Note to my students-January 4, 2021

I sent this to my students today.  I posted it in Google Classroom and sent them a notice on "Remind" to read it.

Wishing all of you the best for 2021 as we face the continued roller coaster ride. 

Happy New Year Chorus Students!    

We have been on a roller coaster ride since March 13, 2020 when our schools shut down.  

The next few months will continue to be a roller coaster, but it’s going to be different. 

It is like we got onto a roller coaster we didn’t choose and the twists and turns and hills were scarier than we could have expected...

But now, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.  

But there are still some hills left and our stomachs still get queasy because of it.  

I want you to know that I’m on the ride with you and that my stomach feels the same as yours.  

...but we will get to the end of the ride together.  

Personally, I never want to get back on this ride....just saying...and that comes from a person who adores roller coasters!   I’ve even jumped out of a perfectly good plane before (to skydive with a trained guide).  Here is a preview.

But when we finally get off of this ride, we are going to use the experience of being on it to be better, stronger and wiser than we could have ever been before.  

We will sing together out loud in person (when it is safe), and it will matter to us in ways it didn’t before because we took it for granted.  

Until that happens, please hang in there.   I can’t wait to make the magic of choral music with you again.      

And I’m going to need you to teach me stuff to keep me current because I’m o....ol......ol.....d.     I can’t write it.  :-)

Let’s be human together.  

Let’s be kind together.  

Let’s learn together.   

Take care!