Today one of my all-time favorite teachers passed away from a heart attack.  I hope my regular readers will excuse this brief interruption in my typical movie/tv related ramblings, but I have thoughts that I need to get out.  Boyd Johnston was my middle school band teacher, as well as my advisor.  He taught me in band class every day for three years, and was the assistant band teacher for four years of high school.  He had an unbridled enthusiasm for music, played a large variety of instruments extremely well, and genuinely cared about both his subject and his students.  He was all anyone could possibly want from a teacher and he’ll be sorely missed.

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