My Musical Evolution – Part 134 Academy Days Vacation

The summer of 1982 was a blast. Instead of going back to Fort Wayne, for the summer, I stayed on campus and worked. Vermont Academy would host these big science or language conferences in the summer.  About a dozen of us students stayed on and worked as waiters and waitresses or in the kitchen. The …

My Musical Evolution – Part 126 Academy Days Our Lips Are Sealed

  When I started at Vermont Academy, the basement of Shepardson Center [The Dining Hall] was nothing but a big open area of concrete with massive pillars supporting the floor above. Sometime around sophomore year, they renovated the place and added a snack-bar with a couple of video games. This was where I first saw …