Well, I was introduced to Doc only once, at Galway Days which I attended from here in Whitehorse, Yukon, where I came to be invited up to Anchorage by two musicians who had come to Whitehorse over the years to play and attend music festivals that were going on here - Richard Gelardin and Ken Karabelnikoff..... Ken told me many fond stories of Doc.....that he loves music so much, he shares that passion with so many people in an informative and humble way. There is a spirit in music, I believe, and I have been given to understand, from my distant, yet neighbourly perspective here in the Yukon Territory, that Doc has been one of the true harbingers of the joy inherent in the playing and learning our music that has provided us with so many gifts over the decades of our lives that may otherwise have been spent in absence of this fun and delight. Not to mention the many talents he has fostered and nurtured to flourish by simply keeping music so prominently in his life, his heart and soul. Music is one of the things that keeps the colours in our lives from turning grey, and Doc has been instrumental in promoting the technicolour we have experienced from his efforts in promoting this wonderful enrichment. Many thanks, Doc South! From Marg Tatam Musician and MusicTeacher Whitehorse, Yukon Canada |
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