The Music Man...

Like many of you I attended the memorial service for Dennis Koch last Saturday. Dennis was the long time music teacher at Ritzville High School. Mr. Koch graduated from RHS in 1957 and returned to his hometown my junior year in the fall of 1968.

I only had one class from Mr. Koch and it wasn’t music related. I had long since given up playing the clarinet in hopes of becoming the next Pete Fountain. After my sophomore year I also decided that singing in the choir was not for me. Oh, I loved music but I spent my time listening to the music on KJRB and singing along with the rock bands and butche...