| Artist: | JP Jonas & The MCCDC Band | |
| Title: | MCCDC Shuffle | |
| Composer/ Arranger: |
John P. Jonas | |
| Recorded: | Quantico, Virginia – circa 1985 | |
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-----Original Message-----
From: William Sweeney
Sent: Wed, February 7, 2007 5:12 pm
To: Doug LaPoint
Subject: RE: Requesting Contact
Wow did that bring back memories. I remember the rehersals and premier for that piece. As it happens, I have a photo that contains most of the performers (attached). This is a low res scan of a slightly abused photo. I’ll send a good one later. I’m Horn player in the background.
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug LaPoint
Sent: Wed, February 7, 2007 4:51 pm
To: Bill Sweeney
Subject: RE: Requesting Contact
I may have heard your name from Jonas, though I haven’t seen him or talked to him too much recently. I will be getting together with Kowitz and some others in the Minneapolis area in a couple of weeks.
Here's a little gem that you are probably familiar with:
http://3mafband.lapoint.net/audio/mccdc_shuffle/
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: William Sweeney
Sent: Wed, February 7, 2007 10:18 am
To: Doug LaPoint
Subject: RE: Requesting Contact
Doug,
I was on the Training Support staff at the SOM from around 1978 to 1981 but I was in the Army at the time but was closer with the Navy and Marine Elements than my own since I reported up through them. I left the Army and enlisted in the USMC in 1984 and was stationed at Quantico. I recognized several faces in the pictures posted on the site but the two I remember most were John Jonas and Kris Kowitz.
It looked like most of the QMB rotated over there shortly after I was discharged.
I’m hoping to find a couple of others like my CO Capt. R.P. Myers and the Inst. Repairman who’s name escapes me right now but I heard he also ended up on the rock shortly after I left.
Thanks.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug LaPoint
Sent: Wed, February 7, 2007 9:56 am
To: Bill Sweeney
Subject: Re: Requesting Contact
Bill,
Your name sounds familiar. I might have known you at the school.
Who is it that you’d like to get in contact with?
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Sweeney
Sent: Wed, February 7, 2007 8:15 am
To: Doug LaPoint
Subject: Re: Requesting Contact
I don’t belong on your list but have friends on the list I wouldn’t mind hearing from if they remember me:
Bill Sweeney – French Horn
School of Music
Quantico Marine Band – until a motor cycle accident ended my career at 14 years (1987)