Songs of Winter, Songs of the Heart
When we join together to sing or listen to music, the collective happiness grows exponentially. Our voices, hearts, and ears are working together to unite us and remind us of the precious gifts we have.
Coming and Going
Students are funny little animals. They burrow into your heart for a while and then, when they are ready, they scamper out into the world to make their way on their own. Sometimes, they return.
Watching Art Grow
To be in Woodland to see my students successfully audition for “Les Miserables – Student Edition” a couple of weeks ago, at Adrian’s last concent in Sacramento for a while last Saturday, and Pacifica for Shirley’s show on Friday, really put my participation in art in perspective. I think, in many ways, I’m a cheerleader, of sorts. I smile, offer my thoughts when invited to do so, and cheer when the accolades arrive for these students of various art forms.
Her Daughter’s Pink Trees
There are a few moments in each person’s life that will change who they are. RindyFest 2009! was one of those nights, I suspect, for many of us.
RindyFest 2009! – Today!
Come and enjoy RindyFest 2009! today, Saturday, October 10, 2009. Doors open at 4:00 PM and curtain is at 5:00 PM.
“Jak Szybko Mijaja Chwile”
The commemorative days that my Babcia and Dziadzia died, my father would lock himself in the kid’s room, or family room, turn out the lights, pick up his bottle of Cutty Sark, and weep as he sang this song.
RindyFest 2009! Update
Here are the details for the concert, RindyFest 2009!, honoring Sacramento musician and friend, Rindy Sumners. Rindy died on August 26, 2009 as a result of injuries she sustained in an automobile accident on Interstate I-80.
RindyFest 2009!
It’s official! RindyFest 2009! is up and running. Through the generosity of people like Charlie Leo, Executive Director of Natomas Charter School, Ron Dumonchelle of MonkeyGlue Productions, and many others, we are certain that Rindy Sumners, our precious songbird who died so tragically on August 26, 2009 in a horrible car accident, will still find [...]
Always Producing
I have been contacted by another of my former students who wishes to produce a concert on Rindy Sumners’ behalf. Tenatatively, we’re calling it, “RindyFest 2009!” It will help defray to costs of producing Rindy’s CD.
Death Photos
No matter how public a figure, the family should not have to have photos like that plastered all over places like supermarkets and liquor stores for public consumption and I, for one, condemn those who opted to publish those photos, especially on the front cover.
