Beloved Local Teacher Dies Over Weekend

Image taken from Phil Pollard website.

Over the Weekend Phil Pollard a teacher at Richmond Waldorf School died as the result of a stroke suffered on Thursday. There is a short obituary in the RTD but this story at Knoxville.com does a much better job of telling you who Phil was and the impression he left on those he knew and taught.

Matt Morelock, who performed with Pollard both in Band of Humans and the Bearded, said Pollard’s influence was enormous.

“He was walking enthusiasm. The embodiment of joy. He changed my life forever.”

Morelock said Pollard’s philosophy in music and life seemed to be about the same:

“Don’t take yourself too seriously. Put absurdity in everything.”

Sean McCollugh, who performed with Pollard in the Lonetones and before that in Evergreen Street, said most people knew Pollard as a musician, comedian and just a fun guy:

“He was also a great father, a great teacher and a great friend.”

From RTD: Pollard, Mr. Phillip Andrew, 44, of Richmond, a teacher for Richmond Waldorf School who had also taught at Hartford Community College in Bel Air, Md., and at Mount de Sales Academy in Baltimore, a musician who played with Phil Pollard and the Band of Humans, was half of the Slomski Brothers group and played with other groups, husband of Dawn Ann Beltz Pollard.