Damn Yankees!

I was up in the lovely town of Houlton, Maine last month for the opening of Houlton High School's musical, Damn Yankees. To students and parents of HHS: keep an eye out at school for a collage poster with lots more images from opening weekend.

There was lots of excitement in the final moments before the curtain went up!




Director extraordinaire, Ms. DeWan!


A little pre-show back rub time


And now, the show!


Dancing baseball players make me happy


















One of my favorite lighting setups in the show

Houlton goes to NYC: slideshow

The final slideshow from the adventures in NYC with Houlton High School is complete! I spent an amazing three days with my sister and 130 music students. Click here to watch the slideshow. Warning! It's 15 minutes long, so it takes a while to load. Please be patient.

For the parents and students, there are now order forms available to purchase this slideshow on DVD and the group photo taken at the Statue of Liberty. Visit the music home page for info.
Also, the whole batch of photos taken throughout the weekend are available for purchase here.

Houlton

I visited my sister in her new hometown of Houlton, Maine right before Christmas. Where is Houlton, you ask? Follow highway 95 all the way north; if you've reached customs you've gone 2 minutes too far. She just started her first job there as a 5 - 12 music teacher, so I followed her around a bit in her schools.


Becca with her 7th and 8th grade chorus


An attentive chorus member


Between school assemblies I wandered downtown to the water.


I was amused by every kid in the front row wearing jeans and sneakers.


An excited audience member at the 4th - 6th grade assembly


The start of the annual teachers' rendition of "Twelve Days of Christmas"; can you be taken as seriously with antlers on your head?