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Patricia Baser

You deserve a break....

January 7, 2008 at 3:43 AM

My school break is OVER. We teachers went back on Jan. 4, and we have students again tomorrow. That is why I attempted to mark student parts while we were at the movie theater. Pitch will be, ahem, "interesting" tomorrow. Behavior may be as well.

The holiday gig season was very busy this year. On Christmas Eve, my husband and I played first played a 6 p.m. service and then one at our on church at 11 p.m. There was no one to watch our girls at the 11 p.m. service, so the Sunday school director offered to watch them. They sat in the back pew during our prelude dressed in their pink froggy pajamas (we weren't expecting them to actually be in church) and then went off to fall asleep to "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Since Linus reads the same passage from Luke that they would have heard in church, it all worked out ok. Gig season slows down a bit now. The next one up is in 2 weeks- it's with the "you deserve a break" singer famous for a song that is not really about his dog (alas, another urban legend).


From Pauline Lerner
Posted on January 7, 2008 at 7:02 AM
You certainly do. I'm always amazed by your horror stories. God luck this semester.
From Karen Allendoerfer
Posted on January 7, 2008 at 12:16 PM
My daughter has been back in school since January 2nd. We took off all the ornaments on our Xmas tree yesterday and put it out to the curb for recycling. I always find this time of year kind of sad. Be gentle with yourself and your kids.
From Donna Clegg
Posted on January 8, 2008 at 12:24 AM
My husband bought tickets to a Barry Manilow concert at the Fox a few years back and I was almost embarrased. How could he drag me to see someone that old - did he think I was a retro groupie or something? It ended up being a fantastic concert - so much fun singing along to his many hits. The Mandy = dog story is indeed an urban myth but the man is a legend. Have fun with the gig!

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