Re: [gatortalk] Another Reason to Cheer this Saturday

Zeb...great write up and you both haved aced in this task!!!

Go Gators and can't wait to see her pics from the game!

-BadMan


On 8/30/13, Shane Ford <goufgators@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Zeb,
>
> Thanks for sharing! That is an amazing story... I'm sure Olivia will be
> proud to know that she will have the biggest Internet fan club cheering for
> her. :-)
>
> Go Gators!
>
> Shane
>
> Sent From Shane's iPhone
> Go Gators! & Skol Vikes!
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>
> On Aug 29, 2013, at 12:55 PM, John Vega <zebulon@gate.net> 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!
>>
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