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Together Forever
Today is Good Friday, and how appropriate that two very good people's 72nd Wedding Anniversary fell on today as it has in years past.
Loretta Pritchard
Apr 181 min read
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I've Gone Down . . . in history, that is . . .
Last Fall, Dan Fiorentino, Music Historian for NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants), came to Ellis Piano to interview owner/presid
Loretta Pritchard
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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The $100 Bill: A Tribute to my Beautiful Aunt Dorothy
Go take your brother a hundred dollars; he needs it. This is the message from the Good Lord that Aunt Dorothy McKelvey kept getting.
Loretta Pritchard
Aug 12, 20244 min read
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A Diamond Day at Ellis Piano
Martha Mier is a world-renowned composer of educational piano music and needs no introduction to the piano pedagogy world.
Loretta Pritchard
May 30, 20242 min read
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My Oldest Friend
“My Oldest Friend” is probably not the title my dear friend, Eleanor Trafton, would want to proclaim, but I enjoy telling everyone that,...
Loretta Pritchard
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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Divinely Orchestrated
My Ellis Piano colleagues and I were waiting on the arrival of Dr. Henry Panion, Professor of Music and Director of the Music Technology...
Loretta Pritchard
Mar 27, 20241 min read
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I'm Awake!
Things to wake you up on the job: When you answer the phone and the voice says, "Hi! I'm the keyboard technician for the rock band...
Loretta Pritchard
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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Rolling the Tide Twice
Along with the University, it is also our state of Alabama that has been blessed to be affiliated with TWO legendary coaches. I don't...
Loretta Pritchard
Jan 11, 20241 min read
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The Lonely Ghost Needs a Friend
A teacher came to purchase music today at Ellis Piano, where I am the Music Manager, and told me that she had a seven-year old boy...
Loretta Pritchard
Oct 20, 20232 min read
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It's A Miracle
In 1987, my hometown friend, Billy Heard, came to our family recording studio, "Studio Z," in Jackson's Gap, AL, and played us a great...
Loretta Pritchard
Aug 9, 20232 min read
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God Will Heal
"The South . . . where tea is on ice and folks are nice!" Quote by Sean of the South . . . one reason I love the South AND my beloved...
Loretta Pritchard
Apr 17, 20231 min read
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David Foster
I sat down recently on the job at Ellis Piano and played a Yamaha DCF6. I thought, Wow! This is the best Yamaha I have ever played! It...
Loretta Pritchard
Mar 1, 20231 min read
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Dad
"Your dad is such a sweet man." "Your dad is such a good man." "Your dad is such a Godly man." "Your dad is a remarkable man." "Your dad...
Loretta Pritchard
Oct 14, 20227 min read
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"Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign"
It was a “Signs, signs, everywhere a sign” morning for me. I took the back roads to work and ran up on a construction site. There were...
Loretta Pritchard
Aug 3, 20221 min read
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Black History Month - DeFord Bailey
In recognition of Black History Month, I have to target Music History in this category. This photo was taken March 15, 1975, backstage at...
Loretta Pritchard
Feb 22, 20221 min read
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It's Groundhog Day!
Concerning Groundhog Day . . . I hear that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today - that means 6 more weeks of winter. So, Dad tells me...
Loretta Pritchard
Feb 3, 20222 min read
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God Can Handle It!
Recently, I arrived at work at Ellis Piano and immediately got the sense that I needed to go to the ladies' restroom and check on things....
Loretta Pritchard
Dec 17, 20213 min read
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"My Last Night to Cry"
The theme of this song, written by my Dad in 1959, is a universal one: someone is crying over a broken heart. EVERYONE has had a broken...
Loretta Pritchard
Jul 10, 20211 min read
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Wear Your Holy Sweater
Wear your purple sweater today, a small, calm voice inside of me said as I got out of bed to get dressed for the day. "But, that sweater...
Loretta Pritchard
May 21, 20214 min read
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"The Beautiful Shores of Hawaii"
In 1959, the Dadeville High School Future Farmers of America Club commissioned my Dad to write a song for their club band to play in a...
Loretta Pritchard
May 10, 20211 min read
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