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Outside the legal profession, Waldrop had multiple talents and interests. An avid reader, he excelled at music, woodworking, sailing, chess, pool, darts, poker, and dancing. He studied [[piano]] throughout his childhood and teenage years and played trumpet in his high school band. At UT, he played trumpet in Longhorn Band and sang tenor with the UT Varsity Singers. For a quarter century, the music director of the Bar & Grill Singers, in which role he spent countless hours arranging music. He performed at the Paramount Theater in Austin and in functions across the county. From 2009 to 2016, he directed two youth bands founded by his sons Duncan and Pierce and their friends, for whom he was the vocal coach, music director, arranger, and producer.<ref name=obit/>
Outside the legal profession, Waldrop had multiple talents and interests. An avid reader, he excelled at music, woodworking, sailing, chess, pool, darts, poker, and dancing. He studied [[piano]] throughout his childhood and teenage years and played trumpet in his high school band. At UT, he played trumpet in Longhorn Band and sang tenor with the UT Varsity Singers. For a quarter century, the music director of the Bar & Grill Singers, in which role he spent countless hours arranging music. He performed at the Paramount Theater in Austin and in functions across the county. From 2009 to 2016, he directed two youth bands founded by his sons Duncan and Pierce and their friends, for whom he was the vocal coach, music director, arranger, and producer.<ref name=obit/>
In addition to his wife and sons, Judge Waldrop had two surviving brothers, Gordon Waldrop, II, of Muleshoe in Bailey County and Stan S. Waldrop of Lamesa. A third brother, Thomas Brant Waldrop (c. 1955-1998).<ref name=obit/>
In addition to his wife and sons, Judge Waldrop had two surviving brothers, Gordon Waldrop, II, of Muleshoe in Bailey County and Stan S. Waldrop of Lamesa. A third brother, Thomas Brant Waldrop (c. 1955-1998), predeceased him.<ref name=obit/>
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