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trombonist. in his words, was one of the first people Carpenter met when he came to the Gulf Coast. The situation: a flat tire in front of the old Meyers Theatre in 1943. He was one of the first people to greet me. Carpenter remembers. I'll never forget it. He was on a bicycle.Young people. he says, are really all equal to me. but there arc.those that are more talented than others, that's all.Pour of his students will perform in the Senior Bowl Jan. 7 on NBC and five will be performing with the Mississippi State University band in the televised Sun Bowl today. One young woman from Biloxi High is a Golden Girl at Louisiana State University.Carpenter's BHS Indian band was the first high school band toplav at the New Orleans Saints pr football game.The high point. he says of hi teaching career, was having th Biloxi Indian band represent th state of Mississippi, at the invita lion of the White House, in th Presidential Inauguration parad for Kichard Nixon. The band at th invitation of the former Presiden performed a second time when hlt; visited Meridian.One of the lessons. Carpente says he has learned about life, i there is a difference betwee: money and personal gratifica lion. And. he brags. I don't knov of any of my band students eve having been involved in any seri ous crimes. I have been preaching for many years and believe that i you teach a child to blow a horn, hi will never blow a safe.
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South Mississippi Sun
Biloxi, Mississippi, US
Sat, Dec 28, 1974
Page 5
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