Beauty...

"What is beautiful is not always good, but what is good is always beautiful."

~ Unknown

Schedule of upcoming events...

You will note that I keep a schedule of upcoming local events at the top of the blog page.
They are some of the finest local concerts because I will be participating in them.

Bud

Disciplining your children

"Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected."

~ Robert Orben

Housecleaning

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the driveway before it has stopped snowing.

"When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them."

~ Rodney Dangerfield

Problems...

"We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems."

~ Margaret Mead

Bud's World

Director of Purchasing: Lois Bidder Instrument repairman: Anita Hammer Attorney: Gil T. Azell

The child was a typical four-year-old girl -- cute, inquisitive, and bright as a new penny. When she expressed difficulty in grasping the concept of marriage, her father decided to pull out their wedding photo album, thinking visual images would help. One page after another, he pointed out the bride arriving at the church, the entrance, the wedding ceremony, the recessional, the reception, etc.
“Now do you understand?” he asked.
“I think so,” she said, “is that when mommy came to work for us?”

I was wondering:
How can there be self-help “groups?”
Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
If you wear an antennae to a wedding, will the reception be better?
If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?
I’ll Bet You Didn’t Know and Didn’t Care…
If you place a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
(Who was the sadist who discovered this?)

From the Sheridan Community Chorus Choir Loft
We had our pot luck planning dinner on Saturday, 11/1/08 in Sheridan. We must have the very best cooks and bakers in the world! The turnout was truly inspiring and everyone was very enthusiastic to get this community chorus re-started in a new direction. Thanks to all of you who attended. The next meeting will be Tuesday, December 2 @ 6:00 pm at The Saint John Bosco Auditorium (2777 Rt. 20) in Sheridan. We need you and we need you to invite your friends!

Quotes to remember:
“You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's 7th Symphony and go slow.”
~ Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket
“The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scots as a joke, but the Scots haven't got the joke yet.”
~ Oliver Herford

Name that instrument
Answer to last week’s quiz): This instrument dates
back to prehistoric times. Early forms of this instrument
were made from mammoth tusks and dated from 30,000 to
37,000 years ago. The answer is the flute.

This week: This instrument dates back to at least 1500 BC. It was constructed of tubing bent twice into an oblong shape, The earliest forms were signaling instruments used for military and religious purposes, rather than for music in the modern sense. (Answer next week).


SUNY Fredonia History:
Fredonia Academy (1867)








Old Main - 1 Temple Street (1939)








Mason Hall - (Date unknown)







Bud: (716) 934-7734, email: tubamanbud@gmail.com
Sheridan Community Chorus and New Horizon Band updates

The generous barber...

One day a florist goes to a barber for a haircut. After the cut he asks about his bill and the barber replies, ‘I cannot accept money from you. I’m doing community service this week.’ The florist is pleased and leaves the
shop.

When the barber goes to open his shop the next morning there is a ‘thank you’ card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door.

Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill, the barber again replies, ‘I cannot accept money from you. I’m doing community service this week.’ The cop is happy and leaves the shop.

The next morning when the barber goes to open up there is a ‘thank you’ card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door.

Then, a Congressman comes in for a haircut, and when he goes to pay his bill the barber again replies, ‘I cannot accept money from you. I’m doing community service this week.’ The Congressman is very happy and leaves the shop.

The next morning when the barber goes to open up, there are a dozen congressmen lined up waiting for a free haircut.

And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the citizens of our country and the members of our Congress.

Sheridan Chorus plans

Our upcoming plans include Christmas caroling.
Many members have committed to sing Christmas carols around our community in the month of December. I will be contacting all the places where we have sung in the past (nursing homes, hospitals, etc.) If you have any suggestions or contacts, please let me know.

Election Day 2008

Bud's World

Director of Purchasing: Lois Bidder Instrument repairman: Anita Hammer Attorney: Gil T. Azell

Welcome to Heaven
St. Peter was checking in three recently departed souls. “What did you do on Earth?” he asked the first one. “I was a surgeon; I helped the lame to walk.” “Go right in through the Pearly Gates,” said St. Peter. “What did you do on Earth?” he asked the second one. “I was a teacher; I taught the blind to see.” “Go right in through the Pearly Gates,” said St. Peter. “And what did you do on Earth?” he asked the third one. “I was a musician; I brought joy to sad people.” “Good, you can enter through the kitchen,” said St. Peter.

I was wondering:
When we get to heaven and God sneezes, what will we say?
If something was miss-spelled in a dictionary how would we know?
How can corn flakes and Sugar frosted flakes have the save number of calories per serving?

I’ll Bet You Didn’t Know and Didn’t Care…The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II
killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

History of our neighborhood – Silver Creek
Our community was first settled around 1803 and the first school house was erected around 1823. In 1822, a famous black walnut tree, measuring about 10 feet in diameter, was blown over in a storm. The Village of Silver Creek was incorporated in 1848. Silver Creek is home to a Skew Arch railroad bridge, one of two bridges in the world built on an angle. Silver Creek's most famous resident (other than Bud Lowery) is Howard "Bob" Ehmke. He was the pitching hero of the 1929 World Series. While playing for the Philadelphia Athletics, Ehmke struck out 13 Chicago Cubs in Game 1, a World Series record until 1953. Former NBA and ABA professional basketball player George Carter is also a Silver Creek Central graduate. Carter starred at St. Bonaventure University and later participated in the 1971 ABA All Star Game. Population in 2000 was 2,896.

Quotes to remember:
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.”
~ Leopold Stokowski
“Without music life would be a mistake.”
~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Name that instrument
Answer to last week’s quiz): This instrument is made of curled metal wire, metal cable, plastic cable, gut cords and sometimes calfskin. The instrument is the snare drum.
This week: This instrument dated back to prehistoric times. Early forms of this instrument were made from a mammoth tusk and dated from 30,000 to 37,000 years ago.
(Answer next week)

Today in History November 2
1989 – ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ opened at the Gershwin Theater in NYC for 253 performances
1987 – George Harrison released ‘Cloud 9’ and Paul McCartney released ‘All the Best’
1968 – Stevie Wonder’s ‘For Once In My Life’ was released
1963 – Dion stormed out of a taping of the TV show ‘Ready Steady Go’ complaining
the go-go dancers were distracting from his performance (DUH!)
1947 - Howard Hughes' ‘Spruce Goose’ flew for 1st (& last) time

Bud: (716) 934-7734, email: tubamanbud@gmail.com
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www.frombudsworld.blogspot.com

Chorus pot luck report...

What a great night we had Saturday (11/1) in Sheridan at The Sheridan Community Chorus pot luck dinner.
The turn-out was fabulous, and there were some great ideas and suggestions. But one of the best parts of the evening had to be the food.
Thanks to each and everyone. I was encouraged by the turn-out and participation.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, December 2 at 6:00 pm at the Saint John Bosco Auditorium. We will further discuss the needs and plans of the chorus.

I can change...

"I can change. I can live out my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past."

~ Stephen Covey

11/1 Pot luck dinner

Tonight (11/1) will be our Sheridan Community Choir Pot-luck Dinner @ 5:00 pm at The Saint John Bosco Auditorium. We will have great food, great fellowship, and will plan the future of The Sheridan Community Chorus.

Come early, come late...but please come!

We need your energy! We need your ideas!

God trusts me...

"I know God promises not to give me more than I can handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much."

~ Mother Teresa

Happy Halloween

Two men were walking home after a Halloween party and decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs. Right in the middle of the cemetery, they were startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty shadows. Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones.
"Holy cow, Mister," one of them said, after catching his breath, "You scared us half to death! We thought you were a ghost! What are you doing working here so late at night?"
"Those fools!" the old man grumbled. "They misspelled my name!"

Our biggest need

"One of the oldest human needs is having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night."

~ Margaret Mead

Alice Hanks

Alice M. Hanks, age 85, of Weinberg Campus, Getzville, formerly of Sheridan, died Thursday, October 30th, 2008 at her residence. Alice was a former Sheridan Community Chorus member and long-time resident of Sheridan. Alice and her husband, Neal, were members of The Sheridan United Methodist church until they recently moved into the Weinberg Campus in Amherst.

Friends are welcome to call at the Riles & Woolley Funeral Home, 39 Main Street, Forestville on Sunday from 2-4 & 7-9 pm. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 11 o'clock from the Sheridan United Methodist Church, Main Road, Sheridan, with Pastor Molly Golando officiating. Private Interment will be at the convenience of the family in Sheridan Center Cemetery. The family suggests memorials may be made either to the Sheridan Fire Dept., PO Box 122, Sheridan, NY 14135 or to the Sheridan United Methodist Church, Main Road, Sheridan, NY 14135. To send condolences go to www.rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Neal Hanks and the entire family.

Top 10 Old Folks Home Party Games

10. Musical Recliners
9. Spin the Bottle of Mylanta
8. Hide and Go Pee
7. Simon Says Something Incoherent
6. Doc, Doc Goose
5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the Nurse Says Bend Over
4. Hide and sleep.
3. 20 Questions Shouted into your Good Ear
2. Pin the Toupee on the Bald Guy

AND THE NUMBER ONE GAME AT THE "OLD FOLKS HOME:"

1. Sag, You’re It!

The value of money

"Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy."

~ Groucho Marx

Raising children

"If raising children was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor!"

Success...

"The first part of success is "Get-to-it-iveness"; the second part of success is "Stick-to-it-iveness."

~ Orison Swett Marden

The future predicted...

"The future, according to experts, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive."

~ John Sladek

A positive attitude:

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."

~ Herm Albright