Interactive music is a hit!
Once a year we do an interactive music performance where my grandchildren join us on stage and the children in the audience also participate in the band performance. We generate a great deal of interest in our instruments and music itself! One young lady took a great...
Music…a moral law.
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. ― Plato
The joy of being a grandparent – my biggest fans!
Our relationship began on the day she was born and we received the call that she had made her presence! The day we went to see her for the first time just cemented the bond that had ignited and began to grow. Before her first birthday, grandpa brought her and sat in...
A favorite song “Silent Night”–written for guitar
In 1818, the song Silent Night "Stille Nacht Heilige Nacht" was heard for the first time at Midnight Mass at St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf, (near Salzburg) Austria. On that Christmas Eve, a song was written that would find its way into the hearts of people...
“Children of Chernobyl” Summer Medical Program
A past event that inspired me, touched my heart and left a warm and lasting impression on my mind! It was brought to my attention that Project Restoration brings children from the country of Belarus, the former Soviet Republic, to the United States for a very special...
Life is much like a song
Life, he realized, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile. ― Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song
…had fun at PorchFest again this year!
The event was PorchFest 2015 at West Plaza neighborhood. It all began with PorchFest 2014 and a very talented gal, Kathryn Golden whom I have come to know and respect! She decided to organize a music festival. She states that she had been to a PorchFest in Napa,...
