DCI Alumni
By: Victoria Donahoo
I am a former member of the Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps and from the same area [...]
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Goodbye Robert..🕊
By: Malik Deandre Henderson - Felton
So sorry to see you go man thanks for touching the lives of mine, and many others. [...]
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Positive Impact
By: Kim Benson
Many individuals pass through our lives, and a few may leave a lasting mark, enriching us for [...]
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Fitzgerald Overture
By: Anthony Susi
My first introduction to Robert's music was in the early stage of my career as a Jr. [...]
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Brothers in Music.
By: Bill McClellan
Happy Heavenly Birthday Robert! We had a lot of fun in college (Band, Kappa Kappa Psi), as [...]
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Early Band Days
By: Robert Sims
In 1972, Opp High School was hosting a Band Clinic where some of the top players from [...]
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He Believed In The Best In You
By: Spencer Mahoney
I was blessed to meet Robert in the years I marched Magic of Orlando, starting in 1995, and [...]
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A phone call …
By: Alexandre CARLIN
I will always remember that morning of february 2022. I was going to a brass band championship, my [...]
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The Robert effect!
By: John Fulton
I met Robert at a marching band competition in 1983. I brought my band, Northeast High School, [...]
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“I’m a fan…”
By: Peter Sciano
I was lucky enough to know Robert in the last few years of his life after he [...]
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The Man that gave me my Path
By: Gabriel Marcel Noel
Robert W. Smith was a man that when I first met I didn’t quite fully understand, but [...]
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IYKYK 💜 💜 💜 💜
By: Marc Kornfield
31 years ago 😲, I attended my first Magic of Orlando rehearsal weekend. I arrived before the rehearsal [...]
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A Memory
By: Will Boartfield
The last time I saw and spoke to Robert my wife and I told him we were [...]
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Family
By: Matthew Durst
Robert was my dad’s high school band director. He was Roberts Drum Major at Clearwater High and [...]
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My mentor and friend
By: William Doty
Robert always took an active role in adjusting my “attitude “ when I was studying under him. [...]
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Composer and Head Band Director
By: Aaron D. McMichael
In 1999, while I was a student at Jones County Junior College in Mississippi, I had the [...]
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Grateful for the Opportunity
By: Mack Deas
I first met Robert at Midwest Band Clinic in December of 1988. We were both scheduled to [...]
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From Steve McLendon
By: Steve McLendon
First met Robert W Smith at Troy (State) University in the mid 70’s...From day one everyone knew [...]
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Beautiful friend
By: Gianluca Sartori
Forever in our heart!
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Jaylen Turner
By: Jaylen Turner
I met Mr.Smith on June 16th,2016 when I was 17 years old at the annual MIC Check [...]
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Celebration of Life Service Video
By: Savannah Smith
The Celebration of Life for Robert W. Smith was held in Troy, Alabama on September 27, 2023. [...]
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Composer
By: Heather Hoefle
From the day Robert called my cell phone in 2016 to tell me he would be publishing [...]
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Mr. Smith
By: Johnny Folsom
My first remembrance of Robert was when he had taken the job of band director at my [...]
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The meeting that changed my life
By: Paris Foreman
As a 14 year old boy I was at a music festival in down town Orlando with [...]
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Great family times
By: Ben Hawkins
My wife Cyndee and I met Robert when he and my sister Susan began dating, which led [...]
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Paying It Forward
By: Joseph Benjamin Earp
In 2017, Robert called me about his interest in one of my submissions to RWS Music Company. [...]
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RWS – Chief Inspiration Officer
By: Timothy Loest
Mother Teresa once said, “Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.” I [...]
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