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[Wayne Dyess]

Sounds great to me...  except for cancellations of everything but  
school.  At least the Tuba Christmas thing happened.

And hey -- we had snow in Beaumont this week, too.  Southeast Texas  
and snow.  That isn't very often, let me tell ya!

--wD



On Dec 14, 2008, at 2:51 PM, mcclurefamily at srt.com wrote:

> I think a lot of folks are out dealing with the weather or lost
> power in the ice storm in the NorthEast.
>
> ND had blizzards, we canceled Singing Christmas Tree and Brass
> Band concerts for the first time I can remember in 10 years. I'm
> just lucky that a friend has a bobcat so my driveway is actually
> plowed enough to get out for work tomorrow. There was no way I'd
> have been able to get to any gigs today!
>
> Some schools are starting one hour late tomorrow. It'd be better
> to cancel but tomorrow night I have to lead the students in a
> rescheduled Christmas concert. As much as I don't want to do it
> this week, singing it in February is also pretty low on my list.
>
> My Christmas spirit is usually in a box this time of year, due to
> the pace of December rehearsals and gigs, but TubaChristmas
> revived it [the only gig that didn't cancel this weekend].
>
> Also, finding some neat musical ornaments has helped. Very nice,
> six inch replicas of real instruments. So far I have flute, oboe,
> clarinet, piano, saxophone, horn, trumpet, viola, guitar, and of
> course, a trombone. Now, if I can just get a special person to
> take time to put them on a tree with me, I'll be all set. :o)
>
> Merry Christmas, everybody. Don't burn out if you have a busy
> schedule and take time to enjoy the season. God bless you.
>
> Chris Ann McClure
> PK-5 General Music Teacher
> Freelance Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Baritone
>
>
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