Picto Diary - 16 to 22 March 2024 - Drums goes to UNT

Above: Hoops looks out over pink sky. Iron Canyon, Park City, UT. 16 March 2024.

Above: Deer Valley, UT. 17 March 2024
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Looking at Daly Chutes from my Empire Lodge office window.

Above: Deer Valley, UT. 19 March 2024.
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Snow Park Lodge and beyond. Image looks east taken from mid-level on Little Stick ski run. I finished the AM skiing down Big Stick from this point. Parking area slated for commercial development and underground parking to be completed in next four years. Sprinter is in back row, middle, lot 2.

Above: Wasatch County, UT. 19 March 2024.
Out and about the Duc. UT SR 248.
Oxymoron.
Deer Valley ski resort in the distance.

Above: Eccles Center. Park City, UT. 19 March 2024.
Park City High School Percussion and Wind Ensembles

Above: Deer Valley, UT. 20 March 2024.
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Flagstaff Mountain from Lady Morgan summit.

Above: Careers in Music lists top ten jazz schools in US. Drums will attend University of North Texas College, of Music (UNT), located in Denton, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex). UNT's music school is selective, with an acceptance rate of 15% of applicants. UNT College of Music graduates include Don Henley, Pat Boone, Roy Orbison, Tom Malone (Blues Brother), Lou Marini (Blues Brothers), and three-time Grammy winning saxophonist, Jeff Coffin (who Drums knows personally). 20 March 2024.

Above: Deer Valley, UT. 21 March 2024.
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Word to the wise as I get older.

Above: LSDM Colloquium, Wasatch Bagel. 22 March 2024
Topics du jour:
5X LSDM speaker, Gold Bug (white shirt), says "it's all coming down. It's only a matter of time. Buy gold! " Hat tip 'Cake.
Latham and Watkins (orange sweater) outlines program agenda for his KPCW show this AM: Realtor guest says 6% commish (sic) will stay. Latham and Watkins says, "not."
LSDM scion Mark O'Connell joins Dad, Pat. 8 yrs. USMC. While at DOD, Mark led a project to create a new education protocol for USMC. Now at U of Michigan studying MBA.
1x speaker, LSDM scion, Faith Hamlin, GM, Little Jennie Ranch, Bondurant, WY says beef prices up but so are expenses e.g. diesel, feed, cowboy pay etc.
PS. LSDM loves its scions!
Main speaker Mark Hamlin, Board Member, Hillsdale College, makes the case for running a university sans any government (any government! Fed, state or local) funding. Hat tip Daggett.
Hat tip image: Actuary

Above: Deer Valley, UT. 22 March 2024.
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Park City ski personality, John Hainey. Sadly, one of a diminishing breed in an era of antiseptic, colorless, corporate skiing.

Above: Cafe Terigo. Main Street. Park City, UT. 22 March 2024.
Him: Italian Salad. Her: Cheeseburger.
Ambivalent season. Active ski hill and spring, outdoor dining.

Addendum:

Dear Steve and Margaret,

Good morning!

I do enjoy reading your many messages … especially about skiing at Deer valley!

Oh, and I love reading about the success of my former piano student turned drummer!!

But you must pick up today’s New York Times paper!! On page D7 is a great article about skiers in Alta aged 75-plus!!! And the article mentions other local resorts including Brighton, home to other long-time skiers! You will really enjoy reading it. “Too Old to Chase Powder? Nonsense!”

Me? Wisconsin lacks snow this year. In fact, we haven’t had snow since mid-January (I am sure it’s because I bought a snowblower!!). My tulips were coming up in mid-February because we were having such warm days … 70-degrees!! A very early spring. Yet, it has gotten cold again over the last few days, and I covered up my tulips!

Have you gotten down to SLC to attend a Utah Symphony Concert? I still write program notes for our local regional orchestra.

And I still work remotely for the bank which has moved down to SLC from Park City.

So, again, I always look forward to your messages!

Happy Spring!

Music in the Mountains,
Racine, WI

Thanks for sharing.

Mano,
San Jose, CA