Glen Bettencourt:
CLASS OF 1968
Ygnacio Valley High SchoolClass of 1968
Concord, CA
Concord High SchoolClass of 1968
Concord, CA
Glen's Story
So much to tell, in so little space. After high school I took a job in a guitar store in Oakland. Some of you may remember that I was a musician in school and played in a couple of local rock bands. So the job was a natural for me. After a few years I moved to Napa, the town of my birth, and residence for the first 9 years of my life. There I met my future wife. Together we managed to raise two daughters and a son, who are all doing extremely well. After more than 10 years of commuting in ever growing traffic I decided to leave the store in Oakland and go to work for a large winery in Napa Valley, as a cellar rat and machine processing/operator. Some 20 years later I semi-retired from the wine business, bought a commercial building and opene...Expand for more
d my own music business building banjos and acoustic guitars. One of my life long passions. Five years later I got one of those offers too good to pass up and sold my property for a good profit and ceased production. A smart move in retrospect. After a year or so I got bored and had to find something to do, so I became a school bus driver here in Napa.
We should never loose sight of our early dreams. To this day I still play music. In fact I am doing so well at it that I now consider myself a professional musician (with a day job). It took 30 plus years to finally realize my dream to play music as a profession. I hope all who read this will continue to work for their dream. The one you had all those years ago, if you haven't already found it.
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