On this date: August 18

On this date, August 18, 1970, I completed my Master of Music Degree by performing a graduate organ recital. It was a Tuesday and the recital commenced at 8 p.m. in Cadek Hall in the old music building on the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Campus. After the performance, my wife and I hosted a reception at our apartment on Reed Street. We were not only celebrating the completion of the degree requirements but were also doubly celebrating our marriage on February 27, 1970. Since our wedding had been quite small (the two of us and our best man) we decided to have a reception six months later at the time of the recital. Glenda baked and cooked all the reception food. Our apartment was quite large and took up two-thirds of a large Dutch Colonial home that had been divided into apartments. A large crowd of family and friends gathered for a wonderful time. Friends came from as far away as Texas and Oklahoma.