Ron Scalise Memorial Service

I was asked to post a couple of eulogies that were part of Ron's memorial service.

This was read by Freedo

"Ronny was the closest thing to a brother that I ever had. His sudden departure leaves a gaping hole in my life that I could never have imagined, and that I will struggle with daily, probably forever.

I met Ronny 35 years ago when I moved to Connecticut. We became best of friends and then business partners, and owned a recording studio together until the late 80’s. After closing the studio doors, we both pursued the television sound engineering business, together and separately.

I have countless memories of my friend and brother, our friend and brother.
As you all know, if you are here today, that to have known Ronny was to be strongly affected by him, and to have known Ronny really well for a really long time meant that, in many ways, your life would never be the same.

Ron was a mentor in the finest sense of the word to a pretty amazing number of people. His confidence, and the way that he looked at life would often help you to see your own life a little more clearly. Ron’s legendary and graceful mastery of the art of sound mixing was and always will be nothing short of genius, and those of us who were fortunate enough to work closely with him have been forever enlightened by his passionate and relentless spirit of excellence. As it has been said before, you don’t always agree with Ronny or his ideas. However, whether or not you agree, Ron always pushed all of the buttons, all of the time, and made you think in new ways that made you a better artist, a better engineer, a better thinker.

For many of us in the sound business, Ronny was the person who saw us perhaps more clearly than we saw ourselves, saw our passion and our talent and interest, and guided us toward opportunities that have defined our careers, and given us the lives we have today.

As a friend, to be in Ronny’s company was where you wanted to be. His warmth, his honesty, his wonderful intelligence, his intensity, and his unique crazy humor always lifted you up, made you laugh and think, and made you feel great.

Ronny’s greatest purpose and love was his family, his children, and his loved ones. To you I would like to say, above all, thank you and bless you for sharing so much of Ron with all of the rest of us. We will carry him with us forever, and join you in honoring his memory and reaching for his many goals.

We all shared Ronny all of these years with the dozens of other things, people, places, jobs, projects, ideas, and stuff that kept him moving like a hummingbird, always going to and fro. Each time he landed by you was a blessing. Ron has blessed all of us with his passion, his spirit, his wit, his vision. We shall count those blessings, keep his visions inside as inspiration, and hold Ronny in our hearts forever. I know he would like that.

This was read by me:

First let me say thank you all for being here, I know Ron would have been impressed with the amount of love and support that has poured in from all corners of the world., I know that dawn and the kids are comforted by the fact that not a moment has gone by without the feeling that there was support from all of rons’ multitude of friends and co workers.

To me Ron Scalise was more than a friend, more than a co worker more than a mentor. He was our shining light in the audio world. He was the reason for wanting to make the show happen, not so much for our benefit but to help him realize his vision. A vision and passion for the craft which I shared with him. That passion is what brought us together and what made us such a great team, ron was the the innovator and I was the facilitator and no matter what type of curveball was thrown at us the show went on.

I have a void in my life that will never be filled and I m not sure if I want it filled .
My heart is well and truly broken right now because of the loneliness his departure brings.
I will miss my friend Ron more than I can express in words, but what I can say is that my life is better for having known him.
We had great times and saw the reality of our dream of the total digital audio path come to life together, there was so much left to do and so many more milestones to cross, I don t know how to carry on without him,.. not sure where to begin, not sure I can.
I can ask that all of you give thanks for the people around us and the loved ones we still have with us.
This has changed my life forever and I will carry Ron’s spirit, his professionalism and his wisdom with me forever. I will never forget my brother that you will always be listening. I love you Ron


This was written by VV

It comes with great sadness that I am writing this letter during this difficult time. My name is Victor Victoria. I am truly a testament of the kind of person Ron Scalise was, giving , sharing, compassionate, and passionate. I became all of those things in this industry because Ron Salise taught me the right way to approach this crazy industry, we call TV. If it were not for him taking a chance with this big Mexican kid, right out of college, I probably would not have enjoyed the success in this business that I have had. He was truly my mentor. I was passionate about sports, having played all my life and he was very passionate about audio. Thus with our relationship, I became a very passionate sports guy that was very much interested in the sounds of the game. He always had a very enthusiastic demeanor about him that rubbed off on me.I also know that aside from his passion at work, his passion was his family. Although I have never met Brenna, RJ, or Rosario, I have heard numerous stories about all of you since you were born. And to the parents of Ron Scalise, I can tell you that it is a great pleasure, having spent better than twenty years with your son.
Through this all I cannot think of a better decision, that I made in my life but to become a graduate of the Scalise Academy. I love you Ron Scalise.
Sincerely,
Victor Victoria

Ron Scalise Memorial

In lieu of flowers There has been a fund set up Ron's kids
Rosario is 16
R.J. is 11
and Brenna is 10

The Ron Scalise Memorial Fund
Kurt Heitmann
C/O CP Comms
200 Clearbrook RD
Elmsford NY 10523

All checks should be made out to the Ron Scalise Memorial Fund

There will be a Memorial for Ron on Wednesday December 26th
5-9pm
Sacred Heart Church
910 Main St South
Southbury CT 06488

Devastated

It is with heavy heart that I must inform you all of the passing of Ron Scalise. The world is a much darker place without his light. I can't begin to tell you all how much I appreciate the kind wishes and the sweet words and the outpouring of support from the hundreds of people who knew and loved Ron. I have passed all these thoughts and prayers on to Dawn and his family and will continue to post updates as to their well being. Ron was my friend, my mentor, my confidant, and most of all my inspiration. There will be a void in my life and I will never be able to replace it.

Huggy Gets a New Girl

So Billy decided that Winking online wasn't enough and he got Huggy his very own Girl ! No word on whether she grew up yet .... and of course they didn't have a grow your own sheep

Huggy decides to go Public

So after years of perfecting the Velcro Sheep Shagging Gloves, our own Hugnuts has decided to start bringing them public. Who knows maybe PETA will protest them virtually making sure they will sell !

Not AGAIN>>>>>

In an incredible feat of Photographic skills, Deni has captured Cameralake trying to get into BR's wallet

Walter ..... He's just funny all by himself

When he Tries to be sexy he's funny....


When he smokes he's funny .....


Even when he's tied up ...... he's funny

Talladega Nites Pix Have Arrived

We Think This may have had something to do with it.......


Some Hi Jinks Always
We had to put a stop to the "sniffles"


Buggin Me

2 Helmets are safer than 1



Wouldn't be a party without Thongs !

Billy









But That's not a Thong Around Chief Onuska's neck...... and OMG I think that's a skid mark




YOU KNOW HOW WE KNOW YOU ARE GAY ???


Hugnuts and Nutzak sharing a corndog (we think it's a corn dog)

Gotta watch BR when he drinks



Peace Treaty in Effect... Looks like the Audio Civil war has reached an end ! The south and the North have united and found common ground we now both are against ..... well we can't tell you but it will all come out soon..




Here's a Rare Pic of Billy & His Roommate actually awake @ THE SAME TIME !!!!!



Oh Thats better !!! , Here's the Roommates doing what comes natural !!





A Peace Pumpkin was supposed to settle the score



But it backfired and became a weapon



Apparently there's a new addition onn the way, All those who may be responsible please sign up for your paternity test

HandiCart Access

We believe that all audio people should have a chance here !

Devious G

Here's Jimmy G looking really devious for some reason ??
When asked he had "no comment" !!
In an unrelated story No word on whether there was any DWI in the vicinity ?!?

Princess JBLO

Tres Decided to pick up a "little" swag for our own Happy Helmet, and he needed to wear it for strike, the pic speaks for itself, but he did have to exhale once it came off. Im told the circulation came back eventually

Daisy Dukes in the workplace ?

C'Mon Baby Kick those ....
Alright I'll leave it up to you.... as clearly stated in the dress code ......business appropriate ?? where do we draw the line and is it gender biased ?? Only Flash seems to know for sure ! But he did give permission to officially make fun of his shorts so let's have those comments !!

Talladega Round 2 Pix coming soon

Yes it's true the DR party was a complete smash and it has taken a little extra time to get the pix together so please be patient as they are being assembled.........

How about a nice big cup of .....

Sometimes we don't say it we drink it..... and here's and example of our tape crew drinking a nice big bottle of ... well I'm not sure of how it translates into english, but it's been spoken around the world of TV for years..... maybe if you drink enough of it you will want to get into Eric's room late at night.....

Impressions anyone

Here's my impression of Billy the kid or maybe just our own Billy, picking up his paycheck. Seems like Urich isn't impressed.

Signs Signs everywhere there's Signs

And the sign said: Like Monkeys in the Zoo we are all on display

Memories

Ahhh how time flies.... hard to believe it's only been a couple of weeks since we've seen this...

Who's Bringin Sexy Back ???

Here's one of the "Locals" in lovely Kansas, she's apparently brought sexy back........ to the stone age.....we just hope BR didn't bring sexy back to his room......... or to Joel's...... somebody click their heels together and get me and toto out of here !

What kind of head are you ?

I wonder why they don't wash the rental cars ??

Knowledge Hunter

Here's Hunter pretending to read.... not that we think he can't read, but we all know that there isn't anything written in the "How TV Works" book. This is also the last picture taken of him before he came out of the closet by wearing the tell tale shoes.

What do you mean it's raining

So if you are the only one getting wet, chances are it's an isolated shower

Pack Another Bowl

And the winner is............ STARFISH !!!!!! Wow what are the odds ?




Someone Forgot to tell Clyde we weren't going golfing..... oh wait that's just his regular clothes






Here's a nice pair of Bal..... oh wait that's Tres' head

External Tape Worm

We aren't sure HOW but it appears that a giant Mullet eating Tapeworm has invaded the Submiix room. Chief Onuska was attacked and it almost got his mane, but he was quick with the knife and saved his hairstyle to live on to remind all of us how we miss the 80's

Gotta Luv the Locals

U2 rocks it out !! The big question was which one was sigma and which one was delta.

All hands on deck

I don't see a tracking number ...sir. But we will all be happy to check your package...

Now here's 3 of a Kind that could beat a full house

You know how we know you're gay ? You hang around bowling alleys with this gang of fools

On Point

I'm not sure what the hell everyone is pointing at but it seems as if all the cool kids are doing it. At least Goose and RBTD are pointing at the same thing. Oh and we are pretty sure that laying down in public around this crew isn't a great idea.