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When he was a teenager, Ken Fischer got to visit the White House and play music for President Kennedy.
But he almost missed out on the opportunity.
At Interlochen s National Music Camp in the summer of 1962, Fischer was sixth chair in the orchestra s horn section.
As Fischer explains in his new memoir Everybody In, Nobody Out: Inspiring Community at Michigan s University Musical Society, only the top five horn players were invited to perform in the orchestra that would be visiting the White House.
At the last minute, though, three musicians were added to the final roster: a violin, a trumpet and a horn. Fischer got to go after all.