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Article: Seekers of the Lost Chord.
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- Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2007
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Byline: Wendy Victora
Jun. 24--FORT WALTON BEACH -- They gather in the recital hall behind the music store and painstakingly work their way through the beginning chords.
For two of the 18 musicians, this class is their first significant experience with a musical instrument. For most of the others, it's a reintroduction to something they left behind in middle or high school.
"We're professional shower singers," joked Sharon Dunum, of the collective experience of these "older beginners."
They are also members of the area's newest band -- the Emerald Coast New Horizons Band, instrument session.
For 56-year-old Bob Rockwell, that ...