Artists

  

  
     Our friend and classmate Joanne Hunter was an artist. Please choose your own definition of what an artist is. Today I'll go with one from Bob Lefsetz, "An artist captures lightning and distills truth for the rest of us."

     The long story made short is she was diagnosed with cancer around the time of our 35th reunion. The RHS Alumni All-Star Band had been formed in 2012 and Joanne had flute solos on two Marshall Tucker Band hits that were popular while we were in high school, "Can't You See" and "This Old Cowboy." Between the time of the shows in 2012 and 2017 Joanne went through some serious chemotherapy. Though she also kept up the talk about having another show in 2017. Some of us even quietly speculated that the show helped her through her ordeal. There's an old chestnut about how one great rock show can change the world, attributed to the character played by Jack Black in the movie, "School of Rock." Well, I'll paraphrase and say the thought of playing in a rock show in front of long time friends can overpower even the worst of cancers. True or not, Joanne made the show and practices and played just fine. One of her solos appears below:

RHS Alumni All-Star Band 2017