Looking for future brides!

This afternoon I was sitting in one of my Starbucks offices grading papers when I couldn't help but overhear a conversation going on at the counter.  It was between a gentlemen, who I now know was a minister, and a young couple.  They were tying up the details of their upcoming wedding in October.  I must admit that even though I was finished grading, that I pretended to stay busy so I could listen to them.  I slowly pulled out my wedding business cards just in case I might have heard them say, "We just can't find a pianist anywhere!"

Unfortunately, this did not happen.  They wound up their conversation and went along their merry way.  It got me to thinking that I cannot remember the last time I played for a wedding.  I used to have a pretty steady flow of weddings at Chapelle Le Fluer, a wedding chapel in Flower Mound.  However, even before they were bought out, I was starting to be replaced by CD music.  The DJs began throwing the wedding music into their "package" which was less expensive than hiring me.  I never got my chance to say to these future brides that sometimes things like: late guests, flower girls who refuse to go down the aisle, pacing of the bridesmaids, grandmothers, and moms sometimes will not fit perfectly to a CD and that a "live piano player" can make all of those incidents smooth out beautifully with a few extra moments of music.  I am not saying that there haven't been weddings where the CD music worked perfectly fine, but I am saying that it is a gamble.

So, if you are reading this and you or someone you know is planning a wedding, please consider talking to me about taking over all of your musical concerns!  I have references and personal CDs of my own if you need them.

Thanks,
R.

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Done and Here I Go Again

I just finished a what was supposed to be 3 and a 1/2 week writing workshop in two and a 1/2 weeks!  It was intense and much harder than I thought it would be.  However, I learned so, so, so much about myself as a teacher and feel that I will be a better teacher as a result of being there.  I met some adorable people who are my newest friends!  I continue adding to my friend list and am extrmely blessed and thankful.
     So today I went to my office at UNT to prepare for my summer course that starts on Monday.  It will be four mornings a week until the 8th of August. I spent most of the day preparing for it and am pumped and excited to meet 27 new students.
     I got to spend time with one of my favorite people, the now Dr. Kathy Dixon, and catch up on all that has been going on with her course this summer.  She just finished teaching the course that I am going to start!  We threw ideas back and forth and had a lot of fun.  She is graduating on August 8th and I am going to be there...one of many of her supporters to cheer her on when she receives that coveted degree.
     I am so proud to be a teacher and so glad to be a part of UNT.
R.