{"id":14560,"date":"2021-05-04T09:24:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=14560"},"modified":"2025-02-19T15:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:39:27","slug":"my-top-25-plus-a-few","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=14560","title":{"rendered":"My “Top 25” plus a few"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

A while ago, a “Top 25” game circulated on Facebook. Here are mine (plus just a few). As with life itself, this list is ever-evolving.<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n


Neil Richardson – Firebird<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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  1. \"CreatedLove classic soul, disco, R & B, hip-hop and EDM<\/li>\r\n
  2. Exercise because I\u2019m inspired by my super-fit Dad<\/li>\r\n
  3. Took flight lessons until I had to give them up due to migraine meds<\/li>\r\n
  4. Went skydiving down the Shore and absolutely loved it<\/li>\r\n
  5. Saw Paul McCartney in concert three times<\/li>\r\n
  6. My Mom met the Beatles, and Dad could have gone pro as a pool player<\/li>\r\n
  7. As soon as I started college, the WV drinking age spiked to 21. I was just 17. I also missed what would have been my first Presidential election, as I turned 18 a few days later.<\/li>\r\n
  8. Drove Dad\u2019s 18-wheeler<\/li>\r\n
  9. Assisted my Mom (R.N.) in her Lamaze prepared childbirth classes<\/li>\r\n
  10. Am thankful to be living in my dream house, with my dream husband<\/li>\r\n
  11. Beat the tallest guy in my sixth grade class in the 50-yard dash<\/li>\r\n
  12. Taught Sunday School and served as Council Secretary<\/li>\r\n
  13. Started and directed a children\u2019s a cappella choir at a local church<\/li>\r\n
  14. Had a solo in Concert Choir in high school<\/li>\r\n
  15. Made NJ Allstate Orchestra, as well as Central Jersey Regionals<\/li>\r\n
  16. Achieved placement in the HS snare line after only a few months of lessons<\/li>\r\n
  17. Made snare in the WVU Drumline; it was my “American Idol”. Simon has nothing on those guys.<\/li>\r\n
  18. I got on TV at the Bluebonnet Bowl, and said HI MOM, and she saw it from her hospital bed<\/li>\r\n
  19. I got on TV at the Sun Bowl and said HI DAD (he saw it, too)<\/li>\r\n
  20. We planned and paid for our wedding and honeymoon ourselves<\/li>\r\n
  21. Love to parasail<\/li>\r\n
  22. Performed Who\u2019s On First<\/em> at a talent show in junior high with my brother<\/li>\r\n
  23. Never had a cavity and my dentist said only his dental school models had better teeth<\/li>\r\n
  24. Loved to Paint the Town with Mom as a kid; she always treated me as a little lady<\/li>\r\n
  25. Despite the above, I was a tomboy growing up, preferring to ride bikes, climb trees and help my Dad outside<\/li>\r\n
  26. Have always had a knack for cartooning<\/li>\r\n
  27. Keep a daily diary, and have done so since age 11<\/li>\r\n
  28. Was in a fashion show benefit once<\/li>\r\n
  29. My work was featured in a “One Woman Show” in the school display case when I was in sixth grade, and I was profiled in “Spotlight On Education<\/a>“<\/li>\r\n
  30. Performed on marimba at the WVU Percussion Departmental (as the only non-major). Dave Satterfield, Director of Percussion in the WVU Division of Music, asserted that I could have BEEN a percussion major. Cue chorus from the Heavenly Host. Akin to NASA declaring your balsa wood rubber-band plane air-worthy. Thanks Dave.<\/li>\r\n
  31. Participated in the filming of the Dow Jones employee video<\/li>\r\n
  32. Volunteered for the Shogun 27 promotional video<\/li>\r\n
  33. When I was 4, my parents and I stayed at the famed Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. Goldfinger was nowhere to be found.<\/li>\r\n
  34. My preferred drink is a classic dry gin martini with olives<\/li>\r\n
  35. I’m not too proud to pick up a penny<\/li>\r\n
  36. I can play Woody Woodpecker<\/em> on the harmonica<\/li>\r\n
  37. I got a hug from Greg Lake at an ELP concert, and Geddy Lee’s autograph after we saw RUSH<\/li>\r\n
  38. Earned my Web Design certification in 2022<\/li>\r\n
  39. Never met a Drake’s Coffee Cake or Devil Dog I didn’t like<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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    A while ago, a “Top 25” game circulated on Facebook. Here are mine (plus just a few). As with life itself, this list is ever-evolving. Neil Richardson – Firebird Love classic soul, disco, R & B, hip-hop and EDM Exercise because I\u2019m inspired by my super-fit Dad Took flight lessons until I had to give … <\/p>\n

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