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Subject: Re: [MK8]Opera tomorrow

From: Todd

Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 20:27:42 -0600

So excited for you Patty!!!! I know this is a labor of love and your
passion for this project will be the magic that makes it happen. What a
thrill for your kiddos!! Can't wait to hear how it goes!!
Peace,
Todd in Santa Fe

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Patty Oeste wrote:

> Okay! It's tomorrow... It has been such an interesting and exhausting
> journey. They had a wonderful article on the front page of today's paper
> about the opera and all of the work involved in it (front page - GO MUSIC
> advocacy!). You probably recall that the students wrote the libretto, and
> I
> wrote the music. My son orchestrated it for string quartet and we are
> performing it in a professional theater. What a treat for my kids! Almost
> 80% of them have never been to a "performance" outside of movies. We are
> busing all 800 students over for the production (and organizing that was a
> job and a half....) Costumes, scenery, make-up, orchestra in the pit - I'm
> crossing my fingers that it goes really well for all of us. We have worked
> so hard. I'm exhausted physically and mentally, and I really need to hold
> myself together... So, be thinking about us tomorrow at 12:45 p.m. We (I)
> could use your positive thoughts!
>
> PattyO in AR
> NBCT, 2002
>
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