WEST PLAINS, MO: The Ozark Spring Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (OSCNSDAR) luncheon meeting for Saturday, December 4, 2021, will be 12:00 noon at the American Legion Hall, 1401 Bill Virdon Blvd., West Plains, MO. The meeting topics are American Heritage and American History. The Executive Board will be providing the Daughters meals and drinks.
Mr. Robert “Bob” Tappana’s program titled, “18th Century Christmas Carols” will begin at 1:00 p.m., is FREE, and open to the Public.
Bob Tappana is a retired math and music educator, having taught in Missouri public schools from 1971 to 2011. He is originally from Marionville, Missouri and graduated from high school there in 1967. He attended Southwest Missouri State College (Missouri State University), receiving a BS in Education in 1971, with a major in math and minor in music. A few years later, Bob did his Graduate work in instrumental music pedagogy at the University of Missouri, Columbia. During college he performed with the Southwest Missouri State Concert Chorale (first place in international competition in Arezzo, Italy, summer 1969) under the direction of Mr. Samuel Gordon.
Mr. Tappana has always been enthusiastic about teaching both math and music. He finished a successful education career as the band / choir director at Eminence R-1 (1998-2005) and Winona R-3 (2005-2011) in Shannon County. He has been selected to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers twice, once for math and once for music. Bob’s passion for singing began in church at an early age and continued to grow during his high school and college years where he was honored to participate in music contest competitions and performances as a member of The New Day Trio at various venues (including a summer at Dogpatch USA).
