I wonder if I am still a member of this professional fraternity. Back 1979-80 at the University of Redlands Music School, I was initiated in it. I remember creating a ruckus. The Older Brothers had some interesting ideas for us Worms to do to be initiated properly. Besides the rules of the professional fraternity, doing community service and a concert (Good Stuff), they wanted us to do jockular guy things (Bad Stuff). I didn't mind listening to Swan Lake while watching a porno film. That was pretty funny. I also didn't mind being woken up at 3:00 am for a crazy drive to Tommy's burger in downtown LA. That was good comradeship. But the concept of the giant wooden apple with all the worm holes in it (you can picture what we were supposed to do), I had a serious problem with that. My grandfather Carmine Coppola was a member. Igor Stravinsky was a member. I wondered what they would have done if they were presented with a giant worm-holed wooden apple? I know one of them would've had them "sleepin' with the fishes". Anyhow, I refused to do it. I refused to let any of my other worm comrades do it. In fact, I became so fierce about this that I dictated what we worms would do and not do and would back it up with fisticuffs. Much to the annoyance of the Older Brothers, they relented. Anyhow, I hope once you are initiated you remain a member of this honestly wonderful professional music fraternity. Remember, it's all about music to me.

P.S.
I still remember the secret handshake.