Jack Shively:
CLASS OF 1964
Mt. Dora High SchoolClass of 1964
Mt. dora, FL
James H. Eldredge Elementary SchoolClass of 1959
East greenwich, RI
Ford Country Day SchoolClass of 1958
Los altos hills, CA
Jack's Story
Life
I currently live in the Roseburg, Oregon, area. I worked as a medical transcriptionist but am now retired. I enjoy playing and singing mainly Celtic music (jigs, reels, etc). I have been married for 30 years. I graduated from MDHS in 1964 (48 years ago??). We have a bunch of cats (8) and 1 dog. Life has been overall pretty good to me.
After HS, I tried college but couldn't hack it so after a couple of tries, and with the draft looming its ugly head, I joined the army and spent the next 1095 days (3 years) as a company clerk (you want to be secretary??). I did a tour of duty in Korea (13 months) after which I did the last of my time at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco.
After the military, I stayed in SF eventually working at the VA Hospital there. I then moved to Eugene, Oregon, and lived there until 1977. I then moved to the Roseburg area.
Music? I taught myself to play the guitar while in college and i've been playing and singing since. I...Expand for more
n 1975, I walked into a store in Eugene and heard the Chieftains playing beautiful Irish music. I converted to that style immediately and that has been my main style of singing and playing since then. I've played with a couple of "Irish" bands but that became more work than fun so now I seek out sessions to sing and play on an informal basis. I also picked up playing an octave mandolin, tin whistle, and bodhran (bo-rahn). what fun i've been having.
Anything else? Well, now that I mention it, in 1982, I was getting ready to play volleyball in an evening class at the local community college. But my wife, Flo, insisted I try out for a musical at the same college. So, I auditioned and got a part as the cowardly lion in the Wizard of Oz. Then Nicely Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls. Then about 8-9 others until about 1986. Then, it was back to music for me.
I have been retired since September 2011 and began my second (at least) childhood.
So there you have it.
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