well as you may know i worked as the "score reader" for the pops 4th of July TV show for many years. After a camera meeting at noon i had little to do before showtime except hang out backstage at the hatch shell. below, one of my fave pix of me with the cannons lined up on the Charles River:
and then in 1976 with Arthur Fielder– I'm the skinny kid top left:
all of this is of course told in greater detail in my book! – jl
