I was sitting in the band room, our first chairs were rehearsing for a league "all star" cancert. The teacher in charge was a "joker", made the announcement, and I thought; "..what is the punch line, that isn't even funny"..sadly it was true. It hit me really hard as Kennedy's campaign was the first one I followed with a lot of interest. I had lost my Dad just 3 years previous and the loss felt personal. Jackie brought a lot of class to the white house.