I LOVVVVED conducting! I hope that’s evident in this clip. I’m grateful I got the footage I did though I’d planned to have...
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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – UW Marching Band Conductor and One Of The Best Days Of My Life-Part 1
I just got back from spending three of the most fantastic days of my life. Seriously. As I’ve been blabbing about for weeks now, I had...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 20
As opposed to being an actual marching band version of my song, “September”, this is a little film made for the high school band...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 19
Without question, my most favorite thing about Southview’s version of my song, “September”, is the cha-cha bea they got go...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 18
It took me a little while to realize this was my song, a good sign if you’re looking for kitsch though not necessarily so great for th...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee And Her Marching Drums
As we speak, I’m most likely on a plane to my alma mater, the University of Wisconsin, where I’ll be conducting the Marching Ban...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 17
By the time you read this I will probably be on the plane heading to Madison, Wisconsin where I’m about to conduct the University of W...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1964 Band Directors Guide Book
is As I’ve never learned how to read music, even that which I’ve written and somehow managed to plunk out on a keyboard note by ...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 15
Once an intro includes shooting a blank wall and someone tripping on stage you know that you have the potential for something great. Once th...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 11
One of the more spirited accapella versions by ASU’s Higher Ground at Elon University’s ACAPPALLOOZA 2007, albeit earbending at ...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 10
Maybe the person shooting this video was racing back from the bathroom or had their hands occupied unwrapping candy so they wouldn’t m...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 9
I’m always happy when my work inspires folks to take on their own creative endeavors. But in this case, the spirit of my song, “...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 7
The kids at Fairview High do a noble job of singing and a much more ambitious job dancing than a lot of other high schools I’ve seen d...
The Leaning Tower of Lunchboxes
This tower of vintage lunchboxes stands in Track 16 at Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station art gallery complex. It’s not really R...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Bagels and lox in Texas, 1979
Every Sunday morning growing up the ritual was to go with my dad to the deli and buy bagels, lox, cream cheese, tomatoes, onions and white f...
Allee Willis’ “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 6
The Bakersfield High School Chorale is much more in tune and way more in the swing than most high school groups I’ve seen who attempt ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 3
How happy am I that neither rain, sleet nor snow could keep the Kennett High School Marching Band from playing my song, “SeptemberR...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – “The 365 Days Of September” – Day 2
Yesterday marked the first day of my year-long series featuring YouTube videos with people singing, playing, marching to, dancing to, massac...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The 21st Of September Jubilee!
Because the opening line of my very first hit song, “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire, is “Do you remember the 21st ni...
Band Day King
My Dad is a great guy, he’s still with us at age 93. But he didn’t want to buy a trombone for me when I was a kid. Finally, afte...
Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 6 – August 2010)
This disco kitsch came from one of my favorite rooms at “Willis Wonderland”. I was determined when there to photograph every ite...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Coleco “Quiz Wiz” Computer Answer Game and 42,000 Terabytes Later…
Most people have a laptop or desktop computer and, if they’re lucky, a few terabytes of storage. I have 42,000 terabytes, the ever-gro...
School crossing guards all wore these…
This was a great find a few years ago. Who knew crossing guards had ranks, all the way up to Captain. The big kids, 6th graders, wore these ...
Yearbook Madness!
These are photos from actual high school yearbooks. Suddenly my own portrait with my blown-dry hair and wide tie (which, my lips to God̵...
Disney School Bus Lunchbox
This Disney dome-shaped school bus lunchbox was manufactured by Aladdin throughout the 1960’s and was the most popular selling metal l...