06/01/2021
The Hunter School of Music May 18th 1974
RONALD’S BLOG: OCTOBER 26 2020
I started the Music School Officially in 1978. I did have students from my early days in music, and I had about six students in Kilmarnock. Parents would come over to me at a gig ask me to give lessons to their children. I got started by giving them a lesson at their home. I eventually saw the potential in this and posted an advertisement in the Kilmarnock Standard for 3 weeks, for guitar and accordion. I got so many enquiries for lessons, I had a waiting list. The next step was to convert a small room in our two bedroom flat. This changed everything for me, although I was working from home teaching I still did gigs, and it was regular work. To this very day the music school has been an amazing journey.
Sadly Mary died in 1994 from cancer and we had 2 children, Simon was 14 and Gail was 4. This was a very difficult time for us. This pic was taken after the funeral. There is a follow-through to this story, but I’ll leave this until the next blog.