Blowing into bottles: Remembering George Bures (1949-2020)
Near the end of fifth grade, my classmates and I had the opportunity to try out for sixth-grade band. We didn’t have to know how to play an instrument yet. We were to rank our top-three instrument choices, and then, in front of Band Director George Bures, try blowing into these instruments, beginning with our top choice. I desperately wanted to play the flute. However, some older students warned me that when they were fifth graders, they also had wanted to play the flute, but