Three of my mom's siblings are retired musicans – one sister was a choir director, her brother sang both church and cowboy music, and her youngest sister was a Las Vegas lounge singer. A favorite memory is the three of them singing together at mom's 90th birthday party. Mom used to play straight harp, by the way, though she never mastered cross harp. We gave her a new Marine Band a couple years ago, hoping she might take it up again. One of my brothers, long since deceased, played horns and conducted.
- Phil