Journey Of Life Flutes

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DanselchowBio: Dan Selchow has quite an impressive resume. He built and carved doors at St. John’s Episcopal Church. He has 50 plus years of woodworking experience.

He’s made banjos and mandolins, too. Selchow has made the cabinetry and staircase in his home, pleasing his wife Jean, his most important client.Most recently, the Selchows have been making Native American Style Flutes. What started out as a retirement hobby has now become a new career.In October, the Selchows had a one-in-a-lifetime experience when a few of their flutes traveled to the Vatican with Brother Isidore Harden for the canonization of Kateri tekakwitha, the first Native American to be proclaimed a saint.Dan and Jean belong to the Flute Circle at Jacobsen House in Norman. Through the gathering of the Flute Circle, the Selchows were introduced to Br. Isidore Harden of St.

Gregory’s Abbey in Shawnee, OK. During a conversation with Harden, Dan learned that Harden and his Monsignor were traveling to Italy for the canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha.“He (Bro. Isidore) expressed his desire to take some small flutes. He was looking at purchasing some flutes from a person who could make several at one time. I said, ‘I’d be happy to build some for you,”’ Dan said.Selchow then came home and built a prototype of the flute. After sending Bro. Isidore a few photos, Selchow heard nothing.

“Then I brought a small flute to the Flute circle. Isidore) was there and he really liked it so he ordered five,” Dan said.The next morning, Dan received a call from Bro. Isidore saying that the Monsignor was so happy with the flutes, he wanted to purchase more. Shortly after the purchase of eight flutes, Bro.

Isidore traveled to Italy for the canonization. A few days past, then, out of the blue, Dan go the call he never thought he’d receive. It was a call from Bro. Isidore saying that one of Dan and Jean’s flutes was presented to the Pope and is now in the Vatican Archives.“As far as we know, it’s the only Native American Style Flute in the Vatican archives,” Dan said.Bro. Isidore also played one of the flutes for a Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated by the Pope the day after the canonization. This also was the first Native American Style Flute ever played at a Mass in St.

Also during his visit, Bro. Isidore played Dan’s flutes at several small Masses at different churches in Italy.Dan’s flute making is something that he and his wife do together.

Dan does all of the turning and carving and Jean dresses the flutes with leather and beading. She also custom designs the embroidered flute bags.“When I retired, I didn’t think I was going to turn into a flute builder. I knew I would be doing something with wood, “Dan said.Dan, who retired last My after 37 years as a National Trainer for the U.S.

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Postal Service at NCED, and Jean, who retired after 30 years as a special education teacher, also sell their flutes through dealers in Wisconsin Dells, WI, and Santa Fe, NM.“Retirement is not for wimps,” Jean said. The couple, who have formed Journey of Life Flutes, feels they were given an opportunity very few individuals are presented with during their lifetime. “The opportunity to use our God given talent to make such a beautiful instrument and the fact that one would end up in the Vatican archives was truly amazing. When we were commissioned to make the flutes, we knew that they would be taken to Rome and gifted to individuals attending the canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha.

We had hopes that one might be given to the Pope, but that was, in our minds, a long shot.” Dan said. Getting the phone call from Bro.

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Isidore and finding out that our hopes had come true was a ‘knock us off our feet’ experience. Is is humbling to know that something we made will be in a place where it will be valued, protected, and cared for long after our deaths.

Playing a small part in such a rare and great occasion as a canonization of anyone, let alone the first Native American, is hard for us to comprehend. We feel proud and humble by this experience.”For more information on Journey of Life Flutes, visit jolflutes.com.