Longtime high school band director Al Sturchio and his wife, Janice, are the featured guests at the 88th Battle of Flowers Band Festival on April 25.
Al Sturchio first saw the love of his life in 1950 at St. Mary’s University Band Hall. Seventeen-year-old Janice Marty stepped down the staircase, a vision in a white blouse, blue skirt and saddle Oxford shoes. Sturchio was smitten.
Entrancing’: Tattooed UTSA astrophysicist an ‘empress of the eclipse’ The moment the high school senior visited her brother sparked a love affair with the lead trumpet player that spans several decades. It is the cornerstone and path that led to Sturchio’s long career as a high school band director and educator. Sturchio, 95, and his wife will be featured guests at the 88th annual Battle of Flowers Band Festival on Thursday, April 25, at Alamo Stadium, 110 Tuleta Dr.
He is pure joy’: Airport staff celebrate custodian known to lift spirits of travelers, co-workers Janice wrote him every day during his enlistment. In 1952, he was wounded in action in Korea. Still, amid explosions and gunfire, his faith never faltered. He later was awarded a Purple Heart. Sturchio received a master of education degree in 1959 and taught with his father at St. Mary’s University for six years. The music still flows with the couple’s three children, Ditto, Tina and Ann.
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