Spring sports; Marco, Dr. Joe, and DNS; Lust Interest; Bombadil and Failure

Spring has sprung - Our athletes are well into their tennis, baseball, softball, lacrosse, golf, soccer, and track seasons. They and their coaches would love to see you out supporting them during one of these sunny afternoons. Among the options this week:

Monday
Varsity boys tennis vs. Jordan at 4:30 pm
Tuesday
Varsity boys lacrosse vs. Riverside at 4:30 pm
JV boys tennis vs. Duke School at 4:30 pm
Varsity girls lacrosse vs. Athens Drive at 6:00 pm
Wednesday
Varsity boys lacrosse vs. Kilbourne H.S. (Ohio) at 4:30 pm
Thursday
Varsity boys and girls track meet at 4:00
Varsity boys lacrosse vs. Heathwood Hall (South Carolina) at 4:30 pm
JV baseball vs. Ravenscroft at 4:30
Friday
Varsity baseball vs. Charlotte Latin at 4:00 pm
Saturday
Varsity baseball vs. Charlotte Country Day School at 10:00 am

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Sophomore Marco Reyes and Dr. Joe Moyland (parent of 5 DA alums and grandparent of two DA students) were recently featured on WUNC's "The State of Things." To hear Marco and Dr. Moyland talk about Durham Nativity School, click here. To see a brief slide show about the school prepared by WUNC, click here.

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Jason Lind (DA '98) writes, "I decided to record this 'performance poem' in the def poetry jam style (just me talking to the camera.) It's a little longer than previous videos, about three minutes, but should still keep your interest. The rhymes and wisdom come fast and furious. It's called 'Lust Interest' and has already gotten about ten comments (more than all my other videos combined) in the first couple days it has been up. Please check it out here.

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DA alumnus Bryan Rahija is currently touring the country with his band Bombadil. To hear more of and about their music, click to http://www.bombadilmusic.com. To learn more about Bryan and the band, read this recent article from the Asheville-based Mountain Times.

Traveling the globe for musical inspiration Durham’s Bombadil at Canyons of the Blue Ridge Friday
By Jeff Eason

Some bands have an international sound. Others embrace the regional music of their hometowns. Bombadil is a North Carolina-based band that manages to do both. Sometimes it will delve into the Piedmont blues of its hometown of Durham, while at other instances it will go on an international exploration of the music of Europe or South America.

Bombadil includes Daniel Michalak, Bryan Rahija and Stuart Robinson. The band will release its first full-length album, A Buzz, a Buzz, on Ramseur Records this spring. 



The band has its embryonic beginnings when Michalak and Rahija met for the first time in Bolivia. Both were smitten with the ballads, waltzes and dance music indigenous to the region and began writing songs that incorporated the style and instruments of the area. 

Upon returning to the United States, the pair began to combine elements of Bolivian music with Piedmont blues and psychedelic rock. When Robinson brought his experience as a classically trained pianist to the table, Bombadil was born. 



The band spent much of 2007 on the road playing in clubs and on college campuses. The result is an ever-growing fanbase that connects with the band’s unique musical expression. During any given song, at any given show, the guys from Bombadil are likely to play odd combinations of instruments such as xylophone, saxophone, charango, glockenspiel, recorder or zampona, in addition to the standard live music tools of guitars, keyboards and drums.

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Food for Thought - "The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people fail more." (Anonymous)