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Select Abraham Lincoln – 16th President

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Select Donald J. Trump – 45th President

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Select Barack Obama – 44th President

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Select Ronald R. Reagan – 40th President

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Select Jimmy Carter – 39th President

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Select Gerald R. Ford – 38th President

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Select Richard M. Nixon – 37th President

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Select Lyndon B. Johnson – 36th President

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Select John F. Kennedy – 35th President

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Select Dwight D. Eisenhower – 34th President

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Select Thomas Woodrow Wilson – 28th President

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Select William Howard Taft – 27th President

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Select Theodore Roosevelt – 26th President

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Select William McKinley – 25th President

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Select Stephen Grover Cleveland – 22nd & 24th President

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Select James A. Garfield – 20th President

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Select Rutherford B. Hayes – 19th President

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Select Ulysses S. Grant – 18th President

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Select Andrew Johnson – 17th President

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Select Presidents Tyler & Polk – 10th & 11th Presidents

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Select William H. Harrison – 9th President

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Select Martin Van Buren – 8th President

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Select Andrew Jackson – 7th President

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Select John Quincy Adams – 6th President

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Select James Monroe – 5th President

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Select James Madison – 4th President

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Select James Monroe – The 5th President

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Select John Tyler – 10th President

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Select Franklin Pierce – 14th President

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Select Andrew Johnson – 17th President

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2019/09/16
Select Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President

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November 6, 2020 (Friday)

Saxophone Day is today. The Saxophone is a classical woodwind instrument. It is an essential instrument in jazz bands, symphonic bands, marching bands and more. It’s only fitting that this great instrument has a day of recognition all to its own.

The Saxophone was invented around 1840. It was created by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian musical instrument maker. The sax is made of brass. The inventor of the saxophone was born on this day in 1814. He invented 8 types of saxophones: Sopranino, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Contrabass, and Subcontrabass. The first Saxophone ever created was the Bass Saxophone. A 9th type of Saxophone, the Soprillo Saxophone, was invented in 2004. It is the smallest Saxophone.

I have precious memories of three saxaphone players (Harold Mundine, Jerral Hawes and Mark Gilliam) who formed a trio and played for our worship services at First Baptist Church, Rockport, Texas. I’m sorry to say I don’t remember the dates of their performances, but I do remember what a wonderful blessing their music was to all of us who were present when they played some hymns during the worship service. What a beautiful sound they created as they blended the tones created by their instruments. I wish I could hear them again.

Harold Mundine became a Christian and a member of First Baptist Church, Rockport as a teen. Until becoming Music Director at the First Baptist Church of Sinton, Texas, he was actively serving in and leading the music program of the Rockport church. He is a skilled craftsman who has kept music instruments in order for many years. He is an expert in that field. His heart is in the service of Christ through the churches.

Jerral Hawes has served as band director for high schools in this area of the state, as music director in several churches, and a key member of the talented and popular singing group known as “Song of Glory.” He plays many instruments and can always be found serving the Lord wherever he lives and works. He is an unsung hero of our faith.


Mark Gilliam’s life was cut short by a tragic accident, but in life he loved his saxaphone. He also loved the work of law enforcement, formally trained and serving as patrolman and detective in the Rockport Police Department, and later as Sheriff of Aransas County. He loved his church and was active in the quartet, “The Gospel Force,” with his strong bass voice.

When these three men stood before the church and played their instruments, all those who heard them were blessed beyond measure. I’m repeating myself, I know, but I do wish I could hear them play again.

Here’s a saxaphone quartet playing “Take My Life, Lead Me Lord” to give an idea of what the trio sounded like. Video starts at 18 seconds.