"Band Life" -- Click on Our Memories and read stories and insights by our alumni.
Remember a favorite moment, a funny circumstance, or interaction with Mr. Fleming, Mr. Foster, or Mr. Kobasiar?
Our goal is to include everyone’s stories with photographs, that will be enjoyable and fun to read -- an opportunity to recall, reflect, laugh and perhaps, shed a tear.
WRITE YOUR STORY and send in an email to: wghbandlegacy@gmail.com
Include your name, year of graduation, instrument and a little background information.
Your memories are precious and unique, and we hope you will share yours.
Personal Remembrances
"Big Show: Bigger SNOW!" Rick Bartunek '64
"How Johnny Mathis Saved the Day," Rick Bartunek '64
"The Story of the Harding Band's Three Bob Baxters," Robert Baxter '66
"Selling Turtles," Bob Brodell '71 and Jim Brodell '70
"Brainworm: Passacaglia and Fugue," Jim Brodell '70
"Mr. Fleming's First YSU Marching Band," Jim Brodell '70
"My Lesson with Jim Ognibene," Jim Brodell '70
"I'll Take Manhattan -- on the Rocks," Jim Brodell '70 with Joyce Ormsby Meyer '66
"Blast Away!!!" Bob Brodell '71
"Tin Ear," Bob Brodell '71
"The Audition," John Bugzavich '66
"A Walk to Remember," John Bugzavich '66
"Don’t Laugh..." John Bugzavich '66
"1958 -- Mr. Fleming's Very First Panther Band," David Craciun '61
"Many Memories to Share," Bruce Evers '64
"The New Drill -- Fall 1963," Doug Johnson '64
"76 Trombones Led the Big Parade," Doug Johnson '64
"Lunch with Bob," Miss Sue Kindleberger
"The Red Line," Joyce Ormsby Meyer '69
"Memories of My WGH Band Experience," Judy Schultz '67
"My Favorite Memory of Mr. Fleming," Judy Schultz '67
Tributes: Teaching, Mentoring, and Learning
"Bob, This Song's For You: Tribute to Robert Fleming at Packard Band Memorial Concert, March 18, 2012," Rick Bartunek '64
"Memories of a Friend," Rick Bartunek '64
"The Run-On," Rick Bartunek '64 and Rich Rollo '75
"For Mr. Fleming In Gratitude," Jim Brodell '70 and Joyce Ormsby Meyer '69
"Preparing Us Well, In Gratitude to Mr. John Kobasiar Jr," Jim Brodell '70 and Joyce Ormsby Meyer '69
"Spock Lives!" Jim Brodell '70
"The Greatest Influence, A Letter to Bob," Carl Manofsky '65
"Getting to Carnegie," Mike Ognibene '71
Observations and Opinions
"Believe Me, Young People, Some Day You’ll Understand," Rick Bartunek '64 and Jim Brodell '71
"Beat Massillon!" Jim Brodell '70 and Joyce Ormsby Meyer '69
"Chronic Recurrent Majorette Stress Disorder," Jim Brodell '70
"Looking Back and Listening 60 Years Later," Jim Brodell '70
"On and Off Beaten Path," Jim Brodell '70 and Joyce Ormsby Meyer '69
"They Never Left Their Seats," Jim Brodell '70
"What Made Him Tick?" Jim Brodell '70
"50 Years Later: Musings of a Dermatologist and Orthopaedic Surgeon," Bob Brodell MD '71 and Jim Brodell MD '70
"How'd you guys do that stuff?" John Bugzavich '66
"An Eternal Bond," Sandra Brodell Hilas '75
"Tough Love," Michael Ognibene '71 and Jim Brodell '70
Historical Insights
"Do You Remember? I and 2" Rick Bartunek '64
"In Demand," Rick Bartunek '64
"My Inquiry to the Ohio Music Educators Association," Jim Brodell '70
"The Day Mr. Fleming Said Goodbye, Parts I and II," Jim Brodell '70 and Joyce Ormsby '69
List of the Warren Harding High School Nationally Televised Halftime Performances
Contributors:
Rick Bartunek WGH '64
Bob Baxter WGH '66
James Brodell MD WGH '70
Robert Brodell MD WGH '71
John Bugzavich WGH '66
David Craciun WGH '61
Bruce Evers WGH '64
Sandra Brodell Hilas '75
Doug Johnson WGH '64
Sue Kindleberger WGH English teacher 1965-'94
Mike Ognibene WGH '71
Carl Manofsky WGH '65
Joyce Ormsby Meyer WGH '69
Richard Rollo WGH '75
Judy Schultz WGH '67
Personal Remembrances
Tributes: Teaching, Mentoring, and Learning
Observations and Opinions
Historical Insights