Marcia Mize:  

I was born in Ft. Lauderdale where I lived until my family moved to Stuart Florida when I was a junior in high school. Although I did not graduate from Ft. Lauderdale High, I was a "Flying L" for one year and have many fond memories of that school. As I said, my family moved to Stuart, Florida, where I went on to make many friends and enjoy my two years at Martin County High. After graduation I went to Cleveland, Ohio, where I attended and graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a Bach. of Music in piano performance. I moved back to Ft. Lauderdale where I taught piano and performed. I began teaching school at Lauderhill Paul Turner Elementary where I taught for four years before the mountains of WNC began calling to me. I picked up and moved to the mountains that I loved to spend summers in during my childhood. I moved to Maggie Valley, NC which is literally at the foot of the Smoky Mts. National Park in Haywood County. Our county is rather small. I began teaching music at Clyde Elementary and other schools in the county and taught here for 29 and 1/2 years. During my early teaching year...Expand for more