Just to clarify, Brian the skater was born 18 December, 1961.



2009/7/11 <tmarrapodi@...>

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> Here's a story I just found by Googling that name out of idle curiosity
> today:
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> http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1612803
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> 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.
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> "'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.
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> "'It's the desire to perform. It gets into your blood. It's like any
> musician out there. You just want to keep performing.'
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> "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...
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> "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.
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> "'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.'"
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> 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
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