Virginia Currents: Wayne Batty; Mary Jane Batty; Robert Schaefer
Meet a state worker who has been sharing his love for music for over 6 decades, Wayne Batty, a music teacher with VCU. Then meet his wife, Mary Jane Batty, who made learning music for children easy and fun on WCVE 40 years ago. We meet author, Robert Schaefer, who’s book “Alzheimer’s: The Identity Thief of the 21st Century” delves into the touching and eye opening love story between himself and his wife.
Original Airdate: Thursday, 2-09-2012
Series: Virginia Currents
Wow! I'm the little girl with the violin in the pictures used on the clip about Mary Jane Batty. As a bit of catch-up, I spent 30 years in Marketing and Public Relations and am now changing careers with a double-major in Education from Glenville State College in Glenville, WV with an emphasis on Elementary Education and English Education. I still play the violin at every opportunity - in a variety of styles: jazz, folk, bluegrass, country and of course, classical - and on the same violin shown in the photos! It's been one fantastic ride - and I owe it all to music and to music teachers like Mrs. Batty! Barbara Blankenship
Wow Wayne Batty was my chourus teacher in 78 & 79. Good to see his donig well.
All of us who know the Battys are better people for it. What an inspiration they have been these many years! Thank you for these great interviews.
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