Here's a story I just found by Googling that name out of idle curiosity today:

http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1612803

It's from a Kingston, Ontario newspaper, where the city's drum and bugle corps
is celebrating its 50th anniversary. It quotes alumni of the group who still
come out to hear it play and get inspired just by being there.

"'I almost picked up a horn when I got here today," said Brian Orser, 58, who
joined the corps in 1967, one of many in his family to don a Grenadiers'
uniform.

"'It's the desire to perform. It gets into your blood. It's like any musician
out there. You just want to keep performing.'

"His brother, Doug Orser, 72, was a founding member of the corps and has marched
in more than 500 shows in 50 years. He picked up a horn to play in the
performance Saturday afternoon...

"The Grenadiers fell out of fashion as the decades moved along. The average age
of members rose as fewer young people joined the corps, distracted by other
options and possibly dissuaded by the eight-hour practices needed to make
perfect every step of every formation and every note of every piece.

"'There's too many things going on for kids,' Doug Orser said. 'It takes a
certain kind of person to spend eight hours a day on the field.'"

And, he might have added, a certain kind of person to spend hours and hours a
day on the ice.

Anyway, this article amused me because I learned long ago that the Orser side of
Brian-the-Skating-Orser's family hails from people who settled in Kingston back
in the 18th century, and I understand that there are still roads you can drive
down in the area where you will find numerous mailboxes bearing the Orser name.

This article not only suggested that this is true--it told me that if you look
hard enough, you can even find a Brian Orser in Kingston. One who, once upon a
time, had the discipline to train eight hours a day so he could perform for the
public. And, sometimes, still feels the urge to do so.

Maybe musicality, the thirst to perform, and the discipline to put them to use
are just in the Orser blood.

Trudi