Mike Dunckle This is Me

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1. 1. Alaska Star Newspaper Articles

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   Published on: 4/4/2004   Last Visited: 11/22/2007

   When Mike Dunckle decided he wanted to be in the school orchestra, his parents had no idea where that subtle decision would leave them.
   
   Shortly after he started playing, Mike decided that he wanted a "nice" violin. But what the sixth grader had in mind stunned his parents.
   ...
   "I decided to open a music store," said Mike.
   
   And he did just that. The store, Mike's Music, is going into its fourth year of business and sales are flourishing. This year alone Mike has rented several hundred band and orchestra instruments to students from Anchorage, Eagle River and Chugiak. Mike also sells many products and accessories for musical instruments.
   
   "I've got everything from sheet music and accessories to guitars, mandolins and banjos, in addition to your standard band and orchestra instruments," Mike commented as he looked around his store.
   
   While Mike is at school or involved with one of his many activities, the store is run by his father, David.
   
   Mike, currently a sophomore at Chugiak High, is a member of the CHS Concert Orchestra, CHS Fiddle Club and the Anchorage Youth Symphony. He has performed at the State Fair for three years with the Chugiak Fiddlers. He teaches a private studio for violins, private lessons and taught for Alaska String Camps last year. He is "The Fiddler" in Chugiak High School's production of Fiddler on the Roof that will be performed this November.