In Memory of RantDad and to all bassoonists everywhere Chôro na Clave de Dó - Osvaldo Lacerda

Chôro na Clave de Dó - Osvaldo Lacerda as performed by (Leo) Cai Quirk, bassoon, and Byung Hee Yoo, piano

This post is dedicated to RantDad, to his memory because he died on this date in 1995, and to a lot of bassoonists who have played on since then. 

Special acknowledgment to the oil company executive's wife and Billings Symphony concert mistress scouting long ago for bassoon talent at the University of WY the year he graduated from college, to an absolutely hideous first teeny tiny town public school job teaching 7 study halls and band, to the next public school job featuring four single teachers who paired up opposite to the way the town gossips predicted. 

RantWoman goes back and forth about whether both RantParents qualify as gender non-conforming: RantMom taught science and RantDad taught Music and English. RantWoman also remembers a conversation once where a friend commented "Any man could do that" about some home repair task. Um, no RantDad probably would have the sense not to try.

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