What a busy week for all of us! I’ll jump right into it. Final Thought “This Land is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie This land is your land, and this land is my land From California to the New York island From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me […]
The kids stayed busy this week with music. Both kids performed in their high school Band and Jazz Concert last Thursday evening. Autumn performed solely on the vibraphone in Jazz 2 – a first for her. She starts vibraphone lessons this week. In addition to the concert Ethan performed in a jazz combo gig for […]
We treated ourselves last Sunday to Hamilton at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Seattle. We arrived downtown early in the afternoon to walk around and grab dinner before arriving at the theater. We took in the performance from the upper deck where the views were wonderful. While the music is fun to sing along too, […]
“It’s all about that bass!” Ethan played in his first orchestra concert last night. The school beginner, intermediate/advanced, and middle school orchestra took turns performing for a packed gym of family and friends. It was a lot of fun seeing his hard work pay off. I know the songs seem simple but he and the […]
Happy Holidays Family and Friends – We hope you have enjoyed 2016 and look forward to 2017. We had a great year full of new experiences, creative opportunities, and lots of laughter. See the many photos below at the end of the post. Our family made some wonderful trips this year. In July, we explored […]
Autumn participated in her second season of The Nutcracker this past weekend. She was a Bon Bon and had the best time performing three times last week. She has been working on this performance since early October at her dance school. For kids her age, the Bon Bons are the only option for her in the […]
My friend Kyle Sasse passed away earlier this year, much too soon for all his friends and family. Unfortunately, I just heard about it but that’s how it goes. I had not seen Kyle since 2009 at the Boy Kicks Girl reunion show pre-party, but we corresponded each year, usually at Christmas. Distance and time […]
I learned the importance of networking while drumming for and managing a punk rock band in the 90s. If my band was going to move beyond the garage then we had to reach out to others. I didn’t intend to be a networker. It just happened. I would promote local shows for out of town bands […]
