dhsclassmates Contributor Bob Heller

As you will note Bob always uses caps in his writing. This and other information can also be seen in a Northern Black Hills music web site http://blackhillsmusic.ning.com/profile/BOBHELLER

BOB HELLER'S BIO: 75 YEARS OLD. PLAY FOR FUN, TENOR SAX AND TRUMPET. NORTHERN HILLS BAND, NEW HORIZONS BAND, SAXY SENIORS GROUP AND THE 7TH CAVALRY DRUM AND BUGLE CORP AND THE SPEARFISH COMMUNITY COLLEGE BAND WHEN I HAVE TIME. I PURCHASED LAVERN CLARK'S ("BOSS") MARTIN TENOR FROM DORY AFTER THE BOSS PASSED THRU THE VALE. I'M VERY HUMBLE TO HAVE IT. MY WIFE PHYLLIS IS AN ARTIST AND A GENEALOGY RESEARCHER. SHE ENJOYS MUSIC BUT DOESN'T PLAY ANYTHING. I STARTED OUT WHEN THE BOSS SAW A C-MELODY SAX IN MY GAS STATION AND GOT ME STARTED IN 1963 AT A CONOCO STATION WE OWNED IN DEADWOOD. SINCE THEN I PLAYED FOR 3 YEARS WITH THE NORTHERN HILLS GROUP AND THEN QUIT. 2001 I STARTED AGAIN AND TOOK LESSONS AND STILL DO. TENOR SAX IS MAIN INSTRUMENT AND THE NORTHERN HILLS BAND IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. THANKS FOR INVITING ME TO THIS BLACKHILLSMUSIC GROUP. Favorite Music CONCERT AND BIG BAND SOUNDS

THE SECOND PICTURE IN BESHARA'S GARAGE IS ME AND MY GIRL FRIEND, PHYLIS, MY WIFE NOW. ABOUT 1954, I THINK. I WAS IN AIR FORCE AT ELLSWORTH THEN.

DICK, THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. SORRY I MISSED THE REUNION. BOB