Cheryl stayed in El Paso to sell house while Martin worked in Austin
01/01/79 Martin in El Paso
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Before it closed in 1980 Martin attended Harry Chapin's concert at the Armadillo World Headquarters on 01/03/79. Martin arrived early and sat on the front row by Harry's son Josh. It was the first time Chapin performed his new song "Sequel" which he'd just completed. Cheryl was still in El Paso.
ticket from previous concert
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01/15/79 Martin was invited to attend dinner with DHS SD & Legal staff at the County Line BBQ
Tuesday April 10, 1979, Harry Chapin played the Paramount Theater in Austin and gave Martin this autographed photo and talked about Martin's Highland Sound Company's on-location recording. Chapin said Austin was a good place to be.
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01/31/79 Cheryl called to say she'd sold our house in El Paso. Photo above, the El Paso house some years later.
03/01/79 Martin met Sylvia & Pat at Austin's Magic Time Machine - Sylvia's divorce was final.
03/14/79 Martin went to Dallas for DHS meeting with Paula & Winifred. They went on a Haagen Dazs ice cream hunt and watched the Dallas tower light show.
Interestingly Martin's brother-in-law John King managed the Dallas communincations (including police/fire) and the FM station in the top of the tower. His office was in the bottom building.
03/17/79 Cheryl and Martin toured the Pompeii exhibit.
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013179 Cheryl called - sold house in El Paso
021679 M drove to El Paso staying over in Odessa
021979 Closed on house returned to Austin
final 031479 Dallas w Paula & Winifred -haagen Dazs ice cream hunt
031779 visited Pompeii exhibit
031979 Cheryl starts 1st Austin job - vendor payments
032479 went to Backroom to see Dan& Dave perform
032579 Went house hunting with Paula & Dan
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03/26/79 Judy Collins concert Odessa, Texas
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On 04/01/79 James Mikukenka (Bass player, Realtor and /Print Shop Foreman for the Austin American Statesman) was sitting in the open house Cheryl and Chris bought. It was at 6002 Sun Vista in Austin. The home wasn't completed, so interior carpet, paint a fixtures were chosen by Cheryl and Martin. James was in a band called Shammy and Peter and Martin began working with the band.
Mom and Dad visited Cheryl & Martin's new home
Front of 6002 Sun Vista and looking out front door before growth
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View from roof of 6002 Sun Vista - now there's lots of homes, a school and a very different Austin skyline
After growth in area including school
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Cheryl 1979
Second bedroom Sun Vista
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Shannon and motorcycle trailer
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04/12/79 Martin was assigned to TxDHS Disaster Assistance Training in Austin. When the Wichita Falls tornado occurred, Martin went to document the disaster and subsequent training. He shot this cover photo for the TxDHS "WE" magazine from a National Guard helicopter.
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TxDHS staff, who were processing disaster claims, were housed at Sheppard AFB. Staff including Sylvia were pulled from all over the State to manage the disaster assistance applications.
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Martin began teaching Mike Murray's training Making Meeting's Productive to DHS management
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We continued to complete on location recordings for Roy Poole of Austin Custom records including this album for the Lon Morris College on 03/26/80
Martin stayed with Cheryl's sister Cindy and her husband Mike in Fort Worth on way to record the Lon Morrie College Stella Russell Singers in Jacksonville. Martin had supper with Sylvia in Dallas.
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Phantom
has always taken on a wide variety of production jobs. The first year in Austin
included everything from churches and private concerts, to Kade I Man at
Antone's (then in North Austin) on 08/30/79.
07/30/79 -Antone's - Great Northern Blvd., Austin
Phantom Productions' 1st Austin location recording job upon moving company to Austin was at Antone's in North Austin
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Jackie & Bruce 10/06/79
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Darryl Marler (below) helped with several Phantom recordings during this period.
An early Austin on-location job upon moving company to Austin was at St. David's Episcopal
Church
10/12/79 ordered VTR & color video camera
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Phantom Productions on location van in Houston for Austin Custom records album production
Using Peavey system for playback
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12/09/23 Phantom
taped flautist Megan Meisenbach at an Austin Soiree sponsored by the owners of the San Antonio Street Piano Barn
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12/16/79 On location recording for Crestview Baptist in Austin
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