MOM & DAD'S WEDDING

NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE WITHOUT OUR FAMILIES & IN MY CASE THAT IS SPECIALLY TRUE!!!  I AM FOREVER INDEBTED TO THEM FOR THEIR UNDYING SUPPORT OF MY VERY LONG & & & ADVENTUROUSLY  WILDE  QUEST FOR MY ART--THAT I KNOW WILL MAKE THE NAME "HUIRAS" SYNONYMOUS WITH THE OTHER GREAT NAMES:  FIRST THERE WAS  "AMATIUS" then there was "STRADIVARIUS" & "GUARNERIUS"--NOW There IS--"SYLVESTERIUS" & "HUIRASIUS"--I HOPE THE KNOWLEDGE OF IMMORTALITY IS SOME LITTLE COMFORT TO MY FAMILY FOR ALL OF THE TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS GONE THRU IN THE QUEST TO MASTER MY ART & I HOPE LIKE BEETHOVEN & STRAD & MY FAMILY BEFORE ME, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF FARMING, BANKING, LAW & NOW MUSIC & INSTRUMENT MAKING TO IT'S WILDEST EXTREMES--STEVE & I WILL BE THE ONES TO SET THE STANDARD OF INSTRUMENT MAKING FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIA'S!!!   I CANNOT TELL MY FAMILY HOW GRATEFUL I AM OR HOW MUCH I LOVE THEM--I CAN ONLY EXPRESS MY FEELINGS IN MY ART--SO IF YOU SEE LOVE IN MY ART--IT'S FROM MY FAMILY!!!  PEACE & LOVE TO ALL!!!

  DAD &  I !!!  

GRANDPA

--MY FATHER'S FATHER--JUDGE HUIRAS Who Gave Dedication Speech to FLAG DAY MEMORIAL in 1946!!!  In 1996 I Made "AMERICAN ECOLUTION GUITAR" to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of My Grandfather's Dedication!!!  As MUSIC DIRECTOR of FLAG DAY I Invite YOU ALL to Come Have a FLOAT in OUR PARADE--the SUNDAY Before JUNE 14!!!  COME TO WAUBEKA WISCONSIN to WHERE FLAG DAY REALLY STARTED & VISIT MY WORKSHOP & PLAY--"AMERICAN ECOLUTION"!!!  

The  Blue Line going West North-West from Lake Michigan is Milwaukee River--the Little "DOT" West of River is My Pond the "Three Hills" between is Hawthorne & Pioneer Village & Stony Hill School where GRANDPA Taught School & Flag Day began!!!  Come Have FLOAT in OUR PARADE--the Sunday Before June 14!!!

"AMERICAN ECOLUTION GUITAR"

I Carved & Inlaid like the Creatures & Features of America:  MOM in the SMOKIES, WHITE BUFFALO,  My POND & FLAG DAY in WISCONSIN,  CRAZY HORSE, FISH & MANATEE , MOUNTAINS, LAKES & RIVERS!!!  I INLAID MOTHER OF PEARL TRIPLE BROKEN ARROW  for INDIAN, AFRICAN & EUROPEAN & BROKEN as a SIGN of PEACE!!! I CARVED PAIR of EAGLES  on Both Sides  HEADSTOCK for FAMILY for  WITHOUT FAMILY YOU HAVE NOTHING!!!  

1960--OZAUKEE COUNTY  WISCONSIN--HOME OF FLAG DAY--&&& MY FAMILY!!!

GRANDPA  was GREAT JUDGE in the  HEART of AMERICA & LEFT a LEGACY I Can Only HOPE TO LIVE UP TO BY BEING AS GREAT AN INSTRUMENT MAKER AS GRANDPA WAS JUDGE & MY FATHER  IS LAWYER & BANKER--& GOLFER--& MOTHER BEING MOTHER &&& ORGANIST FOR CHURCHES & STAINED GLASS & A MILLION CRAFTS & SEWING LYNN'S WEDDING DRESSES & SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN & PAINTING & WALLPAPERING CAUSE DAD CAN'T HAMMER A NAIL BUT HE CAN FARM & LAW & BANK!!!   I COME FROM ABSOLUTELY AMAZING FAMILY &  I WILL BE ADDING MUCH MORE TO FAMILY GALLERY SOON--UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST GALLERIES TO FINISH!!!  IF THERE ARE ANY RELATIVES OUT THERE SEND ME PICS & I ADD THEM!!! PEACE & LOVE & THANKS & PRAISES TO MY FAMILY--

LOVE PETER JAY!!!

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