NELSON SICKLER received a BS in Music from Mansfield State College in 1941 and a MS in Music from Ithaca College. He has played the trumpet for over 70 years and played in the Big Bands in the 1930s. Nelson taught in Genesee, PA for one year, was head of music department in Sayre, PA from 1942-1976, and then retired in 1976. He travels to Florida 7 months out of the year playing in Polk College Community Band and Big Dance Band. In the summer of 1990 a tribute to Nelson Sickler was held at Quinlans Park in Waverly, NY.