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Day	Date	Wha'ppened?	Birthdays	Remembrances
Thursday	05/01/2003 May Day! New Moon at 5:15 AM PST	TKD Workout Giora Schmidt & Rohan deSilva @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, performing: W.A. Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major, K.377 (1781); Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 (1887); Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor, L 140 (1917); Pablo de Sarasate: Habanera, Opus 21, No. 2, and Romanza Andaluza, Opus 22, No. 1; Maurice Ravel: Tzigane (1924). SF Performances' Program Notes. Jesse Hamlin's promotional article for San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper. Heuwell Tircuit's review for San Francisco Classical Voice.	Marion Walter Jacobs AKA Little Walter (1930); Shirley Horn (1934); Judy Collins (1939); Rita Coolidge (1944); Mimi Fariña (1945); James Newton (1953); Ray Parker, Jr. (1954)	Lindley Armstrong 'Spike' Jones (1965, emphysema)
Friday	05/02/2003	AM HKD Workout Lunch @ Seasonal Sushi; w/Jean-Cristophe! HKD Potluck @ Link's	Harry Lillis 'Bing' Crosby AKA Der Bingle (1903); Fred Lincoln 'Link' Wray, Jr. (1929);	George Wyle (2003, leukemia) - composer of many classic TV theme songs, including the Ballad of Gilligan's Island
Saturday	05/03/2003	TKD Black Belt Meeting TKD Promotional Exams UCMAP Banquet @ V.I.P. Palace (now the Midtown Ballroom), Oakland, CA	Pete Seeger (1919); James Brown (1933)
Sunday	05/04/2003	HKD Promotional Exams HKD Dinner @ Pho Hoa, Berkeley, CA; with Victor & Sarah, Elaine, Paul, Kevin Dessert @ Mondo Gelato, Berkeley	Ronald Levin Carter (1937);	Paul Butterfield (1987, alcohol/drug overdose)

Day

Date

Wha'ppened?

BD cake
Birthdays

RIP
Remembrances

Someday

Ting solo event

Randy solo event

Regular event

Celebrant Name (year)

Remembrant Name (details, year)

Thursday

05/01/2003

Maypole Dance
May Day!

day 01 of lunar cycle New Moon at 5:15 AM PST

TKD Workout

Giora Schmidt & Rohan deSilva @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco,
performing:
W.A. Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major, K.377 (1781);
Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 (1887);
Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor, L 140 (1917);
Pablo de Sarasate: Habanera, Opus 21, No. 2, and Romanza Andaluza, Opus 22, No. 1;
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane (1924).

SF Performances' Program Notes.
Jesse Hamlin's promotional article for San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper.
Heuwell Tircuit's review for San Francisco Classical Voice.

Marion Walter Jacobs AKA Little Walter (1930);
Shirley Horn (1934);
Judy Collins (1939);
Rita Coolidge (1944);
Mimi Fariña (1945);
James Newton (1953);
Ray Parker, Jr. (1954)

Lindley Armstrong 'Spike' Jones (1965, emphysema)

Friday

05/02/2003

day 02 of lunar cycle

AM HKD Workout

Lunch @ Seasonal Sushi; w/Jean-Cristophe!

HKD Potluck @ Link's

Harry Lillis 'Bing' Crosby AKA Der Bingle (1903);
Fred Lincoln 'Link' Wray, Jr. (1929);

George Wyle (2003, leukemia) - composer of many classic TV theme songs, including the Ballad of Gilligan's Island

Saturday

05/03/2003

day 03 of lunar cycle

TKD Black Belt Meeting

TKD Promotional Exams

UCMAP Banquet @ V.I.P. Palace (now the Midtown Ballroom), Oakland, CA

Pete Seeger (1919);
James Brown (1933)

Sunday

05/04/2003

day 04 of lunar cycle

HKD Promotional Exams

HKD Dinner @ Pho Hoa, Berkeley, CA; with Victor & Sarah, Elaine, Paul, Kevin

Dessert @ Mondo Gelato, Berkeley

Ronald Levin Carter (1937);

needle and spoon
Paul Butterfield (1987, alcohol/drug overdose)

Day	Date	Wha'ppened?	Birthdays	Remembrances
Monday	05/05/2003	Cinco de Mayo!	William Samuel 'Blind Willie' McTell (1901); Virginia Wynette Pugh AKA Tammy Wynette (1942); Michael Palin (1943)	Reverend Gary Davis (1972, heart attack); Wilson Anthony 'Boozoo' Chavis (2001, recuperating from heart attack/stroke)
Tuesday	05/06/2003			Kai Chresten Winding (1983, brain cancer)
Wednesday	05/07/2003		Bill Kreutzmann (1946)
Thursday	05/08/2003	Lunch @ Clarke's Charcoal Broiler, Mountain View, CA; with Rudy, Chetan, Jim Guise! Robert Lepage and Sophie Faucher's La Casa Azul (2002) AKA Apasionada @ Zellerbach Hall Playhouse, University of California, Berkeley; with Carl Wescott. Lyn Gardner's promo article for the Guardian. Dennis Harvey's review for Variety. Robert Hurwitt's review for San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper. Chad Jones' review for the Oakland Tribune Newspaper. Owen Vanveen's review for Island Life.	Madeleine Campiglia Read (1904) Mary Elfrieda Scruggs AKA Mary Lou Williams (1910) 'Papa' John Creach (1917)	Amos Leone 'Leon' Thomas, Jr. (1999, heart attack)
Friday	05/09/2003 Waxing quarter moon at 4:53 AM PST			Otis Blackwell (2002, heart attack)
Saturday	05/10/2003	Pre-performance walk through the crafts fair in White Plaza, Stanford University, Palo Alto. Assad Brothers @ Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University, Palo Alto (Stanford Lively Arts reference for the venue) Randy's best attempt at an accurate setlist Post-performance walk in the nearby outdoor Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden, Stanford University, Palo Alto Mike Peters has posted a more comprehensive set of web-pages about the garden.. Randy's gallery of photos from the excursion.	'Mother' Maybelle Addington Carter (1909); Donovan Philip Leitch (1946); Dave Mason (1947); Lowell Fillmore 'Sly' Dunbar (1952); John Simon Ritchie AKA Sid Vicious (1957); Paul Hewson AKA Bono (1960)	Shelby 'Shel' Silverstein (1999, heart attack) John Josephus Hicks, Jr (2006, internal bleeding)
Sunday	05/11/2003 Mother's Day!	Matt Haimovitz @ [an error occurred while processing this directive]; with TC, mom. Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007-1012 Morning Set: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 Mother's Day Picnic @ Lincoln Park; with TC, mom. Matt Haimovitz @ [an error occurred while processing this directive]; with TC, mom. Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007-1012 Afternoon Set: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010 Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 SFPerformances' Program Notes; John Lutterman's Review for San Francisco Classical Voice.	Israel Baline AKA Irving Berlin (1888); Carla Bley (1938); Eric Burdon (1941)	Lester Raymond Flatt (1979); Robert Nesta Marley (1981, brain cancer); David 'Noel' Redding (2003, natural causes)

Day

Date

Wha'ppened?

BD cake
Birthdays

RIP
Remembrances

Monday

05/05/2003

day 05 of lunar cycle

Cinco de Mayo stamp
Cinco de Mayo!

William Samuel 'Blind Willie' McTell (1901);
Virginia Wynette Pugh AKA Tammy Wynette (1942);
Michael Palin (1943)

Reverend Gary Davis (1972, heart attack);
Wilson Anthony 'Boozoo' Chavis (2001, recuperating from heart attack/stroke)

Tuesday

05/06/2003

day 06 of lunar cycle

Kai Chresten Winding (1983, brain cancer)

Wednesday

05/07/2003

day 07 of lunar cycle

Bill Kreutzmann (1946)

Thursday

05/08/2003

day 08 of lunar cycle

Lunch @ Clarke's Charcoal Broiler, Mountain View, CA; with Rudy, Chetan, Jim Guise!

Robert Lepage and Sophie Faucher's La Casa Azul (2002) AKA Apasionada @ Zellerbach Hall Playhouse, University of California, Berkeley;
with Carl Wescott.
at the sink diego
Lyn Gardner's promo article for the Guardian.
Dennis Harvey's review for Variety.
Robert Hurwitt's review for San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper.
Chad Jones' review for the Oakland Tribune Newspaper.
Owen Vanveen's review for Island Life.

Madeleine Campiglia Read (1904)

Mary Elfrieda Scruggs AKA Mary Lou Williams (1910)
'Papa' John Creach (1917)

Amos Leone 'Leon' Thomas, Jr. (1999, heart attack)

Friday

05/09/2003

day 09 of lunar cycle Waxing quarter moon at 4:53 AM PST

Otis Blackwell (2002, heart attack)

Saturday

05/10/2003

day 10 of lunar cycle

Pre-performance walk through the crafts fair in White Plaza, Stanford University, Palo Alto.

Assad Brothers @ Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University, Palo Alto
(Stanford Lively Arts reference for the venue)
Randy's best attempt at an accurate setlist

Post-performance walk in the nearby outdoor Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden, Stanford University, Palo Alto
Mike Peters has posted a more comprehensive set of web-pages about the garden..

Randy's gallery of photos from the excursion.

'Mother' Maybelle Addington Carter (1909);
Donovan Philip Leitch (1946);
Dave Mason (1947);
Lowell Fillmore 'Sly' Dunbar (1952);
John Simon Ritchie AKA Sid Vicious (1957);
Paul Hewson AKA Bono (1960)

Shelby 'Shel' Silverstein (1999, heart attack)
John Josephus Hicks, Jr (2006, internal bleeding)

Sunday

05/11/2003

day 11 of lunar cycle

Mother's Day!

Matt Haimovitz @ [an error occurred while processing this directive];
with TC, mom.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007-1012
Morning Set: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Mother's Day Picnic @ Lincoln Park; with TC, mom.

Matt Haimovitz @ [an error occurred while processing this directive];
with TC, mom.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007-1012
Afternoon Set: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010
Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012

SFPerformances' Program Notes;
John Lutterman's Review for San Francisco Classical Voice.

Israel Baline AKA Irving Berlin (1888);
Carla Bley (1938);
Eric Burdon (1941)

Lester Raymond Flatt (1979);
Robert Nesta Marley (1981, brain cancer);
David 'Noel' Redding (2003, natural causes)

Day	Date	Wha'ppened?	Birthdays	Remembrances
Monday	05/12/2003		Jesse Fuller (1896); Burt Bacharach (1928); Ian McLagan (1945) Steve Winwood (1948)
Tuesday	05/13/2003		Ian Ernest Gilmore Green AKA Gil Evans (1912); William M. 'Red' Garland (1923); Ritchie Valens (1941); Mary Wells (1943); Steveland Hardaway Judkins AKA Stevie Wonder (1950)	James Robert 'Bob' Wills (1975, stroke)
Wednesday	05/14/2003		Lou Henry Harrison (1917); John Symon Asher 'Jack' Bruce (1943); David Byrne (1952)	Keith Relf (1976, electrocuted while playing guitar in the bathtub); Chesney Henry 'Chet' Baker, Jr. (1988, autodefenestration while under the influence of heroin and cocaine); the Chairman of the Board, Francis Albert 'Frank' Sinatra (1998, heart attack)
Thursday	05/15/2003 Total lunar eclipse, 7:05 PM to 10:15 pm	Randy crashes into a Trash Truck for Bike to Work Day! Doh! Dinner @ Seasonal Sushi, Redwood City the Igaunas @ Claire Loftus Carriage House Theatre, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga Funfolk's photo gallery and setlist	Hugh Romney AKA Wavy Gravy (1936); Brian Peter George St. Baptiste de la Salle Eno (1948) Bob & Lori Jaffe's Wedding Anniversary (1993)	June Carter Cash (2003, complications following heart surgery)
Friday	05/16/2003 Full moon at 8:36 PM PST	Neil Hogan; Laurence Juber @ Claire Loftus Carriage House Theatre, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga Funfolk's photo gallery and setlist	Woodrow Charles 'Woody' Herman (1913); Wladziu Valentino Liberace (1919); Lorraine 'Betty' Carter (1930); William C. 'Billy' Cobham (1944)	Jean Baptiste 'Django' Reinhardt (1953, stroke); Sammy Davis Jr. (1990, throat cancer); James Maury 'Jim' Henson (1990, sepsis caused by bacterial pneumonia) Lawrence 'Ramrod' Shurtliff (2006, lung cancer)
Saturday	05/17/2003 General release of the World-Wide Web from CERN (1991)	Snow sporting @ Alpine Meadows, Tahoe City, CA, with Siu-Fai Stay @ Tom Moore's place in Truckee, CA	John Lenwood 'Jackie' McLean (1932); Henry St. Clair Fredericks AKA Taj Mahal (1942); Jesse Winchester (1944); Bill Bruford (1948); Eithne Ní Bhraonáin AKA Enya (1961);	Lawrence Welk (1992, pneumonia); Johnny 'Guitar' Watson (1996, heart attack); Tony Randall (2004)
Sunday	05/18/2003	Snow sporting @ Alpine Meadows, Tahoe City, CA, with Siu-Fai Anne Lin & Thomas Yang's Wedding Banquet @ Canton Seafood and Dim Sum Restaurant, San Francisco, CA	Joseph Vernon 'Big Joe' Turner (1911); Kai Chresten Winding (1922); Rick Wakeman (1949)	Gustav Mahler (1911, heart failure); Horace Swaby AKA Augustus Pablo (1999, myasthenia gravis); Elvin Jones (2004, heart failure)

Day

Date

Wha'ppened?

BD cake
Birthdays

RIP
Remembrances

Monday

05/12/2003

day 12 of lunar cycle

Jesse Fuller (1896);
Burt Bacharach (1928);
Ian McLagan (1945) Steve Winwood (1948)

Tuesday

05/13/2003

day 13 of lunar cycle

Ian Ernest Gilmore Green AKA Gil Evans (1912);
William M. 'Red' Garland (1923);
Ritchie Valens (1941);
Mary Wells (1943);
Steveland Hardaway Judkins AKA Stevie Wonder (1950)

James Robert 'Bob' Wills (1975, stroke)

Wednesday

05/14/2003

day 14 of lunar cycle

Lou Henry Harrison (1917);
John Symon Asher 'Jack' Bruce (1943);
David Byrne (1952)

Keith Relf (1976, electrocuted while playing guitar in the bathtub);

Chesney Henry 'Chet' Baker, Jr. (1988, autodefenestration while under the influence of heroin and cocaine);

the Chairman of the Board, Francis Albert 'Frank' Sinatra (1998, heart attack)

Thursday

05/15/2003

day 15 of lunar cycle

Total lunar eclipse, 7:05 PM to 10:15 pm

Randy crashes into a Trash Truck for Bike to Work Day! Doh!

Dinner @ Seasonal Sushi, Redwood City

the Igaunas @ Claire Loftus Carriage House Theatre, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga
Funfolk's photo gallery and setlist

Hugh Romney AKA Wavy Gravy (1936);
Brian Peter George St. Baptiste de la Salle Eno (1948)

Bob & Lori Jaffe's Wedding Anniversary (1993)

June Carter Cash (2003, complications following heart surgery)

Friday

05/16/2003

day 16 of lunar cycle Full moon at 8:36 PM PST

Neil Hogan; Laurence Juber @ Claire Loftus Carriage House Theatre, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga
Funfolk's photo gallery and setlist

Woodrow Charles 'Woody' Herman (1913);
Wladziu Valentino Liberace (1919);
Lorraine 'Betty' Carter (1930);
William C. 'Billy' Cobham (1944)

Jean Baptiste 'Django' Reinhardt (1953, stroke);
Sammy Davis Jr. (1990, throat cancer);
James Maury 'Jim' Henson (1990, sepsis caused by bacterial pneumonia) Lawrence 'Ramrod' Shurtliff (2006, lung cancer)

Saturday

05/17/2003

day 17 of lunar cycle

www stamp
General release of the World-Wide Web from CERN (1991)

Snow sporting @ Alpine Meadows, Tahoe City, CA, with Siu-Fai

Stay @ Tom Moore's place in Truckee, CA

John Lenwood 'Jackie' McLean (1932);
Henry St. Clair Fredericks AKA Taj Mahal (1942);
Jesse Winchester (1944);
Bill Bruford (1948);
Eithne Ní Bhraonáin AKA Enya (1961);

Lawrence Welk (1992, pneumonia);
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson (1996, heart attack);
Tony Randall (2004)

Sunday

05/18/2003

day 18 of lunar cycle

Snow sporting @ Alpine Meadows, Tahoe City, CA, with Siu-Fai

Anne Lin & Thomas Yang's Wedding Banquet @ Canton Seafood and Dim Sum Restaurant, San Francisco, CA

Joseph Vernon 'Big Joe' Turner (1911);
Kai Chresten Winding (1922);
Rick Wakeman (1949)

Gustav Mahler (1911, heart failure);
Horace Swaby AKA Augustus Pablo (1999, myasthenia gravis);
Elvin Jones (2004, heart failure)

Day	Date	Wha'ppened?	Birthdays	Remembrances
Monday	05/19/2003		Cornelius 'Sonny' Fortune (1939); Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (1945); Jeffrey Hyman AKA Joey Ramone (1951)	Coleman Randolph Hawkins (1969, pneumonia)
Tuesday	05/20/2003	Gillian Welch & David Rawlings @ Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco Randy's photo gallery and setlist Matthew Green's promo article for the the Oakland Tribune Newspaper Sam Prestianni's promo article for the SF Weekly Melanie Haiken's review for PASTE Magazine.	John Robert 'Joe' Cocker (1944)
Wednesday	05/21/2003	Lunch @ Le Cheval, Walnut Creek, CA, with Sally!	Thomas Wright 'Fats' Waller (1904); Christian McBride (1972)
Thursday	05/22/2003	Lunch @ Franklin St. Caffe, Redwood City, CA, with Renee, Mirella, Marie & Toni! ITOPS Outing: X2: X-Men United @ Century Park 12, Redwood City, CA Eric & Suzy Thompson @ East Lawn, Main Library, Palo Alto, CA	Herman Sonny Blount AKA Sun Ra (1914); Bernie Taupin (1950)
Friday	05/23/2003 Waning quarter moon at 5:31 PM PST	Lunch @ Seasonal Sushi, Redwood City, with Jean-Cristophe! Dinner @ Crepes-a-Go-Go, Union Street, San Francisco, CA the Bad Plus, Jason Moran and the Bandwagon @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco Sam Prestianni's promo article for the SF Weekly	Robert Moog (1934); Famodou Don Moye (1946) MPM (1944) Dennis & Laurie Ponos' Wedding Anniversary (1987)	Joseph Anthony Passalaqua AKA Joe Pass (1994, cancer); Hamza el Din (2006, complications from brain surgery)
Saturday	05/24/2003	Dinner @ Max's Opera Café, San Francisco, CA SFJAZZ presents Swing Thru the Years: A Violin Summit featuring Johnny Frigo, Mark O'Connor Trio @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco; with TC & Kaoru	Archie Vernon Shepp (1937); Robert Allan Zimmerman AKA Bob Dylan (1941); Roseanne Cash (1955)	Elmore James (1963, heart attack); Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington (1974, lung cancer and pneumonia); Harold Eugene 'Gene' Clark (1991, bleeding ulcer) Jimmy McGriff (2008, heart failure)
Sunday	05/25/2003	Dinner @ Crepevine, Oakland, CA, with Siu-Fai	Pieter Zeeman (1865); Miles Dewey Davis, III (1926); Wallace Roney (1960)	Aleck Ford Miller AKA Sonny Boy Williamson II (1965, heart attack); Roy Brown (1981, heart attack); Warren Harding 'Sonny' Sharrock (1994, heart attack); Desmond Dacres AKA Desmond Dekker (2006, heart attack))

Day

Date

Wha'ppened?

BD cake
Birthdays

RIP
Remembrances

Monday

05/19/2003

day 19 of lunar cycle

Cornelius 'Sonny' Fortune (1939);
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (1945);
Jeffrey Hyman AKA Joey Ramone (1951)

Coleman Randolph Hawkins (1969, pneumonia)

Tuesday

05/20/2003

day 20 of lunar cycle

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings @ Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
David Rawlings and Gillian Welch
Randy's photo gallery and setlist
Matthew Green's promo article for the the Oakland Tribune Newspaper
Sam Prestianni's promo article for the SF Weekly
Melanie Haiken's review for PASTE Magazine.

John Robert 'Joe' Cocker (1944)

Wednesday

05/21/2003

day 21 of lunar cycle

Lunch @ Le Cheval, Walnut Creek, CA, with Sally!

Thomas Wright 'Fats' Waller (1904);
Christian McBride (1972)

Thursday

05/22/2003

day 22 of lunar cycle

Lunch @ Franklin St. Caffe, Redwood City, CA, with Renee, Mirella, Marie & Toni!

ITOPS Outing: X2: X-Men United @ Century Park 12, Redwood City, CA

Eric & Suzy Thompson @ East Lawn, Main Library, Palo Alto, CA

Herman Sonny Blount AKA Sun Ra (1914);
Bernie Taupin (1950)

Friday

05/23/2003

day 23 of lunar cycle Waning quarter moon at 5:31 PM PST

Lunch @ Seasonal Sushi, Redwood City, with Jean-Cristophe!

Dinner @ Crepes-a-Go-Go, Union Street, San Francisco, CA

the Bad Plus, Jason Moran and the Bandwagon @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
Sam Prestianni's promo article for the SF Weekly

Robert Moog (1934);

Famodou Don Moye (1946)

MPM (1944)

Dennis & Laurie Ponos' Wedding Anniversary (1987)

Joseph Anthony Passalaqua AKA Joe Pass (1994, cancer);
Hamza el Din (2006, complications from brain surgery)

Saturday

05/24/2003

day 24 of lunar cycle

Dinner @ Max's Opera Café, San Francisco, CA

SFJAZZ presents Swing Thru the Years: A Violin Summit featuring
Johnny Frigo, Mark O'Connor Trio @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco;
with TC & Kaoru

Archie Vernon Shepp (1937);
Robert Allan Zimmerman AKA Bob Dylan (1941);
Roseanne Cash (1955)

Elmore James (1963, heart attack);
Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington (1974, lung cancer and pneumonia);
Harold Eugene 'Gene' Clark (1991, bleeding ulcer) Jimmy McGriff (2008, heart failure)

Sunday

05/25/2003

day 25 of lunar cycle

Dinner @ Crepevine, Oakland, CA, with Siu-Fai

Pieter Zeeman (1865);
Miles Dewey Davis, III (1926);
Wallace Roney (1960)

Aleck Ford Miller AKA Sonny Boy Williamson II (1965, heart attack);
Roy Brown (1981, heart attack);
Warren Harding 'Sonny' Sharrock (1994, heart attack);
Desmond Dacres AKA Desmond Dekker (2006, heart attack))

Day	Date	Wha'ppened?	Birthdays	Remembrances
Monday	05/26/2003	Shopping with Sally in Pleasanton Lunch @ Grain D'Or Bakery, Pleasanton, CA Peter Hand's 40th Birthday Potluck Picnic @ Arlington Park, El Cerrito, CA Ice-cream party @ Jaffe's, with Brian & Emily, Dr. Jeff	Levon Helm (1940); Stevie Nicks (1948); Lenny Kravitz (1964)	William Edgar 'Little Willie' John (1968, pneumonia)
Tuesday	05/27/2003	Lunch @ Mime's Café, Redwood City, with Emmanuel	Herman Parker, Jr (1932); Ramsey Lewis (1935); Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950);	Luciano Berio (2003, undisclosed causes)
Wednesday	05/28/2003	ITOPS Outing: the the Matrix: Reloaded @ Century Park 12, Redwood City, CA	Aaron Thibeaux 'T-Bone' Walker (1910); Cecil Bustamente Campbell AKA Prince Buster (1938); Gladys Knight (1944); John Fogerty (1945)	Mary Elfrieda Scruggs AKA Mary Lou Williams (1981, cancer)
Thursday	05/29/2003	TKD Workout		John Cipollina (1989, emphysema)
Friday	05/30/2003	ITOPS Lunch @ Max's Café, Redwood City TKD Referee Training Seminar @ Roscoe Maples Pavilion, Stanford University, Palo Alto (see also Stanford Athletics reference for the venue)	Melvin Jerome 'Mel' Blanc (1908); Benjamin David 'Benny' Goodman (1909);	Paul Emil Breitenfeld AKA Paul Desmond (lung cancer, 1977); Herman Sonny Blount AKA Sun Ra (complications from several strokes, 1993); John Kahn (heroin O.D., 1996)
Saturday	05/31/2003 New moon at 9:20 PM PST Memorial Day!	Stanford Spring Open TKD Tournament @ Roscoe Maples Pavilion, Stanford University, Palo Alto (see also Stanford Athletics reference for the venue)	Albert 'Tootie' Heath (1935); John Henry Bonham (1948)	William Thomas 'Billy' Strayhorn (1967, cancer)

Day

Date

Wha'ppened?

BD cake
Birthdays

RIP
Remembrances

Monday

05/26/2003

day 26 of lunar cycle

Shopping with Sally in Pleasanton

Lunch @ Grain D'Or Bakery, Pleasanton, CA

Peter Hand's 40th Birthday Potluck Picnic @ Arlington Park, El Cerrito, CA

Ice-cream party @ Jaffe's, with Brian & Emily, Dr. Jeff

Levon Helm (1940);
Stevie Nicks (1948);
Lenny Kravitz (1964)

William Edgar 'Little Willie' John (1968, pneumonia)

Tuesday

05/27/2003

day 27 of lunar cycle

Lunch @ Mime's Café, Redwood City, with Emmanuel

Herman Parker, Jr (1932);
Ramsey Lewis (1935);
Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950);

Luciano Berio (2003, undisclosed causes)

Wednesday

05/28/2003

day 28 of lunar cycle

ITOPS Outing: the the Matrix: Reloaded @ Century Park 12, Redwood City, CA

Aaron Thibeaux 'T-Bone' Walker (1910);
Cecil Bustamente Campbell AKA Prince Buster (1938);
Gladys Knight (1944);
John Fogerty (1945)

Mary Elfrieda Scruggs AKA Mary Lou Williams (1981, cancer)

Thursday

05/29/2003

day 29 of lunar cycle

TKD Workout

John Cipollina (1989, emphysema)

Friday

05/30/2003

day 30 of lunar cycle

ITOPS Lunch @ Max's Café, Redwood City

TKD Referee Training Seminar @ Roscoe Maples Pavilion, Stanford University, Palo Alto
(see also Stanford Athletics reference for the venue)

Melvin Jerome 'Mel' Blanc (1908);
Benjamin David 'Benny' Goodman (1909);

Paul Emil Breitenfeld AKA Paul Desmond (lung cancer, 1977);
Herman Sonny Blount AKA Sun Ra (complications from several strokes, 1993);
needle and spoon
John Kahn (heroin O.D., 1996)

Saturday

05/31/2003

day 01 of lunar cycle New moon at 9:20 PM PST

Memorial Day!

Stanford Spring Open TKD Tournament @ Roscoe Maples Pavilion, Stanford University, Palo Alto
(see also Stanford Athletics reference for the venue)

Albert 'Tootie' Heath (1935);
John Henry Bonham (1948)

William Thomas 'Billy' Strayhorn (1967, cancer)

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Someday		Ting solo event Randy solo event Regular event	Celebrant Name (year)	Remembrant Name (details, year)
Thursday	05/01/2003 May Day! New Moon at 5:15 AM PST	TKD Workout Giora Schmidt & Rohan deSilva @ Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, performing: W.A. Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major, K.377 (1781); Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 (1887); Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor, L 140 (1917); Pablo de Sarasate: Habanera, Opus 21, No. 2, and Romanza Andaluza, Opus 22, No. 1; Maurice Ravel: Tzigane (1924). SF Performances' Program Notes. Jesse Hamlin's promotional article for San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper. Heuwell Tircuit's review for San Francisco Classical Voice.	Marion Walter Jacobs AKA Little Walter (1930); Shirley Horn (1934); Judy Collins (1939); Rita Coolidge (1944); Mimi Fariña (1945); James Newton (1953); Ray Parker, Jr. (1954)	Lindley Armstrong 'Spike' Jones (1965, emphysema)
Friday	05/02/2003	AM HKD Workout Lunch @ Seasonal Sushi; w/Jean-Cristophe! HKD Potluck @ Link's	Harry Lillis 'Bing' Crosby AKA Der Bingle (1903); Fred Lincoln 'Link' Wray, Jr. (1929);	George Wyle (2003, leukemia) - composer of many classic TV theme songs, including the Ballad of Gilligan's Island
Saturday	05/03/2003	TKD Black Belt Meeting TKD Promotional Exams UCMAP Banquet @ V.I.P. Palace (now the Midtown Ballroom), Oakland, CA	Pete Seeger (1919); James Brown (1933)
Sunday	05/04/2003	HKD Promotional Exams HKD Dinner @ Pho Hoa, Berkeley, CA; with Victor & Sarah, Elaine, Paul, Kevin Dessert @ Mondo Gelato, Berkeley	Ronald Levin Carter (1937);	Paul Butterfield (1987, alcohol/drug overdose)