit both.
• Failed the High School Glee Club audition.
• By high school graduation, couldn’t read a simple chord chart, improvise or dance.
• Got a B.A. in Education from a college that gave me credit for hitchhiking, canoeing and wine-tasting.
• Never got a Masters or Doctorate Degree.
• Never got a teacher accreditation.
• Got hired by a school whose interview procedure consisted of camping with 60 kids for a week.
• Was teaching a preschool music class that ran out of the room and down the school hallway.
• Got fired from The San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
• Got suspended twice and put on probation for a year from the school where I started a music program and taught there for 45 years.
If that doesn’t impress them, I don’t know what will!
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