Wed. Jan 20th, 4 pm. Happy and Healthy New Year guys. We had a great holiday season with the Grands. All of our numbers are good. Then off to Captiva for a COLD week. Yikes, warmer that NJ for sure, but a different feel for Florida. On our way home we rec'd a tragic phone call that my sister in law Judy had passed away. She had dealt with diabetes all her life and things were getting very challenging in the past year. Indeed since the summer we had been very concerned. The memorial service was a very special, beautiful tribute. It is very difficult to get my head around this.
I'm working at cello/string 4 stuff. Blues Band as well. Fun. Sunday is Carol's Bday, and next Fri is Boo's Bday. Hope to go see her and the kids.
Fri. night.
It's been an awful week feeling the pain in Haiti. In addition to losing my sister in law we lost my friend Bob Ayers this week. 3 weeks ago I lost my buddy Steve Christen after another bout with AML. So, as you can imagine I'm very emotional listening to the powerful musical performances on "hopeforhaiti" tonight. But I keep truckin' to gigs and rehearsals doing what I can for the world with our music and work. I do love all these expressions of music. QXR. You Tubes. TV. DVDs. CDs. The power of a phrase in music. We're still at it. Yesterday am Trombone 4. Brass 5 and Blues Band tomorrow. Jazz Nonet in a Vets hospital today. Sunday am Symphony. Mon. am Big Band. etc. Using our voices best we can.
