Our dear Mrs. York

Memorial celebrating the life of Magdalene York, music teacher at BC Jr and Senior Highs in the 60's and 70's. Created by her son Dick York & presented at Mrs. York's memorial service, August 2010. A copy of the video may be downloaded here.

Friends in BC’67,

Don York just wrote me that his mother, our wonderful music teacher, died Sunday. Don said, “She had a long and wonderful life, made it to 95, went quickly without lingering illness. Her best times were with her choirs in the 60's.”

And our class had the best of it. She was with us starting in 7^th grade and then continuing on in 10^th as she moved with us to the HS. She will sing on in our love of music and music making for the rest of our lives.

Fly well, to the Place of Perfect Pitch, dear Mrs. York!

-Ted Phelps

Meetup at the Met

A few of us are planning to meet in NYC on Friday, April 23rd. It started out as drinks and dinner, then we added an afternoon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Here's the plan: meet around 2PM at the circular info desk in the Met lobby, as shown in the pic, for those who want to spend some time in the museum. For those who can't be there at 2, reconvene on the 2nd floor balcony bar area, which is also shown in the lobby pic .... see the people standing on the top right, 2nd floor balcony? That's where the musicians set up. Tables are put up all around the right side of the balcony, with performance starting at 5. It's very casual, like going to a club with live music, except it happens to be at the Met. No tickets or charge for the music, we just pay for drinks & appetizers. Like a lot of things in NYC, it is a bit competitive though, so it is best to get there for a table or two right at 5, because it does fill up quickly. NYers know a good deal when they see one.

We'll need to make a reservation for dinner, so let us know if you want to join us by emailing Joyce D (jdflmr@gmail.com) or Charlie (chr@avalonmall.com) And please feel free to forward this on to anyone else you think might be interested.