Liverpool HS (NY) 1970s Music/Drama Blog

General web site updates

Mon, 7 Sep 2015 12:00:00 GMT

I have been making some overdue updates to www.gocek.org and I have fixed a few issues on the LHS pages. Let me know if you see anything that should be changed (or do not see something that should be added).

Hall of Fame 2011, May 22

Sat, 2 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT

The Liverpool Fine Arts Hall of Fame is scheduled to induct Mark Wright, Colleen Lisson, Bryan Steele, Leslie Nicoletti and Elizabeth Quackenbush on May 22, 2011 at 2 pm. Local groups will also perform and the visual arts will be represented in slideshow form. ALSO, VITAL, the Liverpool Community Chorus and the Liverpool Music Department will be staging a Jesus Christ Superstar reunion show on May 6 and 7, 2011, at 7:30 and the high school.

Hall of Fame 2010 is history

Mon, 24 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT

I attended the Hall of Fame ceremony yesterday, and I cannot stress enough how much fun these are for alumni. See you next year! If you have any suggestions for the event or if you need help with the nomination process, I can get you in touch with the right people.

Historical marching band CD and DVD from Rob Mevec

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT

See this web site. Alumnus Rob Mevec is now shipping an extensive CD/DVD marching band history package.

Hall of Fame 2009

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT

The Liverpool Fine Arts Hall of Fame has announced that on May 31, 2009, four people will be inducted: Mike Cunninghame, James DeVivo, Wayne Killius and, um, me. I still am not quite sure where the idea to nominate me came from. Any good ideas for ’fine arts’ jokes that can be used to lead off my acceptance speech?

Hall of Fame 2008

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT

I attended the Liverpool Fine Arts Hall of Fame induction ceremony today. I have been able to make this an annual pilgrimage for four years, and my only excuse for missing the first two ceremonies is that I literally didn’t know about the HoF. With my ongoing audio project and the 2005 reunion, I have been quite visible to VITAL, so now this annual pilgrimage is greeted at the auditorium door each year by old and new friends, and that makes it very enjoyable for me. I spoke with Tom Minardi after the ceremony, and we agreed that the Liverpool Youth Voices choral group directed by Lisa Cowles is startlingly good! I have been able to meet children of alumni friends, and I hope those kids know how important our alumni friendships are after all these years. Don Lohr was present, and you may recall that he had bypass surgery in 2007, so all in all, it was a great trip from Rochester to Liverpool.

Audio project presented to VITAL

Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT

I attended a board meeting of VITAL in March (see the home page for more on VITAL). We discussed the current state of the audio project, that is, 41 compact disks full of 1970s audio. This digital form allows easy distribution, and uses beyond alumni listening. The collection complements the Hall of Fame. If you have ideas for ways to use or maintain the collection, let me know. VITAL offers a couple good programs such as the Hall of Fame and an annual career night. We talked about fostering an internet community of music and drama alumni. The music department still does great things. Go see a concert some time, or attend the Hall of Fame ceremony on June 1.

Marching band recordings from Rob Mevec

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Rob Mevec is beginning to release his audio and video history of the LHS Marching Band. See his web site.

CD creation resuming soon

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT

I have been working on giving web site readers the ability to comment on blog items directly from their browser, and that feature is pretty much working, and I added this blog page. Prior to that, I had been busy finalizing audio CDs. I have the tracks on my hard drive, but I need to create the actual burn projects. Several are done; click the home icon at right for the Liverpool HS Music page and follow the links to see the recording list. The request process is a bit verbose, but it really just comes down to sending me blank disks and return postage in return for recordings.