Louran Felix:  

When I was a kid I had lived in several places: San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Daly City, San Jose. All that moving around because my Dad was in the Navy. My Schools 1968 thru 1981: Bessie Carmichael Elementary, San Francisco Crocker Elementary, Daly City George Washington Elementary, Daly City Colma Intermediate, Daly City Piedmont Middle School, San Jose Piedmont Hills High School, San Jose - Class of 1981 also... Airco Technical Institute. Oakland, California (1985-1986) -TIG/MIG welding I loved being a kid in Daly City, California. Great memories of riding bikes and skateboards... building wooden cars to ride down those hilly streets... playing dodge-ball and kick-ball at school. Favorite scary TV shows of that time were Creature Features, Night Gallery, and Kolchak the Nightstalker. I learned to play the trumpet in 4th grade. The early 1970's was a time of good, simple fun under the shadow of cold and misty San Bruno Mountain. The 6 years I lived in Daly City were my favorite times. When my family moved to San Jose in 1976, I had a tough time adjusting to the hotter summers here. I really missed the fog and drizzle of Daly City! But I kept busy with the concert bands and orchestra at school. In 1979, I joined the Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corp. (similar to marching band). I played soprano bugle with the Vanguard. In the summer months, we competed against many other drum and bugle corps throughout the USA and Canada. Very intense and stressful... but we learned team...Expand for more