Lots of Stuff....

Well - let's catch up...

Last week I played in the Bath show, Aida, so that took up most of my evenings. They did an outstanding job, I really enjoyed playing for it and seeing it performed. Lots of talent in that senior class! At the same time, the East show has been going on and I got to see a performance of that yesterday, super funny and well played. Nice to see such talented young people in these communities. The weather was beautiful yesterday and now we are in for a rainy week - I'm hoping for some good ones next week though when we are on break!

Speaking of talented kids, one of my talented students was in a car accident Saturday. 4 of Bradford students actually, but one of my band kids was seriously injured. http://www.the-leader.com/news/x549594440/4-teens-injured-in-Riverside-crash

I am very angry about all the negative comments at the end of the article, these are all good kids and my heart goes out to all of them for the physical and emotional injuries they have incurred. I heard that someone actually came up to them at the accident scene to berate them. How sad that they had to deal with this! This was an accident, not brought on by any misdeeds on their part. Their families need our support not anything else. Sherry is recovering very well, but had surgery to remove a portion of her fractured skull and replace it with a metal plate, and a fractured pelvis. My mother-in-law had brain surgery this summer so I know that the healing process will be slow and long, but she is a very strong and dare I say stubborn young lady so I know that she will be Ok. My prayers go out to all the families involved. Perhaps more prayers should go out to the people who have nothing but angry words, I hope someday their view of how special children of any age are and how heartbreaking it is that they should have to go through such trauma is will change and that they will be considerate enough to remember the human beings involved in these news stories. Sherry, Amanda, Dylan and Pat - you are in my thoughts and prayers!