Joe Dyke

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Year graduated: 1965
Residing In: El Cajon, CA USA
Spouse/Partner: Laurel
Children/Birth Years: William Braxton Dyke lll 9-28-69
Thaddeus Judson Dyke 5-25-72
Occupation/What do you do now? Musician
Grandkids & Great-Grandkids/Birth Years:

Ilona 1994
Braxton 1999
Isabelle 2005
Rozlyn 2004
Dhani 2005
Nehemiah 2008

Names of siblings, relatives AND their CHS graduation years (if attended CHS):

James Richard Dyke '66
Susan Ann Dyke '71

Favorite CHS Memory:

Fridays...Cross Country meet...quick dinner and change into band uniform for football (or Pep Band for basketball)...early Saturday catch up with my Explorer Post buddies wherever they happen to be camping/hiking/etc.

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Favorite CHS Teacher or Principal:

Richard Robinette

What clubs/sports/groups did you participate in while at CHS? (check all that apply)

Jazz Band
Marching Band
Orchestra
Pep Band
Cross Country
Stage Band

What is your native country?

USA

Were you a Homecoming King/Queen or part of the Court?

No

Were you senior class President, VP, Treasurer or Secretary?

No

What Elementary School did you attend?

Jackson

What street did you grow up on while attending Crawford?

Corinth...top of Trojan Ave east of the school.

Who were your Colt neighbors?

Many went to Campus Lab or Blessed Sacrament...two SDSC Ed Profs on the block as well...Dr Joe Apple, and Dr James Lindley
Colts were Harry Longden, Epstein brothers, Altschuler brothers, Parker brothers, Wayne Fabert, Craig Wulfemeyer, Joan Templeton, Lee Weidauer, Larry Higgins, Don Pitts, Rita Pitts, Michael Snow, Gerald Murphy

Are you willing to volunteer to help with future CHS Foundation or Alumni activities should they arise?

Maybe, if I'm available

Share a true miracle that happened to you!

Our house in Crest made it through the 2003 Cedar Fire...everything else around it burned...the entire 8 acres...all our fruit trees, Avocado trees, and Bee colonies.

Anything else you'd like to share?

William Braxton (Joe) Dyke, Jr. is a native of San Diego and studied trumpet with David Greeno and Donald Phillips of the San Diego Symphony and John Clyman of Los Angeles. Joe is at home in all genres of music and has performed with the San Diego Symphony, San Diego Opera, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, La Jolla Playhouse, Starlight Theatre, Old Globe, Grand Pacific Band, Young Audiences, Buddy Blue, Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, San Diego City Ballet Orchestra, and various other Jazz, Latin, R&B, Funk, and Soul ensembles from Ragtime to the Temptations Back-up Band. He is a founding member of Millenia Consort, San Diego Chamber Brass Quintet, and Premier Brass, and is guest principal trumpet with the Orquesta de Baja California. Joe has a B.A. in Music from San Diego State University, and an M.A. in Performance, Literature, and Experimental Music from the University of California, San Diego. He taught instrumental music in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District from 1972 to 2010. Retired in 2010, he has returned to teaching music at Flying Hills Elementary School. He has been married since 1967 to Laurel Ruth Sloan, daughter of Salvation Army officers Brigadier and Mrs. Howard Sloan. They have two sons and six grandchildren.
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Neighbors...right around the corner.  And classmates at Jackson, Mann, and Crawford.

We're next to each other in our 6th grade class photo

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I remember some Abernathys at Horace Mann ( I was one year behind them in Advanced Band) but not Abernethey ? I was in Wayne Lawson's "Stardusters" with Crawfordites Dave DeJong and Jon Beamon.

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