How many of us have in our possession a genuine 'Alamo School Chorus' patch that we either did or could have sewn onto a letter jacket or other suitable garment? For me, I regret to say, there was no chorus patch. I can still close my eyes and look back to that cold dark day when, while (allegedly) goofing off during choir practice, Mrs Jacobson directed those fateful
words to me "Shape up or ship out"! Glibly I responded "I guess I'll ship out then", left the the room, and (politely) closed the music room door behind me with little thought to the literal and figurative implications of that act. So there I was, an innocent
freshman in high school and already washed up as a famous vocalist. Yes, my crooning days were over and I was forever relegated to study hall and the proverbial back waters of high culture in Alamo. Did Carol ever regret kicking me out? Who can say. Although for my part I was sorry to have lost the opportunity but was, simultaneously, too bull headed to apologize. And so now you know, to quote Paul Harvey, the rest of the story.
How many of us have in our possession a genuine 'Alamo School Chorus' patch that we either did or could have sewn onto a letter jacket or other suitable garment? For me, I regret to say, there was no chorus patch. I can still close my eyes and look back to that cold dark day when, while (allegedly) goofing off during choir practice, Mrs Jacobson directed those fateful 
words to me "Shape up or ship out"! Glibly I responded "I guess I'll ship out then", left the the room, and (politely) closed the music room door behind me with little thought to the literal and figurative implications of that act. So there I was, an innocent
freshman in high school and already washed up as a famous vocalist. Yes, my crooning days were over and I was forever relegated to study hall and the proverbial back waters of high culture in Alamo. Did Carol ever regret kicking me out? Who can say. Although for my part I was sorry to have lost the opportunity but was, simultaneously, too bull headed to apologize. And so now you know, to quote Paul Harvey, the rest of the story.
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