A hero to me is someone who can inspire and help you reach your dreams and achieve personal greatness. I feel it's important to have a hero in your life because it gives you something to aspire to be like and believe in. Having a personal hero or a public hero is good for you.
My personal hero is Mr. Sewell, my band director at Pickerington High School Central (PHSC). Mr. Sewell has inspired to me to do my very best at everything I do, and that if I give it my all I'm giving the very best I can. He has also taught me to learn from my mistakes and grow through them. He's been a great inspiration to me, and always has great stories from his many, many years of being the band director at PHSC. Recently, he had open-heart surgery, but is doing well and getting back into directing the concert and symphonic bands, as well as organizing for the upcoming marching band season.
I believe Mr. Sewell should be in "The Hall of Fame" because he has touched many people; students and parents, through his work with the various band programs. With his recent heart surgery, he is recovering well and continuing his work at my high school (PHSC). He has taken our school bands to district and state competitions and we continue to get high ratings. The program he runs is going well and continues to bring students and families together. Mr. Sewell is a great inspiration in my life.
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| Article about Mr. Sewell in a magazeine (Pickerington Centrals website ()) |
My Interveiw with Mr. Sewell:
Question #1: Who is your hero? Were they your hero growing up?
- Pete Rose, because he always worked harder than everyone else.
Question #2: What is your favorite marching band show you've put together?
-West Side story (2003)
Question #3: Where is your favorite place you've take a band?
-New York, For the Macy's parade.
Question #4: What instrument do you like best?
-Trombone, I played it growing up.
Question #5: What do you want to do after your daughter, Lea graduates?
-I would like to retire, maybe work part time with beginning band students. Or teach some private lessons.
Question #6: Have any of your children gone on to music education?
- Andrew, My oldest son, is in the Ohio University Marching 110, and is a music minor. Daniel, my second oldest son, works at a resort in Arizona. Allison, My oldest daughter and third child, is working on her PHD in German at Wisconsin. And Lea is a Sophamore here at PHSC.
Question #7: What would you say is the most important lesson for a student to learn?
-"Teach always, if necessary use words"
Question #8: What event has had the most impact on you?
-My open heart surgery. It forced me to realize how important health is and also made me realize how blessed I am to have hundreds of people praying and pulling for me throughout the world.
Question #9: What made you want to go into music education?
-Music is the one thing I was good at in school. Also there wasn't a lot I liked to do besides Playing baseball and Trombone, There was no hope for a pro-baseball player so I stuck with music. I also had a minister who advised me that I could leave a legacy that would last for ever.
Question #10: What is your greatest accomplishment in your life til now?
- Well, the greatest part of my job is knowing hundreds of people will wake up every Thanksgiving thinking of the time Central's band marched in the Macy's Parade, and hundreds of people will celebrate New Years thinking of the PHSC band. I literally believe I will never die. I have raised four wonderful children who are successful, spiritual, and dedicated to my philosophy that to Love, Love another person is to see the face of God.
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