[Menvi-discuss] Bettye Krolick - Celebrating Her Life

Tue Aug 9 08:31:40 EDT 2011

Just clarifying that my teacher died of natural causes, not as a cause of my 
shooting lessons!

Stephanie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "STEPHANIE PIECK" <themusicsuite at verizon.net>
To: "This is for discussing music and braille literacy" 
<menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
Cc: <richardtaesch at menvi.org>; "This is for discussing music and braille 
literacy" <Menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 6:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Bettye Krolick - Celebrating Her Life

> Two things;
>
> 1. If you use Braille novels like that, who needs to pay for audiobooks?!
>
> And second; My last piano teacher--an incredible lady who very much 
> reminded me of Bettye Krolick for her fierce determination and demand of 
> excellence--was convinced I could drive ... and shoot ... Seems the 
> "pioneer women" figured that, blind or not, one had to learn to do for 
> oneself. And so, she had me driving on Kansas country roads (her argument 
> being "They're flat, they're straight, and it's my car, everybody in town 
> knows me, and I've got my hands on the steering wheel if I need to do 
> something in a hurry"!)
>
> And yes, I did learn to shoot, although this lady's son--in the 
> military!--had to finish the teaching as my teacher passed away after only 
> finishing the "load, unload" part of the education!
>
> (I don't plan to use any of these skills on an even irregular basis, but 
> you never know when skills will be called upon ... Ask anybody who grew up 
> on a farm about that.)
>
> Stephanie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bettie Downing" <bnbdowning70 at embarqmail.com>
> To: <taeschr at ix.netcom.com>; "This is for discussing music and braille 
> literacy" <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 4:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Bettye Krolick - Celebrating Her Life
>
>
>> E-gad!  She was driving!  Yikes!  I'm glad I wasn't on the highway!
>>
>>
>> On Aug 8, 2011, at 2:37 PM, taeschr at ix.netcom.com wrote:
>>
>>> Bettie,
>>>
>>> Just to take that wonderful story a bit further, I once sent her a 
>>> license frame that said: "Driver Reads Braille." She called me laughing, 
>>> and said it was true; apparently she used to travel the country to 
>>> demonstrate the first computer programs for transcribing. While driving 
>>> from college to college, she would get quite weary. One day she tried 
>>> putting a braille novel on the seat of the car next to her, and began to 
>>> read. She learned to read whole books while driving from lecture to 
>>> lecture. As a result, she could even proof music that way.
>>>
>>> Yours,
>>> Richard Taesch
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Bettie Downing <bnbdowning70 at embarqmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Aug 8, 2011 7:15 AM
>>>> To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy 
>>>> <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Bettye Krolick - Celebrating Her Life
>>>>
>>>> From Bettie Downing:
>>>>
>>>> Bettye Krolick told me when she was driving somewhere with her husband 
>>>> (HE was driving!) she would sit in the car with an embossed braille 
>>>> page and proofread the braille with her fingers!  And she was sighted. 
>>>> How I admired her!!
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 7, 2011, at 10:36 PM, Jared Rimer menvi webmaster wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've posted this to our web site menvi.org.  Thanks for the link, 
>>>>> Bill.
>>>>> Jared Rimer
>>>>> Webmaster: The Music Education Network for The Visually Impaired 
>>>>> http://menvi.org
>>>>> Telephone: 818-921-4976 or toll-free 866-824-7876
>>>>> Part of the Jared Rimer Network, the place to find everything in one 
>>>>> place.  http://www.jaredrimer.net
>>>>>
>>>>> ----
>>>>> If you find broken links, please let me know where you've found them, 
>>>>> I.E. the application or links page.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Bill" <billlist1 at comcast.net>
>>>>> To: <goodfeel at freelists.org>; <ddots-l at freelists.org>; "This is for 
>>>>> discussing music and braille literacy" <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>; 
>>>>> <braille-music-chat at yahoogroups.com>; <braillem at topica.com>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 2:57 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Bettye Krolick - Celebrating Her Life
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I found a detailed obituary of Bettye Krolick at:
>>>>>> http://obitsforlife.com/obituary/390337/Krolick-Bettye.php
>>>>>>
>>>>>> N. B.: In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the
>>>>>> National Braille Association, 95 Allens Creek Road, Bldg. 1, Suite 
>>>>>> 202,
>>>>>> Rochester, New York 14618,
>>>>>> or to the Alzheimer's Association of Northern Colorado, 415 Peterson 
>>>>>> St.,
>>>>>> Fort Collins, Colorado 80524.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, see the obituary on the page Albert references below.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bill McCann
>>>>>> Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992
>>>>>> www.DancingDots.com
>>>>>> Tel: [001] 610-783-6692
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: goodfeel-bounce at freelists.org 
>>>>>> [mailto:goodfeel-bounce at freelists.org]
>>>>>> On Behalf Of albertm13 at juno.com
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 8:28 AM
>>>>>> To: goodfeel at freelists.org
>>>>>> Subject: [goodfeel] Re: Bettye Krolick - Celebrating Her Life
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is sad news.  It was also sad when I found out she was retiring 
>>>>>> because
>>>>>> she was one of the people I'd look forward to seeing whenever I went 
>>>>>> to a
>>>>>> conference.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I found her obituary at
>>>>>> http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20110807/OBITUARIES/108070341
>>>>>> I tried the link to view her online obituary at www.allnutt.com but I 
>>>>>> could
>>>>>> not find her in the list.  Perhaps it hasn't been set up yet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Albert
>>>>>>
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