November 6

Saxophone Day

            When : Always November 6th

            SaxophoneDay is today. The Saxophone is a classical woodwind instrument. It is an essential instrument in jazz bands, symphonic bands, marching bands and more. It's only fitting that this great instrument has a day of recognition all to its own.

            The Saxophone was invented around 1840. It was created by Adolphe Sax, a Belgian musical instrument maker. The sax is made of brass.

            Happy Saxophone Day!!!

Birthdays

Joe Warfield (born November 6, 1937, Baltimore, Maryland), an American actor. Joe is a veteran of stage, film and television working as an actor, director and teacher. Joe was an associate artist at Southern Repertory Theatre in New Orleans and traveled to Moscow with the company’s production of Tennessee Williams’ plays and to Paris to direct the world premiere of Solitaire at the American Center. He was awarded a Dramalogue award for his performance in The American Nightmare

 Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952), an American writer. He is best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. His most recent novel, By Nightfall, was also well received by American critics. Cunningham has edited a book of poetry and prose by Walt Whitman, Laws for Creations, and has co-written, with Susan Minot, a screenplay adapted from Minot's novel Evening. Cunningham is currently a professor of creative writing at Yale University

Emily Jean "Emma" Stone (born November 6, 1988), an American actress. Stone made her feature film debut in the comedy Superbad (2007). In 2010, Stone voiced the character Mazie in Marmaduke, and starred in the high school comedy Easy A, which earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. In 2011, she starred in the films Crazy, Stupid, Love. and The Help, both of which were well received by critics and commercial successes