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In this impactful and inspiring episode of Unstoppable Mindset, host Michael Hingson sits down with Ronald Cocking—performer, educator, and co-founder of the Looking Glass Studio of Performing Arts—to reflect on a remarkable life shaped by rhythm, resilience, and love. Ron's journey into the performing arts began at just five years old, when his passion for tap dance ignited a lifelong commitment to dance and musical theater. From his first professional role at age 15 in My Fair Lady to founding one of Southern California's most impactful arts schools, Ron's story is one of dedication, creativity, and community.   But perhaps the most moving part of Ron's story is his 49-year partnership—both personal and professional—with the late Gloria McMillan, best known as Harriet Conklin from Our Miss Brooks. Together, they created a legacy of mentorship through the Looking Glass Studio, where they taught thousands of students across generations—not just how to act, sing, or dance, but how to live with confidence and integrity.   Ron also reflects on the legacy Gloria left behind, his continued involvement in the arts, and the words of wisdom that guide his life:   “Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” “To find happiness, take the gifts God has given you and give them away.”   This is more than a story of a career in the arts—it's a touching tribute to passion, partnership, and purpose that will leave you inspired.   Highlights:   00:48 – Hear how early radio at home shaped a lifetime love for performance. 03:00 – Discover why drumming and tap both trained his ear for rhythm. 06:12 – Learn how a tough studio change led to ballet, jazz, and tumbling basics. 08:21 – See the “sing with your feet” method that makes tap click for students. 10:44 – Find out how a teen chorus role in My Fair Lady opened pro doors. 13:19 – Explore the drum-and-tap crossover he performed with Leslie Uggams. 15:39 – Learn how meeting Gloria led to a studio launched for $800. 18:58 – Get the long view on running a school for 44 years with family involved. 23:46 – Understand how Our Miss Brooks moved from radio to TV with its cast intact. 32:36 – See how 42nd Street proves the chorus can be the star. 41:51 – Hear why impact matters more than fame when students build careers. 43:16 – Learn what it takes to blend art and business without losing heart. 45:47 – Compare notes on marriage, teamwork, and communication that lasts. 48:20 – Enjoy a rare soft-shoe moment Ron and Gloria performed together. 56:38 – Take away the “teach to fish” approach that builds lifelong confidence.   About the Guest:   My father was a trumpet player, thus I heard music at home often in the early 50's and was always impressed and entertained by the rhythms and beats of Big Band music… especially the drummers.  Each time I would see Tap dancers on TV, I was glued to the screen.  It fascinated me the way Tap dancers could create such music with their feet!   In 1954, at age 5, after begging my Mom and Dad to enroll me in a Tap class, my Dad walked in from work and said “Well, you're all signed up, and your first Tap class is next Tuesday.  I was thrilled and continued studying tap and many other dance forms and performing and teaching dance for all of my life.     In my mid teens, I became serious about dancing as a possible career.  After seeing my first musical, “The Pajama Game” starring Ruth Lee, I new I wanted to do musical theatre.  I got my first professional opportunity at age 15 in “My Fair Lady” for the San Bernardino Civic Light Opera Association and loved every minute of it… and would continue performing for this organization well into my 30's   I met Gloria McMillan in the late 60's while choreographing a summer musical for children.  Gloria's daughter was doing the role of Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz”.  Then, about 3 or 4 years later I would meet Gloria again and the sparks flew.  And, yes, she was Gloria McMillan of “Our Miss Brooks” fame on both radio and television.  Wow, was I blessed to have crossed paths with her.  We shared our lives together for 49 years.   On November 4, 1974, Gloria and I opened a performing arts school together named “The Looking Glass Studio of Performing Arts”.  We would teach and manage the school together for 44 years until we retired on June 30, 2018.  We moved to Huntington Beach, California and spent 3 beautiful years together until she left to meet our Lord in heaven on January 19, 2022.   Ways to connect with Ron:   Lgsparon@aol.com     About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:20 Well, hi there, wherever you are and wherever you happen to be today. Welcome to unstoppable mindset. I'm your host, Mike hingson, and today we get to chat with Ron Cocking, who is Ron. Well, we're going to find out over the next hour. And Ron was married for many years to another person who is very famous, and we'll get to that, probably not as well known to what I would probably describe as the younger generation, but you're going to get to learn a lot about Ron and his late wife before we're done, and I am sure we're going to have a lot of fun doing it. So let's get to it. Ron, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We're glad you're here.   Ron Cocking ** 01:59 Thank you. I'm so glad to be here. Michael, this. I've been looking forward to this.   Michael Hingson ** 02:04 I have been as well, and we're going to have a lot of fun doing it.   Ron Cocking ** 02:08 Do you one note on that last name? It is cocking. Cocking, he comes right? Comes from a little townlet in the coal mining country of England called Cockington.   Michael Hingson ** 02:20 I don't know why I keep saying that, but yeah, cocky, no   02:23 problem.   Michael Hingson ** 02:24 Well, do you go up to the reps recreations at all?   Ron Cocking ** 02:28 Oh my gosh, Gloria. And I know you and Gloria, did do you still do it? I've it's on my schedule for September.   Michael Hingson ** 02:35 I'm gonna miss it this year. I've got a speech to give. So I was going to be playing Richard diamond at recreation. Well, I'll have to be Dick Powell another time, but I thought that you you were still doing   02:50 it. I'm planning on it cool.   Michael Hingson ** 02:53 Well, tell us about the early Ron cocking and kind of growing up in some of that stuff. Let's start with that.   Ron Cocking ** 02:59 Well, the early part of my story was when I was born just a little before television came in, before everyone had a TV in their home. How old are you now? If I maybe, you know, I am now 76   Michael Hingson ** 03:12 Okay, that's what I thought. Yeah, you're one year ahead of me. I'm 75   Ron Cocking ** 03:16 I was born in 49 and so my earliest remembrances my mom and dad and my brother and I lived with our grandfather, and we had no television, but we had this big it must have been about three to four foot tall, this big box on the floor in a very prominent spot in the living room. And that was the Sunday afternoon entertainment. I remember my family sitting around, and I listened and I laughed when they did, but I had no idea what was going on, but that was the family gathering. And just, I know we'll talk about it later, but I I just have this notion that at that time I was laughing, not knowing what I was laughing at, but I bet I was laughing at my future   Michael Hingson ** 04:02 wife, yes, yes, but other things as well. I mean, you probably laughed at Jack Benny and Amos and Andy and   Ron Cocking ** 04:09 yeah, I remember listening to all those folks, and it was just amazing. Then when television came about and my father was a trumpet player, and I loved his trumpet playing, and he practiced often at home. He would sit in his easy chair and play some tunes and scales and that sort of thing. But what captured my ear and my eyes when I went to on rare occasions when I could go to his engagements, it was always the drummer that just stuck out to me. I was mesmerized by the rhythms that they could produce. And when TV came about, I remember the old variety shows, and they often would have tap dancers like. Had a stair gene, Kelly, Peg Leg Bates and the Nicholas brothers, and I just, I was just taken back by the rhythms. It sounded like music to me. The rhythms just made me want to do it. And so I started putting that bug in my parents ears. And I waited and waited. I wanted to take tap dance lessons. And one day, my dad walks in the back door, and I said, Dad, have you signed me up yet? And he said, Yep, you start next Tuesday at 330 in the afternoon. So I was overjoyed, and I went in for my first lesson. And mind you, this was a private tap class. Total Cost of $1.25 and we had a pianist for music, no record player, live piano, wow. And so I, I rapidly fell in love with tap dance.   Michael Hingson ** 05:56 And so you did that when you weren't in school. Presumably, you did go to school.   Ron Cocking ** 06:00 Oh, yeah, I did go to school. Yeah, I did well in school, and I enjoyed school. I did all the athletics. I played little league, and eventually would be a tennis player and water polo and all that stuff. But all through the years, after school was on the way to the dance classes.   Michael Hingson ** 06:16 So you graduated, or I suppose I don't want to insult drumming, but you graduated from drumming to tap dancing, huh?   Ron Cocking ** 06:24 Well, I kept doing them both together. I would dance, and then when my dad would practice, I would beg him to just play a tune like the St Louis Blues, yeah, and so that I could keep time, so I pulled a little stool up in front of an easy chair, and one of the arms of the chair was the ride cymbal, and the other one was the crash cymbal, and the seat of the chair was my snare drum. I would play along with him. And eventually he got tired of that and bought a Hi Fi for my brother and I, and in the bedroom I had a Hi Fi, and I started to put together a set of drums, and I spent hours next to that, Hi Fi, banging on the drums, and I remember it made me feel good. One day, my mom finally said to me, you know, you're starting to sound pretty good, and that that was a landmark for me. I thought, wow, somebody is enjoying my drumming,   Michael Hingson ** 07:18 but you couldn't do drumming and tap dancing at the same time. That would have been a little bit of a challenge. A challenge.   Ron Cocking ** 07:23 No, I would practice that the drums in the afternoon and then head for the dance studio later. And in this case, I was a local boy. I grew up in Riverside California, and my first tap teacher was literally maybe two miles from our house. But that didn't last long. She got married and became pregnant and closed her studio, and then I she recommended that I go see this teacher in San Bernardino by the name of Vera Lynn. And which I did, I remember walking into this gigantic classroom with a bunch of really tall kids, and I was maybe seven or eight years old, and I guess it was kind of an audition class, but after that evening, I she put me in the most appropriate classes, one of which was ballet, which I wasn't too excited about, but they all told me, If you're going to be a serious dancer, even a tap dancer, you need to get the basic body placement from ballet classes. And I said, Well, I am not going to put any tights and a T shirt on. But they finally got me to do that because they told me that the Rams football team took ballet class twice a week at that time. Ah. Said, no kidding. So they got me, they they got you. They got me into ballet class, and then it was jazz, and then it was tumbling, and so I did it all.   Michael Hingson ** 08:43 I remember when we moved to California when I was five, and probably when I was about eight or nine, my brother and I were enrolled by my mother. I guess my parents enrolled us in a dance class. So I took dance class for a few years. I learned something about dancing. I did have a pair of tap shoes, although I didn't do a lot of it, but I, but I did dance and never, never really pursued it enough to become a Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire. Well, few of us do. I didn't dislike it. It just didn't happen. But that was okay, but it was fun to, you know, to do it and to learn something about that. And so I even today, I I remember it, and I appreciate it. So that's pretty cool.   Ron Cocking ** 09:32 Well, you would understand what I always told my students, that tap dancing is like singing a song with your feet. Yeah. And I would sing, I would say, you all know, happy birthday, right? So I would sing it, and they would sing it along, and then I'd said, then I would sing it again, and I would sing it totally out of rhythm. And they would wrinkle their nose and look at me and say, okay, so what are you doing? And I'd say, Well, you don't recognize it because the rhythm is not correct. So then I would. Would tap dance Happy birthday, and I'd say, you sing along in your mind and I'm going to tap dance it. And that would always ring a bell in their mind, like, Oh, I get it. The rhythm has to be right on the button, or the people aren't going to recognize   Michael Hingson ** 10:16 that was very clever to do.   Ron Cocking ** 10:18 Yeah, thank you. And they got it, yeah, they got it, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 10:22 which is even, even more important. That's pretty clever. Well, so you did that, and did you do it all the way through high school,   Ron Cocking ** 10:30 all the way through high school? And I think when I was 15, I was, I think I was in the eighth grade, maybe ninth, but I was 15 and got my first chance to I was cast in a professional show for San Bernardino civic light opera Association. And the show was My Fair Lady, and it was my English and journalism teacher at the junior high who had been cast. He was a performer also, but something came up and he couldn't follow through, so he had given the association my name, and I was out in the backyard. My mom came out. Said, Hey, San Bernardino clo just called and they want, they want to see it tonight at seven o'clock. So I put on my dance clothes and went over, and the director, by the name of Gosh, Gene Bayless, came out, and he showed me a couple of steps. And he said, Yeah, let's do it together. And he said, Boy, you unscramble your feet pretty well there kid. And he he looked over into the costumers and said, measure this guy. Let's put him in the show. So I was beside myself. And long story short, I Gosh, I'm over the over the years, I my first show was at age 15 with them, and I participated, did shows with them, until I think my last show, I was about 38 years old, and that last show was anything goes with Leslie uggums, wow.   Michael Hingson ** 11:52 So what part did you play on my fair lady?   Ron Cocking ** 11:55 I was just a chorus kid. I remember in the opening when Eliza sings, that wouldn't it be lovely? Wouldn't it be lovely? I was a street sweeper. I remember I had a broom, and there were three of us, and we were sweeping up that street and working in and around. Eliza Doolittle, of   Michael Hingson ** 12:11 course, being really spiteful. You just said a little while ago, you were beside yourself. And the thing that I got to say to that, quoting the Muppets, is, how do the two of you stand each other? But anyway, that's okay, good in the original Muppet Movie, that line is in there. And I it just came out so fast, but I heard it. I was going, Oh my gosh. I couldn't believe they did that. But anyway, it was so cute, very funny. That's great. So and then you were, you eventually were opposite Leslie UB,   Ron Cocking ** 12:39 yes, that was one of the high points talking about dancing and drumming at the same time. In fact, I used to give a drum a basic drum summer camp where I would teach tappers the basics of music notation, quarter notes, eighth notes, 16th notes. And then we would put a tap orchestra together. Everybody had their own music stand and their own drum pad. I would conduct, and we would play little pieces, and they would they would drum a rhythm, tap, a rhythm, drum, a rhythm, tap, a rhythm. And so anyway, it came full circle. One of the highlights of my dance slash drumming career was this show I did with Leslie uggums, the director had done this prior, and he knew it would work, and so so did the conductor in the entre Act. The top of the second act, the pit orchestra starts and plays like eight measures. And then there were six of us on stage, behind the main curtain, and we would play the next 16 bars, and then we would toss it back to the pit, and then toss it back to us, and the curtain would begin to rise, and we were right into the first song that Leslie uggums sang to get into the second act. Then she wanted to add a couple of songs that she liked, and she was very popular in with the audiences in San Bernardino, so she added a couple of songs, and I got to play those songs with her and and that was just so thrilling. And I with the scene finished, I had to have my tap shoes on, on the drum set. I had to hop down from the riser, and came out, brought one of my Toms with me, and played along with another featured tap dancer that kind of took over the scene at that point. So it was, it was really cool.   Michael Hingson ** 14:31 So with all this drumming, did you ever meet anyone like buddy rip?   Ron Cocking ** 14:35 No, I never met any famous drummers except a man by the name of Jack Sperling, which was one of my drumming idols,   Michael Hingson ** 14:44 Donnie Carson was quite the drummer, as I recall,   Ron Cocking ** 14:48 yeah, he did play yeah and boy, his his drummer, Ed Shaughnessy on his on The Tonight Show was phenomenal. Yeah, he's another of my favorites, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 14:57 well, and I remember. I guess Johnny Carson and Buddy Rich played together, which was kind of fun. They   Ron Cocking ** 15:07 played together, and so did Ed Shaughnessy and Buddy Rich did a little competition on the show one time I realized, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 15:15 right, yeah. Well, and it's interesting to see some of the performers do that. I remember once trying to remember whether what show it was on, maybe it was also a Tonight Show where Steve Martin substituted for Johnny, but he and the steel Canyon, the Steve Canyon band, came out. Of course, he was great on the band, and then flat and Scruggs or flat came out. Or which one? Yeah, which one did the banjo flat, I think, but they, but they banjo together, which was fun?   Ron Cocking ** 15:51 Oh, wow, yeah, yeah. Steve Martin is a tremendous band. He is, Whoa, yeah. I,   Michael Hingson ** 15:56 I have a hard time imagining fingers moving that fast, but that's okay, me too. I saved my fingers for Braille, so it's okay. So where did you go to college?   Ron Cocking ** 16:07 I went to for two years to Riverside City College, Riverside Community College, and then I went for two years to San Bernardino Cal State, San Bernardino, and I was majoring in English because I thought I may want to do some writing. But in the meantime, I became married, I became a father, and so I was trying to work and study and maintain a family life, and I just couldn't do it all. So I didn't quite finish a major at Cal State San Bernardino. I continued actually a nightclub drumming career. And now, now we're getting up to where this our performing arts studio began between Gloria and I.   Michael Hingson ** 16:50 So was it? GLORIA? You married first?   Ron Cocking ** 16:53 No, okay, no, Gloria was married. Gloria was a prior, prior marriage for 20 some years, or 20 years, I guess. And I had been married only two years, I think. And when we first, well, we actually met while we were both. I'll tell you the story in a minute, if you want to hear it. Sure, the first time I ever met Gloria Macmillan, I had no idea who she was, because she her name was Gloria Allen at the time that was, that was her married name that she took after the arm is Brooks TV show. Well, she took that the new name before the TV show even ended. But I was choreographing a children's summer musical, and the director came up said, hey, I want you to meet this young lady's mom. So the young lady was Gloria's daughter, her oldest daughter, Janet. And I said, Sure. So he said, This is Gloria. Allen, Gloria, this is Ron. And we shook hands, and I said, Nice to meet you. And that was it. And so the show happened. It ran for a couple of weeks, and Gloria was a wonderful stage mom. She she never bothered anyone. She watched the show. She was very supportive of her daughter. Didn't, didn't stage manage   Michael Hingson ** 18:09 whatsoever, which wasn't a helicopter mom, which is good,   Ron Cocking ** 18:12 definitely that, which was just really cool. So and so I was maybe three, four years later, so Gloria obviously knew that I could dance, because she had seen me choreographed. So I got a phone call from Gloria Allen, and I said, Okay, I remember her. She wanted to meet because she was thinking about starting an acting school and wanted someone to teach actors some dance movement. So I went over for a interview and took my little at that time, about two and a half year old, daughter, three year old, and we chatted, and oh my gosh, I just this, this beautiful woman swept me off my feet. And of course, I by the end of the conversation, I said, Gosh, you know, we talked about how we would integrate the acting and the dance, and I said, Can I have your phone number? Nope, I got the old well, we'll call you. Don't call us. And so I had to wait for a few days before I got a call back, but I got a call back, and I don't remember a lot of details, but the sparks flew really, really quickly, and we started planning our school. And if you can believe that this was 1973 when we started planning, maybe it was early 74 and we invested a whole total of $800 to get ourselves into business. We bought a record player, some mirrors, some paint, and a business license and a little shingle to hang out front. We had a little one room studio, and we. Opened on November 4, 1974 and we would close the studio on June 30, 2018 Wow.   Michael Hingson ** 20:08 Yeah. So you, you had it going for quite a while, almost, well, actually, more than 40 years. 44 years. 44 years, yes. And you got married along the way.   Ron Cocking ** 20:20 Well along the way, my my wife always said she fell in love with my daughter, and then she had to take me along with her. Yeah. Well, there you go. So we were together constantly, just running the school together. And then eventually I moved over to San Bernardino, and it was, gosh, some 1213, years later, we got married in on June 28 1987 and but nothing really changed, because we had already been living together and raising five children. GLORIA had four from a private prior marriage, and I had my little girl. So we we got all these five kids through elementary and junior high in high school, and they all went to college. And they're all beautiful kids and productive citizens, two of them still in show biz. Her son, my stepson, Christopher Allen, is a successful producer now and of Broadway shows. And our daughter, Barbara Bermudez, the baby that Gloria fell in love with. She's now a producer slash stage manager director. She does really well at big events with keynote speakers. And she'll, if they want her to, she will hire in everything from lighting and sound to extra performers and that sort of thing. And she's, she's just busy constantly all over the world, wow.   Michael Hingson ** 21:43 Well, that's pretty cool. And what are the other three doing?   Ron Cocking ** 21:47 One is a VP of Sales for it's a tub and shower company, jacuzzi, and the other one is a married housewife, but now she is a grandmother and has two little grandkids, and they that's Janet, the one that I originally had worked with in that children's show. And she and her husband live in Chino Hills, California, which is about 40 minutes from here. I live in Huntington Beach, California now,   Michael Hingson ** 22:14 well, and I'm not all that far away from you. We're in Victorville. Oh, Victorville, okay, yeah, the high desert. So the next time you go to Vegas, stop by on your way, I'll do that, since that's mainly what Victorville is probably most known for. I remember when I was growing I grew up in Palmdale, and Palmdale wasn't very large. It only had like about 20 703,000 people. But as I described it to people, Victorville wasn't even a speck on a radar scope compared to Palmdale at that time. Yeah, my gosh, are over 120,000 people in this town?   Ron Cocking ** 22:51 Oh, I remember the drive in the early days from here to Vegas in that you really felt like you could get out on the road all alone and relax and take it all in, and now it can be trafficking all all the   Speaker 1 ** 23:04 way. Yeah, it's crazy. I don't know. I still think they need to do something to put some sort of additional infrastructure, and there's got to be another way to get people to Vegas and back without going on i 15, because it is so crowded, especially around holidays, that one of these days, somebody will get creative. Maybe they'll get one of Tesla's tunnel boring tools, and they'll make a tunnel, and you can go underground the whole way, I don't know,   Ron Cocking ** 23:32 but that would be, that would be great. Something like that would happen.   Michael Hingson ** 23:38 Well, so you you started the school and and that did, pretty cool. Did, did Gloria do any more acting after our Miss Brooks? And then we should explain our Miss Brooks is a show that started on radio. Yes, it went on to television, and it was an arm is Brooks. Miss Brooks played by e vardin. Was a teacher at Madison High, and the principal was Osgood Conklin, played by Gail Gordon, who was absolutely perfect for the part. He was a crotchety old curmudgeon by any standards. And Gloria played his daughter, Harriet correct. And so when it went from radio to television, one of the things that strikes me about armas Brooks and a couple of those shows, burns and Allen, I think, is sort of the same. Jack Benny was a little different. But especially armas Brooks, it just seems to me like they they took the radio shows and all they did was, did the same shows. They weren't always the same plots, but it was, it was radio on television. So you, you had the same dialog. It was really easy for me to follow, and it was, was fascinating, because it was just like the radio shows, except they were on television.   Ron Cocking ** 24:56 Yeah, pretty much. In fact, there were a lot, there's lots of episodes. Episodes that are even named the same name as they had on the radio, and they're just have to be reworked for for the television screen,   Michael Hingson ** 25:08 yeah, but the the dialog was the same, which was so great,   Ron Cocking ** 25:13 yeah, yeah. And to see what was I going to add, it was our Miss Brooks was one of the very few radio shows that made the transition to television with the cast with the same intact. Yeah, everybody looked like they sounded. So it worked when they were in front of the camera. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 25:33 it sort of worked with Jack Benny, because most of the well, all the characters were in it, Don Wilson, Mary, Livingston, Dennis day, Rochester, world, yeah. And of course, Mel Blanc, yeah, oh.   Ron Cocking ** 25:49 GLORIA tells a story. She she and her mom, Hazel, were walking down the street on the way to do a radio show in the old days in Hollywood, and here comes Mel blank, he says, he pulls over. Says, Hey, where are you girls headed because I know that he probably recognized them from being at at CBS all the time, and they said, We're headed to CBS. He said, hop in. Oh, that's where I'm going. So Mel Brooks gave her a ride to the Mel Blanc, yeah, would have been   Michael Hingson ** 26:15 fun if Mel Brooks had but that's okay, Young Frankenstein, but that's another story. It is. But that's that's cool. So did they ever? Did she ever see him any other times? Or was that it?   Ron Cocking ** 26:30 No, I think that was it. That's the one story that she has where Mel Blanc is involved.   Michael Hingson ** 26:36 What a character, though. And of course, he was the man of a million voices, and it was just incredible doing I actually saw a couple Jack Benny shows this morning and yesterday. One yesterday, he was Professor LeBlanc teaching Jack Benny how to play the violin, which was a lost cause.   Ron Cocking ** 26:59 Actually, Jack Benny was not a bad view. No,   Michael Hingson ** 27:01 he wasn't violent. No, he wasn't. He had a lot of fun with it, and that stick went straight in from radio to television, and worked really well, and people loved it, and you knew what was going to happen, but it didn't matter. But it was still   Ron Cocking ** 27:16 funny, and I'm sure during the transition they there was a little bit of panic in the writers department, like, okay, what are we going to do? We got to come up with a few shows. We got to get ahead a little bit. So the writing being just a little different, I'm sure that's part of the reason why they went back and kind of leaned on the old, old script somewhat, until they kind of cut their teeth on the new this new thing called television   Michael Hingson ** 27:39 well, but they still kept a lot of the same routines in one way or another.   Ron Cocking ** 27:45 Yeah, when they work, they work, whether you're just listening or whether you're watching,   Michael Hingson ** 27:48 right, exactly what other shows made it from radio to television with the cast   Ron Cocking ** 27:53 intact? You know, I am not up on that number. I   Michael Hingson ** 27:57 know there were a couple that did. RMS, Brooks was, well, oh no, I was gonna say Abbott and Costello, but that was different, but our Miss Brooks certainly did. If   Ron Cocking ** 28:09 the Bickersons did, I forget the two actors that did that show, but that was a really, Francis   Michael Hingson ** 28:13 Langford and Donna Michi could be, but I think burns and Allen, I think, kept the same people as much as there were. Harry bonzell was still with them, and so on. But it was interesting to see those. And I'm awake early enough in the morning, just because it's a good time to get up, and I get and be real lazy and go slowly to breakfast and all that. But I watched the Benny show, and occasionally before it, I'll watch the burns and Allen show. And I think that the plots weren't as similar from radio to television on the burns and Allen show as they weren't necessarily in the Benny show, but, but it all worked.   Ron Cocking ** 28:58 Yeah, yeah. That's why they were on the air for so long?   Michael Hingson ** 29:02 Yeah, so what other kind of acting did Gloria do once? So you guys started the school   Ron Cocking ** 29:10 well after she well, when we started the school, we found ourselves, you know, raising five children. And so I continued playing nightclub gigs. I had one, one nightclub job for like, five years in a row with two wonderful, wonderful musicians that were like fathers to me. And Gloria actually went to work for her brother in law, and she became a salesperson, and eventually the VP of Sales for a fiberglass tub and shower business down here in Santa Ana. So she drove that 91 freeway from San Bernardino, Santa Ana, all the time. But in,   Michael Hingson ** 29:47 yeah, you could do it back then, much more than now. It was a little better   Ron Cocking ** 29:51 and but in, but twist in between, she managed. Her mom still did a little bit of agency. And she would call Gloria and say. Want you to go see so and so. She did an episode of perfect strangers. She did an episode with Elliot of the guy that played Elliot Ness, stack the show Robert Stack the show was called Help Wanted no see. I guess that was an in but wanted, anyway, she did that. She did a movie with Bruce Dern and Melanie Griffith called Smile. And so she kept, she kept her foot in the door, but, but not, not all that much she she really enjoyed when John Wilder, one of her childhood acting buddies, who she called her brother, and he still calls her sis, or he would call her sis, still. His name was Johnny McGovern when he was a child actor, and when he decided to try some movie work, he there was another Johnny McGovern in Screen Actors Guild, so he had to change his name to John Wyler, but he did that mini series called centennial, and he wanted Gloria for a specific role, to play a German lady opposite the football player Alex Karras. And they had a couple of really nice scenes together. I think she was in three, maybe four of the segments. And there were many segments, it was like a who's who in Hollywood, the cast of that show   Michael Hingson ** 31:28 does that was pretty cool.   Ron Cocking ** 31:32 But anyway, yeah, after Gloria finished armas Brooks, she became married to Gilbert Allen, who, who then became a Presbyterian minister. So Gloria, when you said, Did she continue acting? There's a lot of acting that goes on being a minister and being a minister's wife, and she would put together weddings for people, and that sort of thing. And she did that for 20 years. Wow. So she Gloria was a phenomenon. She did so many things. And she did them all so very well, in my   Speaker 1 ** 32:04 opinion. And so did you? Yeah, which is, which is really cool. So you, but you, you both started the school, and that really became your life's passion for 44 years. Yes,   Ron Cocking ** 32:16 we would get up in the mornings, go do a little business, come home, have a little lunch, go back about 132 o'clock, and we would normally crank up about four after the kids get out of school, and we would teach from four to nine, sometimes to 10. Go out, have some dinner. So yeah, we pretty much 24/7 and we had had such similar backgrounds. Hers on a national radio and television scale, and mine on a much more local, civic light opera scale. But we both had similar relations with our our moms after after the radio tapings and the TV things. GLORIA And her mom. They lived in Beverly Hills, right at Wilshire and Doheny, and they had their favorite chocolate and ice cream stops. And same thing for me, my mom would take me there, two doors down from the little studio where I was taking my tap classes. There was an ice cream parlor, haywoods ice cream. And that was, that was the the lure, if you go in and if you do your practicing, Ronnie, you can, I'll take it for an ice cream so that I did my practicing, had plenty of little treats on the way, so we had that in common, and we both just had very supportive moms that stayed out of the way, not, not what I would call a pushy parent, or, I think you mentioned the helicopter, helicopter, but it   Michael Hingson ** 33:37 but it sounds like you didn't necessarily need the bribes to convince you to tap dance, as you know, anyway, but they didn't hurt.   Ron Cocking ** 33:46 No, it didn't hurt at all, and it was something to look forward to, but I I just enjoyed it all along. Anyway, I finally got to to really showcase what I could do when I was cast as the dance director in the show 42nd street. Oh, wow. And I was lucky. We were lucky. San Bernardino clo was able to hire John Engstrom, who had done the show on Broadway. The earlier version that came, I think it was on Broadway in the mid or to late 70s. He had worked side by side with Gower Champion putting the show together. He told us all sorts of stories about how long it took Gower to put together that opening dance. Because everything in the opening number you you see those steps later in the show done by the chorus, because the opening number is an audition for dancers who want to be in this new Julian Marsh show. So the music starts, the audience hears, I know there must have been 20 of us tapping our feet off. And then a few seconds later, the curtain rises about two and a half feet. And then they see all these tapping feet. And then the main curtain goes out, and there we all are. And. I my part. I was facing upstage with my back to the audience, and then at some point, turned around and we did it was the most athletic, difficult, two and a half minute tap number I had ever done, I'll bet. But it was cool. There were five or six kids that had done it on Broadway and the national tour. And then during that audition, one more high point, if we have the time, we I was auditioning just like everybody else. The director had called and asked if I would audition, but he wasn't going to be choreographing. John Engstrom was so with there was probably 50 or 60 kids of all ages, some adults auditioning, and at one point, John pulled out one of the auditioners, and he happened to be one of my male tap dance students. And he said, Now I want everybody to watch Paul do this step. Paul did the step. He said, Now he said, Paul, someone is really teaching you well. He said, everybody that's the way to do a traveling timestamp so and that, you know, I'll remember that forever. And it ended up he hired. There were seven myself and seven other of my students were cast in that show. And some of them, some of them later, did the show in Las Vegas, different directors. But yeah, that, that was a high point for me.   Speaker 1 ** 36:19 I'm trying to remember the first time I saw 42nd street. I think I've seen it twice on Broadway. I know once, but we also saw it once at the Lawrence Welk Resorts condo there, and they did 42nd street. And that was a lot of that show was just a lot of fun. Anyway,   Ron Cocking ** 36:39 it's a fun show. And as John said in that show, The chorus is the star of the show.   Speaker 1 ** 36:45 Yeah, it's all about dancing by any by any definition, any standard. It's a wonderful show. And anybody who is listening or watching, if you ever get a chance to go see 42nd street do it, it is, it is. Well, absolutely, well worth it.   Ron Cocking ** 37:00 Yeah, good. Good show. Fantastic music, too. Well.   Michael Hingson ** 37:03 How did you and Gloria get along so well for so long, basically, 24 hours a day, doing everything together that that I would think you would even be a little bit amazed, not that you guys couldn't do it, but that you did it so well, and so many people don't do it well,   Ron Cocking ** 37:21 yeah, I don't know I from, from the the first time we met, we just seemed to be on the same wavelength. And by the way, I found out as time went by, Gloria was like Mrs. Humble. She wasn't a bragger, very humble. And it took me a while to find out what an excellent tap dancer she was. But when we went to the studio in the early days, we had, we just had one room. So she would teach actors for an hour, take a break. I would go in teach a tap class or a movement class or a ballet class. I in the early days, I taught, I taught it all. I taught ballet and jazz and and and and   Michael Hingson ** 38:01 tap. Well, let's let's be honest, she had to be able to tap dance around to keep ahead of Osgoode Conklin, but that's another story.   Ron Cocking ** 38:09 Yeah. So yeah, that. And as our studio grew, we would walk every day from our first studio down to the corner to a little wind chills donut shop wind chills donuts to get some coffee and come back. And about a year and a half later, after walking by this, this retail vacant spot that was two doors from our studio, we said, I wonder if that might be, you know, something for us, it had a four lease sign. So, long story short, we released it. The owner of the property loved knowing that Gloria Macmillan was that space. And so luckily, you know when things are supposed to happen. They happen as people would move out next to us, we would move in. So we ended up at that particular studio with five different studio rooms. Wow. And so then we can accommodate all of the above, acting, singing classes, all the dance disciplines, all at the same time, and we can, like, quadruple our student body. So then we made another move, because the neighborhood was kind of collapsing around us, we made another room and purchased a building that had been built as a racquetball club. It had six racquetball courts, all 20 by 40, beautiful hardwood. We made four of them, five of them into studios, and then there was a double racquetball racquetball court in the front of the building which they had tournaments in it was 40 by 40 we moved. We made that into a black box theater for Gloria. And the back wall of the theater was one inch glass outside of which the audiences for the racquetball tournaments used to sit. But outside the glass for us, we had to put curtains there, and out front for us was our. Gigantic lobby. The building was 32,000 square feet. Wow, we could it just made our heart, hearts sing when we could walk down that hallway and see a ballet class over here, a tap class over there, singers, singing actors in the acting room. It was beautiful. And again, it was just meant for us because it was our beautiful daughter, Kelly, who passed away just nine months after Gloria did. She's the one that said, you guys ought to look into that. And I said, Well, it's a racquetball court. But again, the first moment we walked in the front door, you start. We started thinking like, whoa. I think we could make this work. And it worked for another 20 years for us and broke our hearts to basically rip it apart, tear the theater down, and everything when we were moving out, because we we couldn't find another studio that was interested in in coming in, because they would have had to purchase the building. We wanted to sell the building. Yeah. So anyway, of all things, they now sell car mufflers out of there.   Michael Hingson ** 41:02 That's a little different way, way. Yeah, social shock, did any of your students become pretty well known in the in the entertainment world?   Ron Cocking ** 41:11 I wouldn't say well known, but a lot of them have worked a lot and made careers. Some of our former students are now in their 50s, middle 50s, pushing 60, and have done everything from cruise ship to Las Vegas to regional some national tours, even our son, Christopher, he did the national tour of meet me in St Louis with Debbie Boone, okay, and he's the one that is Now a successful producer. He's his latest hit. Well, his first, what can be considered legitimately a Broadway hit show was the show called shucked, and it opened about two years ago, I think, and I finally got to go back to New York and see it just a month before it closed. Very hilarious. Takes place in Iowa. The whole show is built around a county in which everybody that lives there makes their living off of corn, making whiskey. And it is a laugh, way more than a laugh a minute. But anyway, we had one of Gloria's acting students who was hired on with a Jonathan Winters TV sitcom called Davis rules. It ran for two seasons, and here he was like 16 or 17 years old, making, I think it was. He was making $8,000 a week, and he was in heaven. He looked like the Son he played, the grandson of Jonathan Winters and the son of Randy Quaid and so he, yeah, he was in heaven. And then after that, he did a very popular commercial, the 711 brain freeze commercial for Slurpee. The Slurpee, yeah, and he made the so much money from that, but then he kind of disappeared from showbiz. I don't know what he's doing nowadays,   Speaker 1 ** 43:00 but it's, it's, it's interesting to, you know, to hear the stories. And, yeah, I can understand that, that not everybody gets to be so famous. Everybody knows them, but it's neat that you had so many people who decided to make entertainment a career. So clearly, you had a pretty good influence on a lot of, a lot of kids.   Ron Cocking ** 43:20 Yes, I over the years, Gloria and I felt like we had 1000s of children of our own, that they that we had raised together. It's really a good feeling. And I still get phone calls. We got a phone call once a few years back from from one of our students who had been trying to crack the nut in New York, and she called us like 530 in the morning, because, of course, it was Yeah, but she had just signed her first national tour contract and was going to go out with the show cabaret. So fortunately, we were able to drive up to Santa not let's see, it's just below San San Jose. The show came through San Jose, and we got to see her up there. But those kinds of things are what made us keep teaching, year after year, all these success stories. Of course, we have former students that are now lawyers. Those are actors. Well, we   Michael Hingson ** 44:17 won't hold it and we understand, yeah and they are actors, by all means. How many teachers did you have in the studio when you had the big building?   Ron Cocking ** 44:26 Gosh, at one time, we had 10 or 12 teachers, teaching vocal teachers, two or three ballet teachers, jazz teachers, and you both taught as well. And we both continued teaching all through that time. We never just became managers, although that's that was part of it, and mixing business with art is a challenge, and it takes kind of a different mindset, and then what an unstoppable mindset you have to have in order to mix business with performing, because it's too. Different sides of your brain and a lot of patience and a lot of patience. And guess who taught me patience? Uh huh, Gloria Macmillan.   Michael Hingson ** 45:09 I would Conklin's daughter, yes, and I'll bet that's where she learned patience. No, I'm just teasing, but yeah, I hear you, yeah. Well, I know Karen and I were married for 40 years, until she passed in November of 2022 and there's so many similarities in what you're talking about, because we we could do everything together. We had challenges. Probably the biggest challenge that we ever had was we were living in Vista California, and I was working in Carlsbad, and the president of our company decided that we should open an office, because I was being very successful at selling to the government, we should open an office in the DC area. And so we both got excited about that. But then one day he came in and he had this epiphany. He said, No, not Virginia. I want you to open an office in New York. And Karen absolutely hated that she was ready to go to Virginia and all that.   Speaker 1 ** 46:15 But the problem for me was it was either move to New York or take a sales territory that didn't sell very much anymore. The owner wasn't really willing to discuss it, so we had some challenges over that, but the marriage was strong enough that it that it worked out, and we moved to New Jersey, and Karen made a lot of friends back there, but, you know, we always did most everything together. And then when the pandemic occurred, being locked down, it just proved all the more we just did everything together. We were together. We talked a lot, which is, I think one of the keys to any good marriages, and you talk and communicate.   Ron Cocking ** 46:56 Yes, in fact, when after we closed the studio in 2018 it took us a few more months to sell our home, and then when we moved down here, it was only about, I don't know, I don't know if it was a full year or not, but the pandemic hit and but it really didn't bother us, because we had, we had been working the teaching scene for so many years that we basically Were done. We basically walked out of the studio. We did. Neither of us have the desire to, well, let's continue in at some level, no, we cherished our time together. We have a little porch out in front of our home here, and it gets the ocean breeze, and we would sit for hours and chat. And oddly enough, not oddly, one of our favorite things to do, we have a website that we went to that had, I think, every radio show of armas Brooks ever made. And we would sit listen to those and just laugh. And, in fact, Gloria, there are some. She said, You know what? I don't even remember that episode at all. So yeah, that that was an interesting part. But yeah, Gloria and I, like your wife and you really enjoyed time together. We never talked about needing separate vacations or anything if we wanted to do something. We did it   Speaker 1 ** 48:16 together, yeah, and we did too. And you know, for us it was, it was out of desire, but also was easier for us, because she was in a wheelchair her whole life. I was I'm blind. I've been blind my whole life. And as I tell people, the marriage worked out well. She read, I pushed, and in reality, that really is the way it worked, yeah, yeah. Until she started using a power chair. Then I didn't push. I kept my toes out of the way. But still, it was, it was really did meld and mesh together very well and did everything   Ron Cocking ** 48:49 together. That's fantastic. I'm proud of you, Michael, and it really   Michael Hingson ** 48:53 it's the only way to go. So I miss her, but like, I keep telling people she's somewhere monitoring me, and if I misbehave, I'm going to hear about it. So I got to be a good kid,   Ron Cocking ** 49:04 and I'll hear I'll get some notes tonight from the spirit of Gloria McMillan too. I prayed to her before I went on. I said, please let the words flow and please not let me say anything that's inappropriate. And I think she's guided me through okay so far.   Michael Hingson ** 49:20 Well, if, if you do something you're not supposed to, she's gonna probably hit you upside the head. You know, did you two ever actually get to perform together?   Ron Cocking ** 49:30 Oh, I'm glad you asked that, because, well, it had been years since I knew that she was a darn good tap dancer. In fact, I had a tap dancing ensemble of of my more advanced kids, and if they wanted to dedicate the extra time that it took, we rehearsed them and let them perform at free of charge once they made it to that group, they they did not pay to come in and rehearse with me, because I would spend a lot of time standing there creating so. So we were doing a performance, and we wanted to spotlight, I forget the exact reason why we wanted to spotlight some of Gloria's career. Talk about radio a little bit. And I said, Gloria, would you do a little soft shoe routine? And because we had invited a mutual friend of ours, Walden Hughes, from the reps organization, and he was going to be the guest of honor, so I talked her into it. At first she wasn't going to go for it, but we had so much fun rehearsing it together. And it wasn't a long routine, it was relatively short, beautiful music, little soft shoe, and it was so much fun to say that we actually tap danced together. But the other times that we actually got to work together was at the old time radio conventions, mostly with reps, and that's really when I got to sit on stage. I was kind of typecast as an announcer, and I got to do some commercials. I got to sing once with Lucy arnazza. Oh, life, a life boy soap commercial. But when Gloria, Well, Gloria did the lead parts, and oh my gosh, that's when I realized what a superb actress she was. And if I don't know if you've heard of Greg Oppenheimer, his father, Jess Oppenheimer created the I Love Lucy shows, and so Gloria loved Jess Oppenheimer. And so Greg Oppenheimer, Jess Son, did a lot of directing, and oh my gosh, I would see he came in very well prepared and knew how the lines should be delivered. And if Gloria was not right on it, he would say, No, wait a minute, Gloria, I want you to emphasize the word decided, and that's going to get the laugh. And when he gave her a reading like that man, the next time she went through that dialog, just what he had asked for. And I thought, Oh my gosh. And her timing, after watching so many armist Brooks TV and listening to radio shows. GLORIA learned her comedic timing from one of the princesses of comedy timing is Eve Arden, right? They were so well for obvious reasons. They were so very similar. And if you have time to story for another story, do you know have you heard of Bob Hastings? He was the lieutenant on McHale's navy. McHale's Navy, right? Yeah. Well, he also did a lot of old time radio. So we went up to Seattle,   Michael Hingson ** 52:32 our two grandkids, Troy Amber, he played, not Archie. Was it Henry Aldridge? He was on,   Ron Cocking ** 52:40 I think you're right. I'm not too up on the cast of the old time radio show. Yeah, I think you're right. But anyway, he was there, and there was an actress that had to bow out. I don't know who that was, but our grandsons and Gloria and I, we walked in, and as usual, we say hi to everybody. We're given a big packet of six or eight scripts each, and we go to our room and say, Oh my gosh. Get out the pencils, and we start marking our scripts. So we get a phone call from Walden, and he said, hey, Ron Bob. Bob Hastings wants to see Gloria in his room. He wants to read through he's not sure if he wants to do the Bickersons script, because he you know, the gal bowed out and right, you know, so Gloria went down   Michael Hingson ** 53:23 couple of doors, coming   Ron Cocking ** 53:26 Yes, and she so she came back out of half an hour, 40 minutes later, and she said, well, that little stinker, he was auditioning me. He went in and she went in and he said, Well, you know, I don't know if I want to do this. It doesn't seem that funny to me. Let's read a few lines. Well, long story short, they read the whole thing through, and they were both, they were both rolling around the floor. I'll bet they laughing and so and then jump to the following afternoon, they did it live, and I was able to watch. I had some pre time, and I watched, and they were just fantastic together. I left after the show, I went to the green room, had a little snack, and I was coming back to our room, walking down the hall, and here comes Bob Hastings, and he says, oh, Ron. He said, Your wife was just fantastic. So much better than the other girl would have been. So when I told GLORIA That story that made her her day, her week. She felt so good about that. So that's my Bob Hastings story. Bob Hastings and Gloria Macmillan were great as the Bickersons.   Speaker 1 ** 54:29 Yeah, that was a very clever show. It started on the Danny Thomas show, and then they they ended up going off and having their own show, Francis Langford and Donna Michi, but they were very clever.   Ron Cocking ** 54:42 Now, did you realize when now that you mentioned Danny Thomas? Did you realize that Gloria's mom, Hazel McMillan, was the first female agent, talent agent in Hollywood? No, and that's how you know when the. They moved from from Portland, Oregon, a little city outside of Portland. They moved because Gloria's mom thought she had talent enough to do radio, and it wasn't a year after they got here to LA that she did her first national show for Lux radio at the age of five. That was in 1937 with with Edward G Robinson. I've got a recording of that show. What's what show was it? It was a Christmas show. And I don't remember the name of the of it, but it was a Christmas show. It was Walden that sent us. Sent   Michael Hingson ** 55:33 it to us. I'll find it. I've got it, I'm sure.   Ron Cocking ** 55:35 And so, yeah, so, so Gloria was a member of what they called the 500 club. There was a group of, I don't know, nine or 10 kids that by the time the photograph that I have of this club, it looks like Gloria is around 12 to 14 years old, and they had all done 500 or more radio shows. Wow, that's a lot of radio show. There's a lot of radio So Gloria did, I mean, I got a short my point was, her mom was an agent, and when Gloria was working so consistently at armas Brooks, she said, Well, I'm kind of out of a job. I don't need to take you. GLORIA could drive then. And so she came back from the grocery store, Ralph's market near Wilshire and Doheny, and she came back said, Well, I know what I'm going to do. I ran into this cute little boy at the grocery store. I'm going to represent him for television. And she that's, she started the Hazel McMillan agency, and she ran that agency until she just couldn't anymore. I think she ran it until early 1980s but she, my god, she represented people like Angela Cartwright on the Danny Thomas show and Kathy Garver on, all in the family a family affair. Family Affair. Yeah. Jane north. Jane North went in for Dennis the Menace. He didn't get the role. He came back said, Hazel, I don't think they liked me, and they didn't. They didn't call me back or anything. Hazel got on that phone, said, Look, I know this kid can do what you're asking for. I want you to see him again. He went back and they read him again. He got the part, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 57:21 and he was perfect for it.   Ron Cocking ** 57:22 He was perfect for that part was, I'm sorry.   Michael Hingson ** 57:27 It's sad that he passed earlier this year.   Ron Cocking ** 57:29 Yeah, he passed and he had, he had a tough life, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 57:36 well, you know, tell me you, you have what you you have some favorite words of wisdom. Tell me about those.   Ron Cocking ** 57:45 Oh, this goes back to the reason why I came across this when I was looking for something significant to say on the opening of one of our big concert programs. We used to do all of our shows at the California theater of Performing Arts in San Bernardino, it's a really, a real gem of a theater. It's where Will Rogers gave his last performance. And so I came across this, and it's, I don't know if this is biblical, you might, you might know, but it's, if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. And that's what I felt like Gloria and I were trying to do. We wanted to teach these kids as as professionally. We treated our students as they were, as if they were little professionals. We we expected quality, we expected them to work hard, but again, Gloria taught me patience, unending patience. But we knew that we wanted them to feel confident when the time came, that they would go out and audition. We didn't want them to be embarrassed. We want we wanted them to be able to come back to us and say, Boy, I felt so good at that audition. I knew all the steps I was and I and I read so well it was. And thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And so that aspect of it, we felt that we were feeding them for a lifetime, but we also were creating all of these arts patrons, all these lovers of the arts, 1000s of kids now love to go to musicals and movies and plays because they've kind of been there and done that at our studio. And so anyway, that's and whether, whether or not it was their confidence in show business or whether it was their confidence we've had so many calls from and visits from parents and former students saying, Boy, I just was awarded a job. And they said my my communication skills were excellent, and I owe that to Gloria. I was on the beach the other day, and I looked over and there was this young man and his wife. I assumed it was his wife. It was they were setting. Up their beach chairs, and I looked and I say, Excuse me, is your name Brandon? And he said, No, but he said, Is your name Ron? And I said, Yes. He said, No, my name is Eric. And I said, Eric puentes. And so we reminisced for a while. He took tap from me. He took acting from Gloria, and he said, you know, he was sad to hear of Gloria's passing. And he said, You know, I owe so much to Gloria. I learned so much about speaking in front of groups. And he is now a minister. He has his own church in Redlands, California, and he's a minister. And of all the billion people on the beach, he sits next to me. So that's one of those things when it's supposed to   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:41 happen. It happens. It does. Yeah, well, and as we talked about earlier, you and Gloria did lots of stuff with reps, and I'm going to miss it this time, but I've done a few, and I'm going to do some more. What I really enjoy about people who come from the radio era, and who have paid attention to the radio era is that the acting and the way they project is so much different and so much better than people who have no experience with radio. And I know Walden and I have talked about the fact that we are looking to get a grant at some point so that we can train actors or people who want to be involved in these shows, to be real actors, and who will actually go back and listen to the shows, listen to what people did, and really try to bring that forward into the recreations, because so many people who haven't really had the experience, or who haven't really listened to radio programs sound so forced, as opposed to natural.   Ron Cocking ** 1:01:46 I agree, and I know exactly what you're saying. In fact, Walden on a couple of at least two or three occasions, he allowed us to take some of Gloria's acting students all the way to Seattle, and we did some in for the spurred vac organization Los Angeles, we did a beautiful rendition of a script that we adapted of the Velveteen Rabbit. And of all people, Janet Waldo agreed to do the fairy at the end, and she was exquisite. And it's only like, I don't know, four or five lines, and, oh my gosh, it just wrapped it up with a satin bow. And, but, but in some of our kids, yeah, they, they, they were very impressed by the radio, uh, recreations that they were exposed to at that convention.   Speaker 1 ** 1:02:37 Yeah, yeah. Well, and it's, it is so wonderful to hear some of these actors who do it so well, and to really see how they they are able to pull some of these things together and make the shows a lot better. And I hope that we'll see more of that. I hope that we can actually work to teach more people how to really deal with acting from a standpoint of radio,   Ron Cocking ** 1:03:04 that's a great idea. And I know Walden is really sensitive to that. He Yeah, he would really be a proponent of that.   Michael Hingson ** 1:03:10 Oh, he and I have talked about it. We're working on it. We're hoping we can get some things. Well, I want to thank you for being here. We've been doing this an hour already.  

Nominate your veterinary hero here today! Veterinary Medicine was a 2nd career for Jill Clark, DVM, who had a successful 17-year career as an Assistant Director in film and television production that followed her early start in that profession as a child actor. Looking for a change, she was accepted into veterinary school and graduated from Oklahoma State University with her DVM ('96). Clark practiced medicine in a 6-doctor practice as an associate and then Medical Director of a satellite practice for 10 years before joining a group of 8 hospitals that grew to 80, National PetCare Centers, eventually taking on the Vice President of Operations role. Next up, she served 12 years with VCA in hospital operations, managing 22 General and Specialty Practices, and then as a vice president at the VCA home office in Los Angeles, overseeing VCA's doctor recruiting team, campus relationships, and intern/resident placement. In 2010, she was responsible for creating VCA's award-winning corporate university, WOOF-U, which trained and developed over 24,000 veterinary learners and is still VCA's primary training vehicle today. Clark founded IGNITE Veterinary Solutions in 2016 with the singular goal of elevating the role-specific knowledge and capabilities of veterinary teams to enhance their well-being and the well-being of the patients and clients they serve. Her passion for the underserved learners in our profession is obvious in IGNITE's focus on CSRs and their advancement. Clark and her co-author, Kristi Fisher, CVT, created the Veterinary Receptionist Certificate of Excellence (VRCE), which has made a material difference in the lives of more than 5,000 CSRs and growing. Her passion for elevating CSRs to a new level led her to create the non-profit North American Association of Veterinary Receptionists (NAAVR) in 2024 with Debbie Boone, CVPM, and Rhonda Bell, CVPM, PCM, CDMP. This association advocates for CSRs, normalizes and creates continuing CSR education tracks at state and national conferences, and provides the tools necessary for CSRs to thrive in their role. Her nearly 30-year career in veterinary medicine has been dedicated to constantly improving veterinary outcomes and operations. It has created many opportunities for the professional growth of the incredible people who make up our profession. Clark's other passions are showing American Quarter Horses and spending time with the love of her life and fellow veterinarian Bob Murtaugh, DVM, MS, and their 7 dogs, 9 horses, 4 cats, 4 goats, 4 mini-Belted Galloway cows, and 4 chickens on their ranch outside of Austin, Texas.

On the October 15 edition of the Music History Today podcast, Chuck Berry gives his final performance, as does CBGB, plus Rick Nelson gets booed & writes a song about it. Also, happy birthday to Chris de Burgh. For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts from ALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday On this date: In 1937, singer Jo Stafford married singer John Huddleston. * In 1955, the Grand Ole Opry TV show premiered on ABC TV. * In 1956, Little Richard recorded the song Good Golly Miss Molly. * In 1958, Jackie Wilson recorded his smash hit Lonely Teardrops. * In 1960, the Beatles, with Ringo Starr on drums instead of Pete Best, recorded together for the first time. * In 1963 Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, & Mary married photographer Barry Feinstein. * In 1965, Jimi Hendrix signed his first recording contract. * In 1966, The Four Tops hit #1 with the song Reach Out I'll Be There. * In 1966, The Monkees recorded the Neil Diamond - written song I'm a Believer. * In 1968, Led Zeppelin performed together for the first time, in England. * In 1971, Rick Nelson was booed at Madison Square Garden when he tried to perform newer songs instead of old hits during his concert. The experience went on to inspire him to write his comeback song Garden Party. * In 1973, Elvis entered the hospital for treatment of respiratory problems, which is where his doctor realized that Elvis was addicted to Demerol. * In 1977, Debbie Boone hit #1 with the song You Light Up My Life. * In 1981, Metallica formed. * In 1988, UB40 hit #1 with a cover version of Neil Diamond's song Red Red Wine. * In 1992, Madonna held her infamous Sex party in Manhattan to promote her Sex photo book. * In 2000, Dave Edmunds had triple bypass heart surgery. * In 2001, Slash of Guns N Roses married his wife Perla Ferrar. * In 2003, the Louis Armstrong House Museum opened in Queens, NY. * In 2006, Patti Smith was the final performer at the original New York City club CBGB. * In 2014, Chuck Berry played his final performance. It was at the Blueberry Hill Club in St Louis. * In 2016, the Lifetime Channel music docu-movie Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge, & Michel'le premiered. * In 2016, Winston Marshall of Mumford & Sons married singer and actress Dianna Agron. * In 2017, the music documentary series The Platinum Life premiered on the E! TV channel. In the world of classical music: * In 1886, Modest Mussorgsky's classical piece Night on Bald Mountain premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia. It would later become famous to an entire generation of kids in the Disney movie Fantasia. * In 1905, classical composer Claude Debussey's La Mer premiered. In 1925, the opera Beatrice from Willem Landre was performed for the first time. In 1994, Philip Glass premiered his Symphony No. 2 for string orchestra. In award ceremonies held on this date: * In 1969, Tammy Wynette & Johnny Cash won at the Country Music Association awards. * In 1973, Roy Clark won at the Country Music Association awards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musichistorytodaypodcast/support

Intro music: Samplefocus.comUsage: Standard licenseStory and Cover art by: Gail NoblesYou didn't think podcasting could have an AM radio sound, did you? Well, I suppose in this digital age, sound quality is king, but let's not forget the charm of those crackly, static-filled airwaves we grew up with. Ah, the golden days of radio! There's something about tuning in to your favorite station, praying that the signal comes in clear so you can enjoy the music without the distraction.Once a radio station ceases to exist, it's as if the very spirit of its history diappears. It's left like a whisper in the wind—only lingering in the minds of those who once tuned in. Take WHIT, for instance. There I was, a little girl in the 70s, listening to what felt like magic coming from a car radio as I enjoyed a ride. I have a notion that it was an AM station, broadcasting from somewhere that felt like a world away.I can almost hear the strains of Randy Newman's “Short People” floating through the air, mixed with the smooth vibe of Paul McCartney's “Silly Love Songs.” There was Charlie Dore crooning “Pilot of the Airwaves,” and Debbie Boone telling me, “You Light Up My Life.” How can I forget Melisa Manchester's “Don't Cry Out Loud,” or Candi Staton's “Run, Heart, Run Free”, and Yvonne Elliman's “If I Can't Have You.” Now, I don't know if I heard all these hits on WHIT specifically, but the memories are neatly tucked away with that station.And let's not overlook the charismatic Wolfman Jack—how could we forget the man who owned the airwaves? He spun records with the enthusiasm only a true radio DJ could muster.AM radio might have been fuzzier than a cat's fur, and the static could drive you nuts, but there was a certain warmth to those imperfect sounds. The music managed to shine through the noise, and that's what made it special. I didn't care about the interference; I was too busy lost in the melodies that carried my dreams.

Episode Notes S5E18 -- Join us as we dive into the mind of the amazing Samantha Newark. She'll take us on her journey from the Los Angeles Pops orchestra to Jem and The Holograms and beyons.. Samantha is best known for her voice-over animation work in 1980s Cult Classic cartoon series “Jem and The Holograms” as the speaking voices of Jem and Jerrica Benton. She also began her professional music career at the age of seven. Signed to Nitty Gritty records she recorded her first record while living in Africa and then toured to support her single "Jimmy Jimbo" produced by Allan Goldswain and Mike Adams. At age 10 she and her family immigrated to America and Samantha was promptly signed to International Creative Management where she was thrust onto the State fair circuit opening for Eddie Rabbit, Pat and Debbie Boone and Mac Davis. NEWS FLASH: You can now purchase Toking with the Dead full novel here https://a.co/d/7uypgZo https://www.barnesandnoble.com/.../toking.../1143414656... You can see all your past favorite episodes now streaming on https://redcoraluniverse.com/ OR Show your support by purchasing FB stars. Send stars to the stars fb.com/stars Toking with the Dead: https://www.stilltoking.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TokingwiththeDead?tn=-]C-R https://www.instagram.com/stilltokingwith/?hl=en https://twitter.com/thetoking?lang=en https://pinecast.com/feed/still-toking-with Check out Toking with the Dead Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awhL5FyW_j4 Check out Toking with the Dead Episode 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaUai58ua6o Buy awesome Merchandise! https://www.stilltoking.com/toking-with-the-dead-train https://teespring.com/stores/still-toking-with Our booking agent: https://www.facebook.com/AmyMakepeace https://www.facebook.com/groups/3770117099673924 Sponsorship Opportunities: https://www.stilltoking.com/become-a-sponsor or email us at bartlett52108@gmail.com thetokingdead@gmail.com ————————————— Follow our guest https://www.samanthanewark.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Newark https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0627612/ https://www.instagram.com/samanthanewarkofficial/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/samanthanewarkfanpage/ https://samanthanewark.com/store https://twitter.com/SamanthaNewark ———————— Follow Still Toking With and their friends! https://smartpa.ge/5zv1 https://thedorkeningpodcastnetwork.com/ ————————————— Produced by Leo Pond and The Dorkening Podcast Network https://TheDorkening.com Facebook.com/TheDorkening Youtube.com/TheDorkening Twitter.com/TheDorkening Dead Dork Radio https://live365.com/station/Dead-Dork-Radio-a68071 MORE ABOUT THE GUEST: Samantha was nominated for a "Young Artist award" twice for "Exceptional young actress in animation, series, specials, or film features" also nominated for her performance in "Best animated series". Other voice-over credits include guest-starring on the original Transformers cartoon as "Ariel" in the classic Transformers episode "War Dawn" and in other episodes playing the role of "Elise Presser". Samantha was also cast as the voice of a young Peter Pan's mother in Steven Spielberg feature film Hook as well as doing countless on camera and voice-over TV and radio commercials. She also played the role of Debbie in the 1987 thriller film Summer Camp Nightmare. She won the title role in the United States Navy band production of the musical “Annie” in Washington DC and eventually moved with her family to Burbank California where she was cast as a 12 year old Rosie in a production of the musical “Sweet Charity” and Dorothy in a Los Angeles production of “The Wizard Of Oz”. She was a frequent young performer of The L.A. Kids cabaret that included Danielle Brisebois, Martika, Shawnee Smith and Renee Sands and performed often with the Ray Anthony orchestra at the famous Shrine Auditorium and on many telethons. She also was a featured guest vocalist at age 14 with the 65 piece Los Angeles Pops orchestra. She won the Los Angeles vocal competition at the age of 17 and then through the late 1990s started to write and record her own original music with many different incarnations of original bands. Find out more at https://still-toking-with.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/still-toking-with/1f10735f-6a23-4e73-b95f-e9b8688e8bb6

A tough job that we often talk about on the Veterinary Viewfinder is the role of a veterinary receptionist, a customer service representative, or whatever you choose to call those invaluable folks up front who are, quite frankly, taking a lot of the hits from our clients. This week, we're excited to welcome back to the podcast Debbie Boone, CVPM, one of the co-founders of a new organization dedicated to improving the lives and skills of those folks who are our veterinary receptionists. This week, we want to discuss how you can get involved and why this is important for your clinic. Hosts Dr. Ernie Ward and Beckie Mossor, RVT, MPA, talk with Debbie Boone, CVPM, a co-founder of the North American Association of Veterinary Receptionists (NAAVR). Learn how this organization started, what its plans are, and why you should better train your veterinary receptionists!

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Debbie Boone is a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager with a BS in Animal Science.  Debbie is a Veterinary Business Consultant, is Fear Free Certified, and has served on the board of directors and is the current past-president for VetPartners. She is a talented speaker and has a new book out called "Hospitality in Healthcare".  Today Debbie and Julie talk about the unique challenges that veterinarians face working with clients, and how they can better care for themselves and their teams.  Hospitality is not only about the clients, but about setting boundaries for veterinarians, and understanding what we can do to change the profession so we can love Veterinary Medicine again.  Learn more about Debbie at DebbieBoonecvpm.com   Find Dr. Julie Cappel at theveterinarylifecoach.com Buy Julie's New Book!  "Love Your Veterinary Life" on Amazon! Try Veterinary Life Coaching with a free Introductory session at Julie Cappel.com Sign Up for Wednesday Weekly Words - Julie's Free weekly words of inspiration.  

This week on the Uncharted Podcast, practice management super nerd, Stephanie Goss, is joined by a very special guest co-host. Debbie Boone, CVPM joins the podcast again, this time to discuss a topic near and dear to Stephanie's heart - the art of client care. For those of you who haven't met Debbie, let us introduce her. Debbie is a CVPM and Fear FreeSM Certified. She has worked for the veterinary profession for more than 35 years. Debbie's business, 2 Manage Vets Consulting, helps practices develop extraordinary team communication and business skills, enhancing patient care, improving profitability, and increasing practice value. She strives to improve the lives of animals by using her expertise to improve workplace culture and the well-being of veterinary professionals. Debbie recently published her first book, Hospitality in Healthcare and Stephanie wanted to take the chance to talk with Debbie about hospitality and what lessons we can learn and apply inside our practices when it comes to making clients feel welcome and invited in to our practices. Let's get into this... UNLEASH YOUR LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL Are you ready to elevate your impact as a leader in the veterinary field? The Uncharted Leadership Essentials Certificate is your blueprint for leadership success. Developing the skills you need to succeed as a leader in today's dynamic veterinary business landscape starts here. An Uncharted Leadership Essentials Certificate provides you with seven crucial building blocks to lead with confidence at any level and achieve excellence in your veterinary practice. This program offers 8 hours of CE that will equip veterinary professionals to lead high-performing and collaborative teams delivered on VetFolio's comprehensive, on-demand platform. Develop the skills you need to dive boldly into any leadership role. Sharpen your ability to build trust, be an effective coach, hold people accountable, achieve buy-in, and align your team's vision. Grow and retain leaders in your practice. Get ready to chart your course as a leader in vet med. Earn your certificate with the full Leadership Essentials program or choose the individual course(s) that best fit your professional goals. Learn more: https://unchartedvet.com/certificates/ DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO JOIN US... December 12, 2023: Recruiting & Retaining Millennials with Tierra Price Time: 1pm ET/10am PT – 3pm ET/12pm PT This workshop will give you tips and tricks on creating irresistible job offers for millennials and developing roles that will retain them in today's challenging recruitment landscape. Veterinarians are in high demand, but prepare to find out how accessible this market can be, no matter the size of your practice! This workshop is free for our current Uncharted members and only $99 for the general public! Come join us. Upcoming events: unchartedvet.com/upcoming-events/ All Links: linktr.ee/UnchartedVet Do you have something that you would love Andy and Stephanie to role play on the podcast - a situation where you would love some examples of what someone else would say and how they would say it? If so, send us a message through the mailbag! We want to hear your challenges and would love to feature your scenario on the podcast. Head over to the mailbag and submit it here: unchartedvet.com/mailbag

In case you missed it: Debbie Boone, CVPM, and Josh Vaisman, MAPPCP (PgD), combined forces in front of a live audience at AAHA's annual conference, AAHA Con, in September 2023. Debbie and Josh both published books this year, and both of them have appeared on Central Line to talk about them, but the two of them together are unarguably an unstoppable force for positive change.   Mentioned in this episode:   Hospitality in Healthcare: How Top Performing Practices Boost Team Happiness and Give the Best to Their Patients, by Debbie Boone, CVPM  Lead to Thrive: The Science of Crafting a Positive Veterinary Culture, by Josh Vaisman, MAPPCP (PgD) (AAHA, 2023)  Central Line is generously supported by CareCredit.   Wish you could watch these conversations? Catch Central Line on YouTube.   Got something to say? We're always up for constructive comments and conversation. Send us feedback or questions anytime at podcast@aaha.org.  This episode was produced by Clear Contender LLC with generous support from CareCredit. This content is subject to change without notice and offered for informational use only. You are urged to consult with your individual business, financial, legal, tax and/or other advisors with respect to any information presented. Synchrony and any of its affiliates, including CareCredit and Pets Best (collectively, “Synchrony”) makes no representations or warranties regarding this content and accept no liability for any loss or harm arising from the use of the information provided. All statements and opinions in the recording are the sole opinions of the speaker. Your receipt of this material constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions.

Theft and embezzlement are a sad reality that many practices face. While we may not be able to ever eliminate the problem, there are certainly things we can do to proactively prevent the mishandling of practice resources. No one wants to work with an untrustworthy team but the truth is some people lie and some people steal. It's important to protect the business and it will require oversight even in the face of trust. Today's guest is John Cunnington, MBA CVPM who works as a Regional Director of Operations for VCA Hospitals. He has been in the industry for many years and is passionate about helping hospital teams reach their goals. In our conversation today, John shares examples of theft and embezzlement that he has seen and how they might have been prevented. He also explains that no matter what protections we have in place, it may still happen. What do we do in that situation? John gives a lot of great tips on how to handle this uncomfortable situation to help you be prepared for this possibility.   Show Notes: [2:34] - Over the years, John has seen a lot of money stolen and when he first got into veterinary medicine, he was surprised how things like this unfold and that the culprit was often in management. [4:18] - There are several reasons someone may decide to commit theft. Some may feel entitled to the money, some could be driven by the thrill, some find themselves in a bind. [6:54] - Debbie shares an experience with a manager who gave herself a hefty raise without authorization. [8:29] - John believes that when employees feel respected and are being paid a decent living wage, it could decrease the risk. [10:20] - Being friends with your team members is fine, but it is possible to become too chummy and they may feel like they can take advantage of the relationship. [12:10] - You don't want just one person in charge of all tasks in a specific area. There needs to be cheques and balances. [14:56] - Asking questions about money inconsistencies can be uncomfortable but important. People need to know that you are looking. [16:40] - Large scale thefts and embezzlement generally start small. [18:27] - Be prepared for these possible reactions in the conversation with a theft suspect that you are confronting. It's important to stay calm. [19:40] - Even if they feel that they have a reason for their action, you need to hold firm. Theft is still wrong. [22:09] - Debbie shares an experience in knowing a theft had taken place but no one would come forward. The police were called to get to the bottom of the matter. [24:14] - Generally speaking, stolen money is probably not going to be returned. [25:52] - Cameras are always a good idea to have in place. [27:45] - Employees need to know that the cameras are there for their safety as well. [29:15] - As leaders of a practice, it all starts with a conversation. Be open about the checks and balances that are in place.  [31:35] - VHMA had a very good webinar on preventing fraud and embezzlement by Debbie Boone in 2012. The ppt can be found on the VHMA website.   Thank you for listening. Remember you are not in this alone. Visit our website for more resources.   Links and Resources: VHMA Web Page VHMA Coronavirus Resources VHMA Facebook VHMA Twitter VHMA on Linkedin

Veterinary practices encounter client conflicts and negativity. To enhance workplace culture, effective communication and hospitality training is key. This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak discuss with Debbie Boone, CVPM the advantages of employing hospitality skills in veterinary medicine.   "Hospitality in Healthcare" by Debbie Boone. Debbie Boone recommends the book "Crucial Conversations".

Vet Life Reimagined guest, Debbie Boone grew up in her family's restaurants learning about the importance of hospitality. She has over 35 years of business experience in the veterinary industry and now owns a veterinary consultant service. She is a professional speaker and trainer on communication, team development, client service, and change implementation. In this episode, you will learn skills to help you thrive in work and life such as emotional intelligence and a growth mindset. Resources:Debbie's websiteDebbie's book on hospitalityChapters(00:00) Introduction(02:13) Debbie's career journey(07:16) How Debbie's clinic achieved almost 90% compliance in preventative care(21:18) Challenge, failure, growth(24:54) How the brain is a liar and why that's important(28:35) How to respond to, "you just care about the money".(30:36) Emotional intelligence and empathy in veterinary medicine. Who is the hero?(35:38) What work as a veterinary clinic consultant looks like(39:11) Debbie's final advice for the veterinary profession(40:43) Final 4 questions(42:33) Gratitude(43:48) Behind the scenes of Debbie's recent book(45:05) Why you should talk to strangers**PSA** Thank you for being a listener! If you listen on the Stitcher platform, this app will be discontinued on August 29th. There are many other great podcast platforms like Podopolo (you can use my referral code megansprinkle), Podbean, Overcast, Spotify, and more. Support the showMore Vet Life Reimagined?

On this episode, we're joined by Debbie Boone, a true legend in the field of veterinary practice management. You'll get a behind-the-scenes look at the workings of a veterinary hospital, what to look for when you choose yours, and some tips on how to better navigate the costs of your pet's care.

Few people know the world of veterinary medicine better than Debbie Boone, BS, CVPM. In her new book, Hospitality in Healthcare, Debbie makes connections between a “hospitality mindset” (Debbie grew up in the restaurant business) and the wellbeing of veterinary teams. By considering our clients' experiences, including “zooming out” when needed and taking a hard look at our own biases, we can meet their needs, create real connections, and be happier at work—even on the hard days.   Get your copy of Hospitality in Healthcare and learn more about Debbie, her podcast, The Bend, her other publications, and where she'll be speaking at her website, debbieboonecvpm.com.    Missed Debbie's first episode of Central Line? Find it here.  Central Line and Hospitality in Healthcare are generously supported by CareCredit and Pet's Best.  Wish you could watch these conversations? Catch Central Line on YouTube.   Got something to say? We're always up for constructive comments and conversation. Send us feedback or questions anytime at podcast@aaha.org.  This episode was produced by Clear Contender LLC with generous support from CareCredit. This content is subject to change without notice and offered for informational use only. You are urged to consult with your individual business, financial, legal, tax and/or other advisors with respect to any information presented. Synchrony and any of its affiliates, including CareCredit and Pets Best (collectively, “Synchrony”) makes no representations or warranties regarding this content and accept no liability for any loss or harm arising from the use of the information provided. All statements and opinions in the recording are the sole opinions of the speaker. Your receipt of this material constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions.

Our last episode of 2022 is closing out the first season of the VetMed Mind! The next season kicks off on January 2023!In this episode of the VetMed Mind:Shawn and Rachel spent time learning and reminiscing with Debbie Boone, BS, CVPM. Debbie and Shawn have known each other for many years traveling the speaker circuit of the veterinary industry. Debbie has worked for the veterinary profession for over 35 years as a manager, consultant, writer, and speaker. She enjoys using her expertise to improve workplace culture and the well-being of veterinary professionals. Debbie hosts The Bend, a podcast that invites guests to share stories of resilience over adversity. She owns 2 ManageVets Consulting and is the President of VetPartners, the Association of Consultants and Advisors.You can follow Debbie on LinkedInLearn more about Debbie's consulting at www.dboone2managevets.comThe VetMed Mind is a podcast project about sharing inspirational stories, lessons, and successes from the amazing people of the veterinary industry.

Kirk Buchner, Andrea Tessmann and Brad Nelson look at Debbie Boone's sappy 1978 ballad, "You Light up My Life"

My guest, Debbie Boone is a Veterinary Practice Management Consultant focused on Communication, Team building, Employee Engagement and Customer Service issues. She offers custom consultation services for veterinary practices who desire to improve their practice and their life. No judgement, she just helps.  She has over 23 years" in clinic" experience managing AAHA small animal veterinary practices. Her mission: Helping Veterinary Teams live their best life through coaching, better leadership and communication. Here's all the places you can find Debbie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVU41sDEnXV_OSVllDpswMA/featured   (The Bend)  https://dboone2managevets.com/ (Debbie's Website) https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbiebooneveterinaryconsultant/ (LinkedIn)

This week we welcome The Blues Brothers! Clint Nievar takes the role of Jake Blues head on with all the fierceness and intensity of the original man himself. Clint is a 17 year veteran of the business with formal training in singing, acting, and dancing. Hailing from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where he took ballet, tap, and jazz lessons since the age of 14 and moving to the Branson area straight out of high-school in 2001. He has graced the stage of many legendary shows in town including The WELK Show and Stuck on the 70's show. Later in his career Clint was hired at Silver Dollar City where he worked for 12 years in productions such as A Dickens Christmas Carol, Echo Hollow, The Silver Dollar Saloon, and finished his run with the company with Its a Wonderful Life. Clint has also worked alongside Debbie Boone, Jerry Van Dike, Ed McMann and even had the chance to be side kick comedian to the one and only Yakov Smirnoff for whom he wrote comedy for over two years. Originally from Auburn Indiana, Justin is no stranger to the Branson stage. He has performed in numerous fan favorite shows over the years such as: The 12 Irish Tenors, Shake Rattle and Roll, Magnificent 7 Variety Show, Broadway the Star Spangled Celebration, A Dickens Christmas Carol, Christmas Wonderland and others. Other credits include being a featured vocalist for Carnival Cruise Lines and Oceana Cruise Lines throughout the world. Justin is also Co-Producer and Co-Owner of the award winning show “Forever Young,” which is currently touring the country and being performed on cruise ships around the globe. Justin is ecstatic for the opportunity to step into the role of Elwood Blues for Legends in Concert alongside his longtime friend Clint Nievar as Jake Blues. Legends in Concert is located along the famous 76 Strip and has been a part of the Branson entertainment scene over two decades. Two power-packed hours of fabulous entertainment awaits you! This world famous live tribute show features an amazing cast of all-star entertainers assembled on one stage in one of the most sought after productions in the world. Don't miss out on this extravagant concert in Branson. To order tickets or for more information call the Dick Clark American Bandstand Box Office: 417-339-3003 or visit www.LegendsInConcert/ Branson.

Grammy Award winning singer, Debbie Boone will perform this summer at the Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival. Debbie shares about her life, the music she continues to perform and her career.

Just talking to Debbie Boone, CVPM, makes you feel calmer – it's easy to see how she built her career out of helping people communicate better. But she maintains that anyone can learn skills like active listening and de-escalation, and she gives some terrific tips for implementing these skills in practice. While we intended this conversation to speak directly to our colleagues in client service, Debbie's advice will ring true for anyone who deals with people on a regular basis (so... that's all of us).   Find Debbie on Facebook and at 2 Manage Vets Consulting, and check out one of our favorite books, Crucial Conversations, which Debbie says should be required reading for the entire planet.   Find all of AAHA's most up-to-date Guidelines, including resources for your clients and team, at aaha.org/guidelines.  Wish you could watch these conversations? Catch Central Line on YouTube. Send us feedback or questions anytime at podcast@aaha.org.  Access all things Central Line, including guest bios and full transcripts of each episode: aaha.org/podcast. This episode was produced by Clear Contender LLC with generous support from CareCredit. This information is shared solely for your convenience. You are urged to consult with your individual advisors with respect to any information presented. Synchrony and its affiliates, including CareCredit, (collectively, “Synchrony”) makes no representations or warranties regarding this content and accept no liability for any loss or harm arising from the use of the information provided. All statements and opinions are the sole opinions of the speaker.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 379 with the legendary Debbie Boone. Debby Boone's exuberant album, "Swing This," will be reissued on all digital streaming platforms on February 4 via Time Life. The collection of jazzy standards is inspired by her experiences as a child in Las Vegas while her father headlined at iconic venues like the Sands and the Sahara during the 1960's."When my father, Pat Boone, headlined Vegas in the '60s, I was there with him - and even though I was just a kid, I couldn't get enough of the music or the glamour," says Boone. "This is my take on the joyful, exhilarating music I heard that inspired me to become a singer," and led her to work with some of the Rat Pack era's biggest icons, including Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis. Jr.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 379 with the legendary Debbie Boone. Debby Boone's exuberant album, "Swing This," will be reissued on all digital streaming platforms on February 4 via Time Life. The collection of jazzy standards is inspired by her experiences as a child in Las Vegas while her father headlined at iconic venues like the Sands and the Sahara during the 1960's. "When my father, Pat Boone, headlined Vegas in the '60s, I was there with him - and even though I was just a kid, I couldn't get enough of the music or the glamour," says Boone. "This is my take on the joyful, exhilarating music I heard that inspired me to become a singer," and led her to work with some of the Rat Pack era's biggest icons, including Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis. Jr.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 379 with the legendary Debbie Boone. Debby Boone's exuberant album, "Swing This," will be reissued on all digital streaming platforms on February 4 via Time Life. The collection of jazzy standards is inspired by her experiences as a child in Las Vegas while her father headlined at iconic venues like the Sands and the Sahara during the 1960's. "When my father, Pat Boone, headlined Vegas in the '60s, I was there with him - and even though I was just a kid, I couldn't get enough of the music or the glamour," says Boone. "This is my take on the joyful, exhilarating music I heard that inspired me to become a singer," and led her to work with some of the Rat Pack era's biggest icons, including Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis. Jr.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 379 with the legendary Debbie Boone. Debby Boone's exuberant album, "Swing This," will be reissued on all digital streaming platforms on February 4 via Time Life. The collection of jazzy standards is inspired by her experiences as a child in Las Vegas while her father headlined at iconic venues like the Sands and the Sahara during the 1960's. "When my father, Pat Boone, headlined Vegas in the '60s, I was there with him - and even though I was just a kid, I couldn't get enough of the music or the glamour," says Boone. "This is my take on the joyful, exhilarating music I heard that inspired me to become a singer," and led her to work with some of the Rat Pack era's biggest icons, including Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis. Jr.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 379 with the legendary Debbie Boone. Debby Boone's exuberant album, "Swing This," will be reissued on all digital streaming platforms on February 4 via Time Life. The collection of jazzy standards is inspired by her experiences as a child in Las Vegas while her father headlined at iconic venues like the Sands and the Sahara during the 1960's. "When my father, Pat Boone, headlined Vegas in the '60s, I was there with him - and even though I was just a kid, I couldn't get enough of the music or the glamour," says Boone. "This is my take on the joyful, exhilarating music I heard that inspired me to become a singer," and led her to work with some of the Rat Pack era's biggest icons, including Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis. Jr.

It's 2022, which means there should be new episodes about albums from 1992 up next. However, 1991 just had too many albums to discuss and Somewhere in Time Podcast continues their discussion about albums from '91 with both Use Your Illusion 1 and Use Your Illusion 2, by Guns 'n Roses. How do these albums compare to GnR's classic debut album? What type of difference does a new drummer and a keyboard player make on these albums? Found out this and more on this episode.  Website: https://somewhereintimepodcast.com   Somewhere in Time Podcast on Social Media: www.facebook.com/somewhereintimepodcast www.twitter.com/SITMusicPodcast www.instagram.com/somewhereintimepodcast YouTube

Alright, folks, break out your platform shoes and your dance clothes, because What the Riff is headed down to the club!  KC and the Sunshine Band was playing in all the disco dance studios in 1977, but they were particularly prominent in the Miami market, near their home town of Hialeah, Florida.  We're riffing on Part 3, unexpectedly the fourth studio album from the group (though there was a bit of a reset with their second album being self-titled and the first album having only moderate success).Harry Wayne Casey was a part time employee at TK Records in Hialeah when he formed the band, originally called KC & the Sunshine Junkanoo Band.  Casey worked with Richard Finch, engineer for TK Records, to produce the albums, including Part 3.  Additional musicians joined, including Jerome Smith on guitar, Robert Johnson on drums, and numerous others to complete the horn section.  KC and the Sunshine Band would find a virtuous cycle, as Casey and Finch would write songs inspired by what they saw at the discos, then would see their songs played at those same clubs.KC and the Sunshine Band were often featured as guests on FM pop powerhouse Y-100, and this exposure contributed to their success.  The first big hit was their second and self-titled album released in 1975, which produced the hits “Get Down Tonight” and “That's the Way (I Like It)”  Part 3 would continue their funk/disco dominance.  The band would continue to see success through their sixth studio album released in 1979.  Shortly thereafter styles would change, and the disco sound would not continue into the 1980's.  That, and a falling out between Casey and Finch would end the band for a while.KC and the Sunshine Band has seen a resurgence with the popularity of retro bands, and still tours today.  Wrap Your Arms Around MeThe fifth single from the album is a little bit of a deeper cut and features the horns prominently with a funky groove.(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your BootyYou can't go wrong with a dance song that tells you to shake your booty!  Although this first single from the album was number 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Soul Singles Chart, there was some controversy attached to it, with speculation that it had a stronger sexual connotation than simply dancing.I'm Your Boogie ManThis song written by Casey and Finch also hit number 1 on the Hot 100.  Finch said that the song was written about a DJ named Robert W. Walker, who was the first to play their song “Get Down Tonight.” Keep It Comin' LoveA little softer than some, this song nevertheless was still successful.  However, it only reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, being kept out of the number 1 slot by Meco's “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band,” and the big hit of the 70's, Debbie Boone's “You Light Up My Life.” ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:Main Theme from the television series “Fantasy Island”Headlined by Ricardo Montalban as Mr. Roarke and Herve Villechaize as his right hand man, Tattoo, this show would feature a stream of actors and actresses playing one-off characters chasing their dreams on the island. STAFF PICKS:Isn't She Lovely by Stevie WonderBruce leads off the staff picks with what feel is one of the most positive songs you will ever hear.  Wonder celebrates the birth of his daughter Aisha Morris on this song that opens side three of his double album, “Songs in the Key of Life.”  All instrumentation in the song is played by Wonder except for a few of the keyboard parts which were furnished by Greg Phillganes. Hard Luck Woman  by KissRob's staff pick sounds a lot like Rod Stewart for good reason — it was written by Paul Stanley for Stewart.  Though Stanley thought it sounded like “You Wear It Well,” his band Kiss decided it would be a good follow up to their successful ballad, “Beth.”  The song made it to 15 on the charts, and is a rare ballad.  Drummer Peter Criss sings lead on this song, as he did on “Beth.”Red by Sammy HagarWayne brings us the Red Rocker, Sammy Hagar, with an anthem off his second solo album.  This is also the album and song which gave him the name “the Red Rocker.”  A fan called him the Red Rocker when getting a picture, and Hagar liked the name.  The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios.I Never Cry by Alice CooperBrian wraps up the staff picks with a mellow ballad from the not-normally mellow Alice Cooper.  This is from the album “Alice Cooper Goes to Hell,” a concept album inspired by his visit to rehab.  Many of his fans were disappointed with this softer side of Cooper, but his performances never suffered for the presence of a ballad or two.     COMEDY TRACK:In The Mood by Henhouse Five Plus TooIt appears that we need to close this podcast out before it goes to the birds!

In this episode, I'm joined by industry veteran and fountain of knowledge Debbie Boone. Debbie is the owner of 2 Manage Vets which she started in 2008. She has been a hospital manager for 19 years. A COO for an 11 doctor hospital as well. Debbie's depth and length of knowledge of vet med is unmatched. She joined the podcasts and talked about a couple of topics - but we really dove into questions from the Facebook group. You will get a lot out of this episode with Debbie Boone! https://dboone2managevets.com/ (2 Manage Vets - Veterinary Consulting )

Listen to our discussion with Debbie Boone, Veterinary Practice Management Consultant. We spend time talking about the inner components of veterinary practices and how to better engage employees. If you're looking to communicate better with your team get a copy of Crucial Conversations. Helpful tips and strategies to have a huge impact. Schedule an exploratory conversation with Debbie Boonehttps://dboone2managevets.com/Watch our 5 steps to financial balanceSeries.FLVetAdvisors.comWe want to hear from you about topics that interest you.Contact us by visiting our website at https://www.flveterinaryadvisors.com/contact-us

Check out this episode with Debbie Boone, BS, CVPM, Fear Free Certified from 2 Manage Vets Consulting interviewed by Andrea and David about managing clients & supporting our teams through the COVID stress. Debbie gets knee-deep into how we can rise above the tension and frustrations of daily life in practice to better our communication with our team and with our clients. Join us, grab a cup of coffee or pour a glass of wine, enjoy the session! Stay happy and sane! 

Debbie Boone, BS, CVPM, Fear FreeSM Certified, has worked for the veterinary profession for more than 30 years. After earning her bachelor’s degree in animal science from North Carolina State University, she began as a client care representative and quickly moved into hospital administration. Debbie has experience in the management of small animal, mixed animal, specialty, and emergency practices. Debbie is considered an expert in team communication, creating positive practice culture, and developing monthly paid wellness plans for veterinary practices. Her business, 2 Manage Vets Consulting, helps practices develop extraordinary team communication and business skills, enhancing patient care, improving profitability, and increasing practice value. She strives to improve the lives of animals by using her expertise to improve workplace culture and the well-being of veterinary professionals. Major national and international animal health organizations, including AVMA, OVMA, CanWest, WVC, NAVC, AAHA, Patterson Veterinary Supply, Zoetis and more, consistently seek Debbie out for her skills as a trainer and speaker. She has been published in numerous veterinary publications and currently serves as a member of the VetPartners Board of Directors as their Vice President, the Fear Free Advisory Board and Speakers Bureau. She was a past member of the AAHA LINC committee, which selects the AAHA Board of Directors. She is currently hosting a new vodcast called The Bend which invites guests to share their stories of triumph over adversity.

What an incredible artist with such a powerful voice and an array of musical talents. Jacqine has gained notoriety as a prolific singer/songwriter/keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist/and arranger in a wide array of genres. With a distinct voice and influences that extend the gamut from Alison Moyet, Annie Lenox, Maysa, Lalah Hathaway, Lara Fabian, Phoebe Snow, to many other vocalists, she has built quite a music following. Talented on keyboards, she has a keen sense of choosing instrumental sounds that reflect an unequivocal unique combination of chord patterns for each song she creates. Her journey into music at a very young age began with her dad who introduced her to 1950's and 1960's records of Mama Cass and Edie Gorme as well as Debbie Boone, Barbra Streisand, and other artists and popular movies. She listened to Miichael Jackson, Tavares, Cerrone, Chic, and a number of 1970's classic groups. Some of Jacqine's favorite music includes: Earth, Wind, and Fire, Kool and the Gang, Incognito, Ambrosia , Elton John, the Eagles, Shalimar, Shakatak, Phil Collins, Kansas, and Chicago. She creates complex harmonies, chord progressions, melodies and lyrics and creates and emulates other instruments on keyboards such as saxophone, guitar, flute, oboe, clarinet, strings, bass, brass which has led to demo recordings and live performances, She studied voice privately with Iris Marrus with Susan Windor (Jazz teacher at Mannace School of Music)as well as Jazz Improvisation in a group and where she learned traditional Jazz and very complex chord progressions with the creation of jazz melodies and chord progressions in anticipation of song development. She studied and sang pop music as well with a Pop and Jazz vocalist. Her introduction to Smooth Jazz began while listening to CD101.9 and hearing Peter White's track Caravan of Dreams on the radio in addition to Pat Metheny's music. She bought CD's and a number of albums of various Smooth Jazz artists latest releases such as David Benoit, Tom Scott, David Sanborn, and Jonathan Butler. Jacqine became an avid listener and huge fan of the music, attending shows of Stanley Jordan, Richard Elliot, Brian Culbertson, and listening to additional Smooth Jazz radio stations as well. In a chance meeting, she was introduced to the dance genre after a producer heard her sing and she got her first production nonexclusive deal with a producer which led to doing more records non-exclusively with several producers, one of whom she was asked to co-write. She found success with a song she co-wrote that was licensed at the Cannes Film Festival in France in 13 countries and had the opportunity to work with Eric Kupper, remixer for Whitney Houston, Cher, Shakira, Alicia Keyes, Lenny Kravitz, Yoko, Ono, Donna Summer, Curtis Mayfield, and other artists. She has graced audiences with her vocals while performing at several venues in New York City including The Jazz Center of New York, Nells, Jewel Box, and Café Gianluca. She has gained attention from the TV industry and some of the music is fit for the film score genre as well. Currently, with tons of radio play and music radio interviews, she has fans locally and abroad with music heard in over 40 countries and 35,000 listeners. Most recently, on a couple of songs,Jacqine recorded with Curtis McCain, Naomi Andriaanz, Donald Waugh, Scott Marvill, Matthias Beckmann, and Craig Levy of Little Pioneer Cider House. Craig did the drums on Jacqine's song and Jacqine added extra drums on a couple of those songs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/neil-clark10/message

Own The Microphone Episode 21 Instead of Telling a Joke; Do This! Guest: Debbie Boone Connect with Debbie on … www.dboone2managevets.com dboone@dboone2managevets.com Facebook - Debbie Boone- Veterinary Consultant LinkedIn - Debbie Boone, BS, CVPM, Fear Free Certified Twitter - Debbie Boone, Veterinary Consultant Instagram  - Debbie Boone CVPM   On this week's episode of Own The Microphone, Bridgett McGowen welcomes veterinary practice consultant Debbie Boone. Debbie has had many jobs in her life, but she ended up in professional speaking and sure knows how to take care of her audience. Bridgett and Debbie discuss how to handle an audience member trying to hijack the presentation and how to make sure your presentations hit the mark every time.   1:30    Debbie Boone went from working in restaurants to veterinary medicine to hospitality, did she ever think that she would end up speaking for a living?   5:19   How to deal with someone in the crowd that is trying to hijack your presentation.   9:47   What role has Debbie's expertise played in her ending up in professional speaking?   11:44   If you take care of your audience, your audience will take care of you.   14:48   What do do instead of telling a joke when presenting.   20:00    How do you make sure that your presentations always hit the mark?   29:38   What not to feed the audience for lunch and what not to eat before presenting.     Listen and Subscribe to the Own the Microphone Podcast with Bridgett McGowen on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and the CLNS Media Network mobile app.

Ever want to dive Belize? We invite our Operations Administrator, Debbie Boone, in to hear all about her recent trip aboard the Belize Aggressor IV! Debbie gives us insight on the flight, transfer, staff, food and of course the diving! The post Debbie Boone's Belize Trip first appeared on Aggressor Adventures.

Debbie Boone, a veterinary consultant with 23 years of experience as a certified veterinary practice manager, joins us to talk about how she believes our Mella thermometer will positively impact vet workspaces. Debbie says: “When we make the pet happy, we make the client happy.” “Anything that we can do to make the experience more comfortable for the pet actually makes it more comfortable for the client.” “Mella has provided us a tool. We can take these temperatures without having to do anything that's negative.” “This [Mella Axillary Thermometer], to me, is such a game-changer.”

WhiskerCloud CEO Adam Greenbaum and Debbie Boone (2 Manage Vets Consulting Service) discuss the importance of training your team and the consequences of not doing so.

In this episode, I am absolutely delighted to be joined by Debbie Boone, CVPM. She is a self-professed “customer service geek and champion for animal health”. A love of animals lead her to a degree in Animal Science from NC State University. To get her foot in the door to her dream job, she began her career in veterinary medicine as a part-time receptionist in 1985. She managed AAHA accredited hospitals for 23 years. Her rather unique skill set includes experience with small animal, mixed animal, specialty, emergency, and even shelter management.

To say Jim Carry is unique, is to understate his ability. Jim Carry is a one-if-a kind comedian. Jailhouse Radio is proud to be able to bring him to our listeners.Pat Boone is a name that will live forever in the annuals of music history. Here he presents some of his most successful songs and Debbie Boone, his daughter, sings her trademark song with our listeners.Grady L. talks about things only Grady L. has experienced and leaves you with a smile.Enjoy!

Today I’m talking with Debbie Boone. Did you know that most veterinarians made that job decision when they were kids? And they followed through! Not very typical, seeing as those of us who wanted to be astronauts may not have actually pursued that path. But the thing about any career path is that there are revenue creating behaviors that you and no one else can do. You’ve got to attend to those puppies, teeth, knees, cuticles, or hair. But everything else? It can be delegated. Listen to Debbie talk about how important it is for you to do those things, focus on your brand, and make sure that those you delegate to are true to your brand.

This week we welcome from Legends In Concert, at The Dick Clark American Bandstand Theatre, The Blues Brothers. Clint Nievar takes the role of Jake Blues head on with all the fierceness and intensity of the original man himself. He is a 17 year veteran of the business with formal training in singing, acting, and dancing. Hailing from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where he took ballet, tap, and jazz lessons since the age of 14 and moving to the Branson area straight out of high-school in 2001. He has graced the stage of many legendary shows in town including The WELK Show and Stuck on the 70’s show. Later in his career Clint was hired at Silver Dollar City where he worked for 12 years in productions such as A Dickens Christmas Carol, Echo Hollow, The Silver Dollar Saloon, and finished his run with the company with Its a Wonderful Life. Clint has also worked alongside Debbie Boone, Jerry Van Dike, Ed McMann and even had the chance to be side kick comedian to the one and only Yakov Smirnoff for whom he wrote comedy for over two years. There is no other role that Clint would rather do than the role of Joliet Jake Blues at Legends in Concert. Originally from Auburn Indiana, Justin Sassanella is no stranger to the Branson stage. He has performed in numerous fan favorite shows over the years such as: The 12 Irish Tenors, Shake Rattle and Roll, Magnificent 7 Variety Show, Broadway the Star Spangled Celebration, A Dickens Christmas Carol, Christmas Wonderland and others. Other credits include being a featured vocalist for Carnival Cruise Lines and Oceana Cruise Lines throughout the world. Justin is also Co-Producer and Co-Owner of the award winning show “Forever Young,” which is currently touring the country and being performed on cruise ships around the globe. Justin is ecstatic for the opportunity to step into the role of Elwood Blues for Legends in Concert alongside his longtime friend Clint Nievar as Jake Blues. Legends in Concert is located along the famous 76 Strip and has been a part of the Branson entertainment scene over two decades. Two power-packed hours of fabulous entertainment awaits you! This world famous live tribute show features an amazing cast of all-star entertainers assembled on one stage in one of the most sought after productions in the
world. Don't miss out on this extravagant concert in Branson. To order tickets or for more information call the Dick Clark American Bandstand Box Office: 417-339-3003 or visit www.LegendsInConcert/Branson.

Debbie Boone, BS, CCS, CVPM has worked for the veterinary profession for more than 30 years and is Fear Free SM Certified. After earning her degree in animal science from North Carolina State University, she quickly moved into hospital administration- and now has experience in managing small animal, mixed animal, specialty, and emergency practices. Debbie is an expert in team communication, positive practice culture, and developing monthly paid wellness plans for veterinary practices. Her consulting business helps practices develop extraordinary team communication and business skills to enhance patient care and improve practice value. The AVMA, WVC, NAVC, AAHA, Patterson Veterinary Supply, and more, all consistently seek Debbie out for her skills as a trainer and speaker. She has been published in numerous veterinary publications and currently serves as a member of the VetPartners Board of Directors, the Fear Free Advisory Board, and was part of the AAHA LINC committee which selects the AAHA Board of Directors. She is currently launching a new vodcast called The Bend which invites guests to share their stories of triumph over adversity.

I'm so excited to have Debbie Boone on this weeks episode. Debbie is a true exemplification of southern hospitality. In this episode we dig into Debbie's background running a family restaurant that was at the center of the community. The lessons that she learned and how she later was able to transfer her customer centric focus to veterinary medicine. As well as all the trial and tribulations that she has learned along the way. If you would like to learn more about Debbie you can find her at 2 Manage Vets Consulting https://dboone2managevets.com/

Telemedicine has, overnight, become a thing in practices over the world. But how do you ensure that your clients perceive the value during conversations that they historically used to get for free? I was joined by vet consultant Debbie Boone to answer this question. If you would like your question answered by Dr Dave then post it to eu.jotform.com/VetXInt/video-submit-form Everyone who has their question answered will win a signed copy of Dr Dave's latest book, So You're A Vet...Now What? Be safe. Be well. Be happy.

Sandi Armstrong visits the Gateway to discuss Tom Waits, the album 'Blue Valentine" and the song on the album that she calls her own: "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis". Sandi explains why she loves his music and how she has shared this love with her children. Howard complains about Tom's genius, griping that Tom sounds too much Louis Armstrong and that Tom's world is too mannered and caricatured. Sandi patiently listens and then corrects him. They both agree, however, that Tom Waits is a unique and talented artist: a singer-songwriter who creates small stories about small people and then links them into beautiful album-long operas about outsiders. Along the way they talk about improv, negotiating difficult house party DJ situations, and why Debbie Boone's eternally saccharine "You Light Up My Life" is important to both of them. *****Spotify Playlist of songs referenced or played on the episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LaYK68Fki7ERkzw8eKqnk?si=uiRZMIvzSkKN2JkD62MxIQ ******Check us out on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Gatewaymusicpodcast/ You can also access this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other platforms that peddle podcasts. Gateway Music is part of the Upford Network:https://upfordnetwork.com

Dorothea Taylor, the Godmother of drums, has been a drummer since 1963. This is her impressive resume:1963:  Started Drum Corps in Upper Michigan for 6 yrs, state champs 4 of 6 years; watched Buddy Rich on TV;  Studied piano for six years.1972:  Red Stocking Review:  Myrtle Beach ladies.1972-1974:  Played local groups basically country music.1985:1990:  TrIcycle: Theatre productions: Peter Pan; Nunsense; Once upon mattress.1986-1996. Socastee High School band drum instructor; would go to D.C.I. shows.1987-1997. Long Bay Symphony.1990-2010:  Special events throughout the years with local and surrounding churches.1990-2014: Worked in local music stores.1972 to present:  Active musician.She has taught in clinics in local schools; played Dixieland for several years;  plays festivals, played with a swingtime orchestra; played and plays in classic rock bands throughout her adult years; she has been teaching drum lessons for 39 years; Performed with: Elvis Impersonator, Barry Williams, Debbie Boone, and Ray Charles.She received Monthly Drum magazines early on in her career and is constantly reading and listening to new and innovative styles.She has attended Drumming Clinics: Billy Joel; Liberty Devito; Dave Weckl; Tony Royster; Dave Garibaldi; Terry Bozzio; Jim Mola; and Steve Gadd.Her favorite drummers are Vinnie Coliauta, Buddy Rich, Dave Weckl, Benny Grebb, Anika Nilles, and JoJo Mayer.What we talked about:Dorothea always wanted to be a drummer. As a little girl, she took piano lessons, but ultimately, went on to try out for drum corps in her hometown in upper Michigan. She was one of two girls there.How she hears rhythms in everyday activities, even when she is climbing stairs or driving!She tells us how the idea that she "looks like a librarian” and other factors may have kept her from being hired to play in rock bands.She did not let anything hold her back from finding opportunities to showcase her drumming. She played in bands and posted instructional videos on Instagram and YouTube.She was discovered on Instagram by Drumeo and was invited to Vancouver to film a cover of the metal song “Down with the Sickness” by Disturbia. She delivered a powerful message - “Don't judge a drummer or anybody by their looks.” By delivering that message, she has been an inspiration to many aspiring drummers.Dorothea also teaches online and she even taught a nearly 90 year old man.She encourages us not to deter ourselves from pursuing a passion.You can find Dorothea on YouTube and Instagram. Here is the Drumeo video for the cover mentioned in the interview.The Mindful MinuteWhenever you are doing an activity that requires sitting for long periods of time, don't forget to take breaks. Here's an easy one to let go of tension in your neck, shoulders, and wrists. Start by establishing long and even breaths in and out of your nose. Don't hold your breath at any time. Sitting up tall in Mountain Pose, tilt your head side to side. (PAUSE) Next, turn your head side to side like you are saying no. (PAUSE)And now tilt your head up and down as if you're saying yes. (PAUSE) Next, roll your shoulder forward five times. (PAUSE). Roll them backwards five times. (PAUSE) And now, interlace your fingers, roll your hands forward, one at a time, holding on to the interlace. (PAUSE)Release your fingers and  now stack the opposite thumb and fingers on top as you interlace your fingers again. This is going to feel uncomfortable because this is not the way you're used to interlacing your fingers. Roll your hands backward, one at a time. (PAUSE) 

 Debbie Boone "Lifelong Love for Pets and Vets" on Why Do Pets Matter with Debra Hamilton, Esq. Podcast #109Forging bonds between pets and humans is the focus of this lovely episode of Why Do Pets Matter? with guest expert Debbie Boone, who has worked with animals for a lifetime! Plus Debra and Debbie tackle some dicey behavioral topics like when pets pee in the house! Debbie has a strong background with pets and vets! Enjoy. More About Debbie Boone"My first dog was a stray Shepherd Collie mix my brother and I spotted on the side of the road one hot North Carolina summer day on the way to the farm to pick beans. We had been begging our parents for a dog to no avail. But when we saw this pup sitting quietly in the tall weeds on the corner of the road by a fence, looking lost and as if she was waiting for someone, we started really pleading. My mom, thinking it a safe bet said, ”If she is still here when we come back we will stop.” Three hours later, much to her chagrin, the pup was still there, waiting just for us! Mom stopped – a woman of her word – and we brought Sandy home, sitting in the back seat between two very excited children. We were in love immediately as she began to enthusiastically lick us and wag her entire body with joy of finding her “people”.For more information, go to https://dboone2managevets.com/about-debbie/ Debbie is a well-recognized expert on monthly paid veterinary wellness plans. She co-authored the book, “The Veterinarian’s Guide to Healthy Pet Plans“, and often teaches workshops on the subject. You can find her peer reviewed articles in Vet Team Brief and see her frequently quoted in TRENDS magazine. She was a member of the Author Task Force charged with writing the Veterinary Practice Management Essentials which is downloadable for free thanks to an educational grant from Partners for Healthy Pets. THE VETERINARIANS GUIDE TO HEALTHY PET PLANS Debbie co-authored the book,“The Veterinarian’s Guide to Healthy Pet Plans“.More About Debra Hamilton, Esq.Debra spent 30 years as a practicing litigator, but she is now a full-time mediator and conflict coach for people in disputes over animals.Go here for more: https://hamiltonlawandmediation.com/ e-mail: Info@HamiltonLawandMediation.com phone: 914.552.5021Debra works both nationwide and internationally. She has far-reaching experience in resolving interpersonal conflicts involving animals, and she is also well-known in the world of purebred dogs as a top breeder and exhibitor of Irish setters and long-haired dachshunds. Debra speaks widely on the topic of how mediation techniques can help people address conflicts without litigation. She has presented at veterinary schools, the American Kennel Club, the American Veterinary Medical Law Association, the Society of Animal Welfare Administrators, the Living With Animals conference, state bar association Animal Law Committee meetings, and animal interest group meetings. Debra also writes a blog for Hamilton Law and Mediation and is a past contributor to the Solo Practice University blog and the Canine Chronicle. She has been featured in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, and the New York Times, just to name a few.As the principal at Hamilton Law and Mediation, PLLC—the nation’s first solo mediation practice dedicated to helping people resolve conflicts over animals—Debra uses alternative dispute resolution to help address disagreements over the family pet during divorce, neighbors’ arguments over a barking dog, and confrontations between clients and veterinarians and other professionals who work with animals. HLM also looks forward to helping animal rights and welfare advocates see the benefit of having a conversation about the best interests of all parties—especially the animals—to resolve animal-related disputes. Debra is admitted to practice law in all New York State courts. She is certified as a mediator and collaborative professional and has worked with various court-based mediation programs in New York City (Queens-Community Mediation Service) and in Westchester and Rockland Counties in New York (Westchester and Rockland Mediation Centers).

Wendy Hauser has had a chance to wear many hats in her career, being involved in everything from pharmaceuticals, to practice ownership, consulting and pet insurance. Since deciding she was destined for veterinary medicine at age nine, Wendy has worked to develop her skills and resume to reflect her dedication, determination, and resilience.  Wendy wants to make sure that you realize all of the different gifts you can find in different jobs, never feel stuck, and find a culture that makes you feel necessary and happy. Providing advice on everything from early-career practice ownership to finding a mentor and dismissing the negative connotations around pet insurance, Wendy is proof of the power of diversity in medicine. When you are part of a culture that creates a sustainable and inviting workplace you are able to problem solve as a team, develop your own personal skills and motivate yourself to keep taking brave leaps. If you want to learn why pet insurance is a valuable way to proactively care for an animal, understand the importance of talking to your clients about money or gain tools to create a great company culture, this is the episode for you.  How do company culture, client relationships and proactive strategies fit into your day to day routine? Share the similarities and differences you find in the comments on the episode page.    In This Episode Exploring the responsibilities and lessons of practice ownership Ways to be a more effective and impactful leader, employee and contributor How to make pet insurance normal in hospitals and part of your team's culture Which things that you can do to let your team know that you've got their back  Three tools to help you adopt a proactive approach to caring for your pet or patient   Quotes “Everything that I did from age 9 was focused towards developing skills that I would need to be the best veterinarian, and best human, that I can be.” (4:03) “I get out of bed every morning to help people. That's why I am a veterinarian. I help people by keeping their beloved pets healthy.” (16:58) “I have a marketable skill, it will be okay. But I need to feed my soul in different ways.” (35:13) “Regardless of whatever role you have, if you are a practice manager, if you are a technician, if you are a doctor, you are building great marketable skills and those will always translate into new opportunities for you. Please never stay in a position where you feel you're stuck, you’re only limited by your own self-beliefs, not by reality.” (36:09) “Why aren't we being leaders in the lives of pet owners? Because once we start educating them then when they come in with their second or third or fourth pet, they know what to expect, and they’re on board with providing the best care.” (50:52)   Links Peak Veterinary Consulting The Veterinarian’s Guide to Healthy Pet Plans by Wendy Hauser and Debbie Boone   Enjoying these stories? Consider supporting Podcast A Vet on Patreon & check out our awesome patron-only perk Find the full show notes here  Keep up with everything Podcast A Vet Follow Podcast A Vet on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Join our free community of dedicated vet professionals looking to improve their practices and lives in our free Facebook community! We'd love it (and you) if you would take 1 minute and leave us a review on iTunes!

WEAK RERUN: From 05-10-2018, Drew is worried about frogs, Paul states boring facts about May 2000, and It's JACK's  Birthday! Be ready to celebrate with a commercial review and Debbie Boone music.

Hour 1 The Next Crash?...could the 2008 financial crisis happen again?...Experts say, the next crash has been 'triggered'...Americans are living way beyond their means?...'we're broke'...Warning: they're coming for your pension funds next? ...Hurricane Florence 'downgraded'? ...Country music Superstar, Aaron Watson joins to discuss, New 'Live Album at the Houston Rodeo'...Aaron is still helping raise money for victims of Hurricane Harvey...41 TX counties we're affected and still need help recovering...AaronWatson.com and MercuryOne.org ...Social Media's continue to ban?...is this America anymore?    Hour 2  American Greatness Hour?... "My Father's Business" with author, Cal Turner Jr...first-person account of the family that changed the American retail landscape...birth of a retail giant 'Dollar General'...when life is about 'serving others' and the customer was 'everything' to a business ...Star of 'Dirty Jobs', Mike Rowe joins to discuss his recent comments on the Nike, Colin Kaepernick Ad?...poor timing on Nike's part...@MikeRoweWorks Hour 3 Killing and eating, while women pee on a octopus?...just a few of the things (topics) the Social Media's won't remove? ...Stand-up comedian and Reason.com writer, Andrew Heaton, joins Glenn to discuss the Norm McDonald backlash and the slow death of comedy? ...Entertainer, Superstar Pat Boone joins...recalling when Pat wouldn't kiss his co-star in the 50's...the background story behind Debbie Boone's song "You Light Up My Life"? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to the latest episode from Dan Wooding on the ASSIST News Podcast. Dan interviews Debbie and her father Pat and others as they share stories of Elvis Presley, and great success in the music business.

This Weak: Drew is worried about frogs, Paul states boring facts about May 2000, and It's JACK's  Birthday! Be ready to celebrate with a commercial review and Debbie Boone music.

Torgo sings! So does Andy! (kinda) This week Torgo finally releases one of his early demo tracks and it's...a Debbie Boone cover? We also talk about Family Guy v Rush Limbaugh, Rollers of the Realm, The Godzilla Anime, Evil Within 2, 80's Rock Crushes, Jumanji, Fanboys, The Terror, Black Mirror, Fanboys, Andy Kaufman, Extended Universe Films, John Cena is Duke Nukem, Stargate Atlantis, The return of Cluedo, Hasbro's Cinematic Universe in trouble, Doctor Who and a complete lack of rails. It can't be wrong when it feels so right, it's time for a Geek Shock!

Dr. J gets an education on Debbie Boone and a re-education on Jim Abbott. Plus Tom Silverstein and Jeff Potrykus join the show.

Does your front staff fight your back? Do your technicians battle your receptionists? Does everyone combat the boss or manager? According to host veterinarian Dr. Ernie Ward, workplace warfare affects nearly every veterinary practice around the world. Team disharmony negatively impacts patient care and productivity. This week Dr. Ward and co-host veterinary technician/nurse are joined by practice consultant and Certified Veterinary Practice Manager, Debbie Boone to discuss how you can overcome workplace tension and stress. A wide-ranging conversation covering common causes of conflict, how your attitude contributes or lessens tension, and simple steps anyone can take to better enjoy their work. Find out why Dr. Ward says, "You do not cure cancer by watching it grow." Join the conversation at Facebook/Veterinary Viewfinder and Twitter @VetViewfinder.

EP31 – Rick and Dave discuss a bionic thingee, a fake news loop, Catholic apps, the man responsible for 45 years of losing, and Rick’s brush with “You Light Up My Life” singer Debbie Boone. The post Minutia Men – 12/08/16 appeared first on Radio Misfits.

  Multi-Dove Award winner Billy Sprague is an accomplished songwriter, performer, author and recording artist. His songs, which include the classic “Via Dolorosa,” have been recorded by such well-known artists as Sandi Patti, Debbie Boone, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Susan Ashton and John McDermot. Billy’s newest project, Songs in the Key of Awe, features vocals by […] The post Songs in the Key of Awe – Legendary Singer-Songwriter Billy Sprague | Episode 53 appeared first on On Faith's Edge.

Welcome to The Shaun Tabatt Show! Today my special guests are Billy and Willow Sprague and we'll be discussing their album Songs in the Key of Awe. About The Album:A true family affair from start to finish, Songs in the Key of Awe features vocals by Sprague's daughter Willow, his son Wyatt on djiembe, photography by his wife Kellie and joyful encouragement from their young son Sawyer. Sprague also tapped the formidable talents of guitar virtuosos Phil Keaggy, Dave Beegle and Dan Dugmore along with respected Nashville producer Jim Frazier to create an unforgettable listening experience. While Songs in the Key of Awe is jam-packed with great songs, Sprague encourages listeners to experience the whole album from start to finish. "From the opening sound of a bird taking flight to the final notes of "Reflection in A," the songs, pace and spaces are intended to create room to 'breathe deep of His grace' as one song lyric puts it," he muses. "I pray this music helps amplify your awe of the Lord, His creation and redeeming touch on your own grace story." One thing so gratifying to Sprague about Songs is the Key of Awe is that the music was created "not primarily as an artist," as he puts it, "but as a worshipper and worship leader of a local community of faith, doing life together. Another community of faith through Kickstarter, helped make it happen. To me that's beautiful." About Billy Sprague:Multi-Dove Award winner Billy Sprague is an accomplished songwriter, performer, author and recording artist. His songs, which include the classic "Via Dolorosa," have been recorded by such well-known artists as Sandi Patti, Debbie Boone, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Susan Ashton and John McDermot. Currently serving as Worship Leader at Edgewater Alliance Church in Edgewater, Florida. Sprague balances family life with worship leading, speaking, writing and retreats. He currently lives in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. with his wife, Kellie, and their three children, Willow, Wyatt and Sawyer, and their dog, Lucy Loo Hoo.  For additional show notes, visit ShaunTabatt.com/020.

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Dove Award Winner Billy Sprague. Multi-Dove Award winner Billy Sprague is an accomplished songwriter, performer, author and recording artist. His songs, which include the classic "Via Dolorosa," have been recorded by such well-known artists as Sandi Patti, Debbie Boone, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Susan Ashton and John McDermot.   Currently serving as Worship Leader at Edgewater Alliance Church in Edgewater, Florida. Sprague balances family life with worship leading, speaking, writing and retreats.   He currently lives in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. with his wife, Kellie, and their three children, Willow, Wyatt and Sawyer, and their dog, Lucy Loo Hoo.    

TRACKLIST 31.   [00:00] intro 30. [00:45] aruna- start a fire (awd and thomas hayes dmx) 29. [05:12] andy moor- fade to light (joseph areas dirty rock rmx) 28. [09:32] atb ft boss and swan- raging bull (junx rmx) 27. [14:20] vlad markus- follow you 26. [18:52] ben gold ft chiristina novelli- all or nothing 25. [23:52] susana- play fire with fire (bobina megadrive rmx) 24. [30:14] morvan- alyssa 23. [35:52] cole plante and myon and shane 54 ft ruby dell- if i fall (juventa rmx) 22. [40:53] ronski speed ft emma hewitt- lasting light 2k14 (christish rmx) 21. [45:31] diplo ft kai - revolution (maor levi rmx) 20. [49:30] arty and zedd- believe in me spectrum (vocal mashup) 19. [54:08] rocking j ft alexandra badoi- lumina 18. [59:43] tritonal- anchor 17. [1:03:47] cosmic gate ft kristina antuna (maor levi rmx) 16. [1:08:00] myon and shane 54 ft kyler england- summer of love 15. [1:13:30] alesso ft tove lo- heroes (we could be) (amtrac rmx) 14. [1:17:52] meramek and tropixx- only you 13. [1:21:50] luke bond ft roxanne emery- on fire 12. [1:26:16] solis and sean truby ft sue mclaren- closer to the earth (luigi lusini rmx) 11. [1:31:49] fabio xb and liuck ft christina novelli- back to you (wach rmx) 10. [1:37:17]  LISTEN TO THE REST FOR THE TOP 10 END: [2:28:59]   This is the year-end countdown for my favorite vocal tracks on NCM in 2014.  Thank you as always for listening to the mixes-you guys are the inspiration.  Have a safe and Happy New Year. I dedicate this year's year-end countdown to a guy I wanted to be in my childhood.  The voice that made me lay on the floor by my radio in Kentucky with a tape recorder.  I used to write down all the top 5 songs and keep them in a tablet.  He only made me mad when Debbie Boone's “You Light up my Life” was number 1 forever, but I grew to love “Bette Davis Eyes” and he introduced me to the music of Daryl Hall and John Oates.  Rest In Peace finally, Casey Kasem.   See you all in 2015.     Get interactive withthe night club musical Facebook page is available at https://www.facebook.com/nightclubmusical Stay up to date with the latest vocal trance tunes when or prior to their release. Feel free to upload your own too. As always listen to this LOUD.  

Some classic Jesus music including: My Tribute - Evie, Good News - Kenny Marks, All Across The Nation - All Saved Freak Band, Just A Moment Away - Phil Keaggy, Hole In The Ground/Hole In The Sky - Mickey & Becki Moore, Right For You - Debbie Boone & Michael Omartian, Giving It Up - Scepter, Walkin' Sinai - Dan Whittemore, Gift Of Grace - Kyle Henderson, Somebody Loves You - Daniel Band

Some classic Jesus music including: My Tribute - Evie, Good News - Kenny Marks, All Across The Nation - All Saved Freak Band, Just A Moment Away - Phil Keaggy, Hole In The Ground/Hole In The Sky - Mickey & Becki Moore, Right For You - Debbie Boone & Michael Omartian, Giving It Up - Scepter, Walkin' Sinai - Dan Whittemore, Gift Of Grace - Kyle Henderson, Somebody Loves You - Daniel Band

Some classic Jesus music including: My Tribute - Evie, Good News - Kenny Marks, All Across The Nation - All Saved Freak Band, Just A Moment Away - Phil Keaggy, Hole In The Ground/Hole In The Sky - Mickey & Becki Moore, Right For You - Debbie Boone & Michael Omartian, Giving It Up - Scepter, Walkin' Sinai - Dan Whittemore, Gift Of Grace - Kyle Henderson, Somebody Loves You - Daniel Band

An hour of Classic Jesus music including: Leslie Phillips - You're The Same, Pete Carlson - Dreamer's Dream, Kenny Marks - Still Be Believing, Greg X Volz - Man Like You, Debbie Boone - Choose Life, Steve Archer - Who Will Own Your Heart, Steve Taylor - On The Fritz, Crumbacher - Infrared / X-Ray Eyes, The Wall Brothers - I Am, Servant - We Are The Light

An hour of Classic Jesus music including: Leslie Phillips - You're The Same, Pete Carlson - Dreamer's Dream, Kenny Marks - Still Be Believing, Greg X Volz - Man Like You, Debbie Boone - Choose Life, Steve Archer - Who Will Own Your Heart, Steve Taylor - On The Fritz, Crumbacher - Infrared / X-Ray Eyes, The Wall Brothers - I Am, Servant - We Are The Light

An hour of Classic Jesus music including: Leslie Phillips - You're The Same, Pete Carlson - Dreamer's Dream, Kenny Marks - Still Be Believing, Greg X Volz - Man Like You, Debbie Boone - Choose Life, Steve Archer - Who Will Own Your Heart, Steve Taylor - On The Fritz, Crumbacher - Infrared / X-Ray Eyes, The Wall Brothers - I Am, Servant - We Are The Light

Some classic Jesus music including: Soldier Of The Light - David Baroni, Keep The Flame Burning - Debbie Boone, Take Somebody With You - Bobby Springfield, Sing To The Lord - David Coate Group, Preacher Lessons & Cookie Cutters - Mike Warnke, To Keep Me Struggling On – Albrecht, Engraved Invitation – Lamb, I Can't Wait - Pat Terry Group, Evacuation Day - Randy Matthews, America (In God You Used To Trust) - David & The Giants

Some classic Jesus music including: Soldier Of The Light - David Baroni, Keep The Flame Burning - Debbie Boone, Take Somebody With You - Bobby Springfield, Sing To The Lord - David Coate Group, Preacher Lessons & Cookie Cutters - Mike Warnke, To Keep Me Struggling On – Albrecht, Engraved Invitation – Lamb, I Can't Wait - Pat Terry Group, Evacuation Day - Randy Matthews, America (In God You Used To Trust) - David & The Giants

Some classic Jesus music including: Soldier Of The Light - David Baroni, Keep The Flame Burning - Debbie Boone, Take Somebody With You - Bobby Springfield, Sing To The Lord - David Coate Group, Preacher Lessons & Cookie Cutters - Mike Warnke, To Keep Me Struggling On – Albrecht, Engraved Invitation – Lamb, I Can't Wait - Pat Terry Group, Evacuation Day - Randy Matthews, America (In God You Used To Trust) - David & The Giants

Loved this song and after hearing Debbie Boone sing it again on You Tube I Thought I'd give it a try on my Old Recording Software. Played on my new James Reso. leegee

Loved this song and after hearing Debbie Boone sing it again on You Tube I Thought I'd give it a try on my Old Recording Software. Played on my new James Reso. leegee