Rev. Nicholas Ciccone, Jr. today at his post at Ascend Health at CareOne in Concord, where he works with hospice families. He joined the band in 1969 when he was a music teacher at Kennedy Middle School in Waltham. The band practiced at the school then, and Dot Hill convinced him to join the band and play the cymbals and glockenspiel. [Daily News and Wicked Local Staff Photo/Art Illman]