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Ron Judd Retires

DoDDs is losing one of it’s premier music educators shortly. After 38 years Ron Judd, the music director of Rota High School, is casing his baton and moving on to North Carolina.

Mr. Judd’s career in DoDDs includes assignments in Iceland; Lajes Field in the Azores; Nuernberg, Hohenfels, Wuerzburg in Germany; and Rota, Spain. He notes that after what seems like hundreds of concerts, festivals, football games, pep rallies and more playings of the Star Spangled Banner than can be counted, he is excited about living in America for the first time in many years.

Tributes to Ron:
Rebecca Brashier–Thank you for your early guidance when I was a new DoDDS teacher in Bamberg in 1976 and had no clue what the next 30 years would bring!!  From those days of the huge band programs in Nuernberg to Ebeneezer Sneezer and faculty recitals in Wuerzburg, we will miss you.
Donald Kinghorn–Ron was a great mentor to me while in Rota.  This is certainly not a "coda"–more like a bridge between the first 2 sections of a great march and what I can only assume will be 2 outstanding trios to come.  Ron, Thanks for everything. 
Jeff Pellaton–Gone but not forgotten. 
Tom Tucker–Ron is the consumate music educator. Not once in those 38 years did Ron ever shortchange students of a quality music experience. He is also one heck of a trumpet player. Ron will be missed.

Ron’s retirement will be loss for DoDDs but at same time it will be a significant gain to PDF Band Music. Ron will now have time to display his arranging and composing talents and we are excited about upcoming Ron Judd beginning band titles.

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Regards
Your PDF Band Music Team

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