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These pages were initially created to transfer photos from traditional scrapbooks to the internet in order to both preserve and make the pictures and history available to family and friends. It has become more extensive than I intended. However, I see it as a way to save the details before they slip away.

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Dad passed away January 1, 1987

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Dripping Spring restaurant with Mike Kanda, Elsie, Bud Sally, Don & Jim

Dripping Spring restaurant with Mike Kanda, Sally, Cheryl & Jim, Chris Elsie, Bud & Don

Chris at Lake Travis

Martin at Lake Travis

Ceda and Orion at Lake Travis - view video

Orion at Lake Travis

01/25/87 Chris & Martin went to Church with Sally & Don. Ate at Denny’s and then visited Jan and Jonsey. Watched some of the Super Bowl.

01/26/87 Chris and Martin rode around neighborhood with Don. Chris and Martin took substitute holiday leave at DHS for the trip. Sally took us to meet her co-workers, then Sally & Don took us to the airport and we flew back to Austin.

02/12/87 Bo ought 1987 Nissan Pathfinder

02/17/87 Cruise control and hitch for Pathfinder

03/02/87 Picked up Pathfinder license plates

02/23/87 Michael and Rodney finished deck. They also built the media shelves in the media room closet

02/14/87 CM Baton Rogue - Elsie & Bud Mendelson’s Catfish - stayed with Bud

02/16/87 CM toured Baron Rogue - Capitol,LSU - ate at Mendelson’s Catfish

Bud in Baton Rogue February 16, 1987

02/15/87 CM visited Elsie, Bud, Pat and Sandy
again

Phantom's Epson Geneva PX-8 portable computer had a cassette drive

Phantom editing equipment

Phantom video editing 1987

02/27/87 Ken’s Navy Graduation in San Diego. Chris and Martin attended the pre-ceremony. Ken served on the Honor guard during his graduation.

022687 Anthony BDay - Chris and Martin fly to San Diego for Ken's Navy graduation

022887 Ken’s Navy Graduation from Basic Training in San Diego. Boathouse Restaurant w/ Wilma and Al

 

030187 CM harbor tour - Toured USS Cleveland - went to eat at Boathouse again - almost received ticket? - flew home

Chris driving to DHS

Chris and Martin attended this showing of the Red Haired Stranger to hear about the new sound tech in the theater, instead we ended up in the wrong room and were treated to the cast of the movie's extras. Fun anyway!

Martin, Ken & Chris - Ken's first navy leave

Martin presenting certificate to Texas Department of Human Services retiree Jean Morris.  As Chief of Services for the TDHS, Martin managed the Dept's headquarters management training staff; the Basic Job Skills Centers in Houston and the Dallas / Ft. Worth area and provided Liaison education services to the 10 TDHS regions comprised of over 100 trainers.

On April 6, 1987 I wrote to local Austin recording studios asking if they would respond to a survey regarding the proposed ACC Commercial Music program. Here is a pdf with the recording studio replies.

I also wrote to other schools in the country that looked to be successful. Here is a pdf of their replies, plus replies received later from schools, individuals and organizations.

Here are some more letters of support for the ACC Commercial Music program. Also Ernie Gammage included the ACC proposed Music Business Program plan in the July Texas Music Association Bulletin.

In July/August of 1987 ACC sent out a survey to the Austin Community to gauge support for a Music Business Technology Associate degree program. Here are the compiled responses and Austin Community Colleges' Draft Resolution of Support.

Austin Community College allowed us to form an ad-hoc "support/planning" group to move the Commercial Music Program forward. As with any large organization, there were lots of folks to include and processes that were required.

On August 8,1987, I released a message to the support group outlining the programs' status. At that time, the persons who were participating were:

  • Martin Theophilus - Phantom Productions, Inc. (Chairman initially, then responsibility was shared)
  • Ernie Gammage (Austin Music Industry)
  • Christine Theophilus (Phantom Productions, Inc/Board Member, Austin Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts)
  • John Robert Hood (Bass Performing Arts Center)
  • Gilbert Martinez (ACC Board)
  • Ted Miller (Office of the Governor)

The efforts resulted in a degree program in the early 1990's and eventually ended up as the Austin Community College Music Business, Performance and Technology program. Evolution of the program at this video link

 

Holiday House Hamburgers Terry Town

03/21/87 Ken came back to Austin for visit

Chris in Oregon

Splash from the past: Who remembers Austin’s Aqua Fest?
Michael Barnes

In 1962, the marquee act for the first very Austin Aqua Festival, long before the advent of South by Southwest (1987) or the Austin City Limits Music Festival (2002), was Art Linkletter.  That a mild-mannered daytime TV host — whose tag line was, “Kids say the darnedest things” — starred at the premiere of this onetime Austin mega-fest suggests that the city was indeed quite a different place almost 60 years ago.

Sponsored by the Austin Chamber of Commerce, early Aqua Fests — scheduled during the hottest part of the summer, when business activity slowed down, kids needed distraction and college students and legislators were out of town — centered on watery events for the entire family. These included parades down Congress Avenue and on Town Lake, boating races and skiing showcases, beauty contests and decorated floats, community games and fishing contests, wandering entertainers and craft sellers, food booths and nightly concerts.

Austin Aqua Fest River Rat Race August 1 '87• video

Chris, Martin, Bud, Elsie, Sally, Don, Jim & Cheryl and their son in San Antonio 1987

07/14/87 Anthony leaves for Houston to London for 6 weeks

07/14/87 Martin San Antonio Region 9 visit

082287 Chris & Martin off to UK. Left bags early at Austin airport. Debra & Ron took them to the airport

Chris, Martin & Anthony UK August 22, 1987

082387 Chris and Martin's 1987 UK trip. Arrived in Acton.
082487 Visited Mum, Sheila and Peter Farm

 

Mum & Chris   -  view video from 1987 trip

082587 England - Heard later that this day Bob Hays fell down daughter’s basement stairs & broke neck

Sheila with Amy four legs

Chris & Anthony

Chris, & Mum

Lynn, Chris & Sheila at Miller farm

Mum, Holly & Roe

Elizabeth, Lynn, Holly & Roe

Chris, Shelia and Joe

Martin, Chris, Sheila and Joe

Sheila's Tortoises

Chris' Mum with Ms. Chinree & Martin

Joe, Martin, Chris, Mum, Lynn & Sheila

Peter, Sheila, Mum & Chris

082787 England - Anthony arrived in Suffolk

08/31/87 Chris and Martin drove Anthony to London and left car at Grays.  Went to Lime Tree Hotel. Caught underground to Piccadilly Circus. Met up with Anthony and spent time with Chris' Mum, Sheila, Peter and Lynn • a few video clips

As Chris' home was in the UK, the Director of Phantom (Chris and Martin) decided to try promoting Deborah and Ron to record companies and publishers in England. In an effort to be unique, Phantom produced videos on the band, then took NTSC (the US video standard) equipment to England. What this created was an opportunity to actually play and let the music companies see the band performing. It worked and we were able to play the video for both Island Records and Chelsea Music (publishers of "Curiosity Killed the Cat.").

When we were asked to leave the tape, they were told that it was on NTSC, not PAL (the UK video standard). Chelsea Music's Eddie Levy asked what Phantom got out of a deal if we found interest in the UK. Chris and Martin said "nothing" as Deborah and Ron are friends. The publisher said that Phantom's representation was so good, we should negotiate a management contract.

09/01/87 Chris & Martin made video presentation to Island Records in London

 

On the fight home Chris and Martin discussed ways to approach Deborah and Ron with a business proposition. As it turned out Deborah and Ron had been having the same thought. So when they met at the Austin airport, everyone turned out to be on the same page and Phantom's artist management services were launched.

090287 CM met with at Creole Records - Ed Levy Chelsea Publishing & Bourne Music Curiosity Killed the Cat Publisher
Ed recommended we manage Deb & Ron - drove back to Acton _ stopped at Luton and got sick on curry
090387 Mum, Sheila and Peter Farm
090487 Mum, Sheila and Peter Farm
090587 Supper with Lynn, Peter & Shelia
090687 Left Acton 6:40 am - drove London & flew home - Deb & Ron picked us up - CM discussed management with Deb & Ron

Chris, Martin, Bud, Elsie, Sally, Don, Jim & Cheryl and their son in San Antonio 1987

09/20/87 Letters to audio engineers re ACC CMM

09/20/87 Julie, James, Pat & Katy watched PPI video and listened to HWC performance at Ft Worth Caravan of Dreams -

10/19/87 M Bruce Carter arrives 9:30 - Went by HQ Services - Ruby Tuesday’s - Hamburger Hill - watched video from England trip

11/10/87 DHS Celebration of Women - Chris PPI poster

Ceda and Orion

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