Happy Thanksgiving. OK a day late, I know, but maybe I was a little busy eating pumpkin pie. Yesterday was Canadian Thanksgiving which meant no rehearsal. I hope that everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I know I did. There is always something that we can be thankful for. Even small things can have a huge impact. So my challenge is make Thanksgiving an everyday holiday and now is your chance to start. I want you to tell me something your thankful for and think outside the ordinary. No saying family or friends, you have to think of something specific. I’ll start…hmmm…OK I am going to go with technology. Yup, that’s right. If it wasn’t for technology (the web) I wouldn’t be able to to write to you. So I guess it’s a no brainer. I am thankful for technology & the web which makes it easy for us to stay in touch.

We took a short break off from rehearsals and now we are back at it. I really enjoyed the break after the full summer! Rumor has it that there might be a new song coming. Of course that is a rumor so who knows when it we would get it, but I definitely would like to learn something new. I absolutely love the last song we learned (High Mas). It feels like it took us to a whole new level and I can’t think of one person in the orchestra who does not love it. I know that when we perform it you feel even more energy. ENERGY, that’s the best word I can think of to describe it. It’s a crazy feeling to try and explain. It’s a thrill and the fact that you are sharing that with 69 other performers makes it even cooler. You look around when you are playing, you make eye contact with someone and you just know.