Klarinet Archive - Posting 000228.txt from 2002/04

From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.us>
Subj: RE: [kl] "Bear" as a nickname
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:38:37 -0500

Hi Bear,

Although I am not a professor (except that I profess to know my job) =
thanks
for the compliment. I'm just a lowly technical assistant. What I =
really do
is run a college aquatic facility. Send on the music and we'll get it
played and I promise to get back to you quickly. If you have flutey =
stuff
that you want played, send that too. Actually, anything woodwind can =
be
viewed. I wear many hats.

Nancy

Nancy E. Buckman, Technical Assistant
School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical Education
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD 21012-1895 USA
Phone 410-777-2316 Fax 410-777-2233
E-mail nebuckman@-----.us

-----Original Message-----
From: Bear Woodson [mailto:bearwoodson@-----.net]
Subject: [kl] "Bear" as a nickname

Hello, Klarinet List.

> Gary Truesdail at gir@-----.net wrote:
>=20
> I have a neighbor whose name is 'Bear'. He is
> Indian. Would you be the same?
>=20
> GaryT

After a divorce in the early 1980's I grew the
beard, and kept it ever since. I moved from a
wealthy part of Los Angeles Metropolitan to an
area of LA with a lot of Blue-Collar types and
Bikers. (By "Bikers" I mean "Hell's Angels types",
NOT clean-shaven Yuppies, in shiny red spandex
on bicycles.) I've met at least 50 Bikers over many
years, who use "Bear" as a nickname, as I have,
but I've never been a Biker. Sorry, I'm just a
boring Composer, Music-Theory and Counter-
point Geek.=20

At least a few of the Bikers used "Bear" as a
legal, inherited middle name, as they were part
Native American, and it had been handed down
in their families for generations.

Among Bikers the nickname "Bear" is very
common for any "big, bearded guy", but then it
has also been used for the same reason in many
cultures and languages for at least 6,000 years
that we know of in history. ("Bear" is pronounced
"reesh" in Farsi, "dev" in Arabic, "dov" in Hebrew,
"bj=F8rn" in Norwegian, "b=E4r" in German, and
"arctus" in Greek, which evolved into "Arthur"
in English. In French it is "ours", from "ursus"
in Latin, while being "oso" in Spanish, and
"orso" in Italian, which evolved into "Orson" in
English.)=20

I am almost half English descent, with traces
of French, German and Irish, while on the other
side I am 1/4 Spanish and 1/4 Scottish. I have
no Indian blood, (besides Curry is usually too
spicy for me), nor even any Native American
blood. However I have met at least 4 guys over
the years, named "Running Bear" who were
Native American. I am interested in their many
cultures and know so little about them. I'm
curious as to what their music was like Before
the Europeans arrived. Too much has been lost
since then.=20

As for Prof. Nancy E. Buckman, I will try
to mail off a package of scores to you today. I
see you are in Lists for both Flute and Clarinet.
I'm concerned what people on this List will think
of my music, when they finally get to hear it, and
all this waiting is driving me crazy! (So far, only
one or two people on the Klarinet List have ever
heard any of my music, and they have said
nothing about it to the List. That makes me
worry even more.)=20

Recent Klarinet List topics have included
"Neuroses". Hey, watch it! I resemble that topic!

Bear Woodson =20
Composer in Tucson, Arizona, USA
"Bear Woodson" <bearwoodson@-----.net>
=20
"The only thing worse than knowing that the
Paranoids are out to get you, is learning that
they find you so boring, that they refuse to
come after you any more!" (*pout!* *sniff!*)
- Bear Woodson, (2002)
=20

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