Memories

In December 2002, my roommate Kelly and I were scheduled to play a duet at the Penn State School of Music Common Hour.

Playing at Common Hour was a big deal.  We had to get our professor to sign a form saying we were permitted to perform the piece.  He didn't have time to listen to the piece, especially since it was not in our school repertoire.  He went on faith and signed the form and said something along the lines of "You had better make it good." His point was, don't mess up and make me look bad for letting you do this.

A few days before we were scheduled to play Kelly became really sick.  I can't remember the details, but I am pretty sure it was the stomach flu.  She couldn't even get out of bed.  We had signed up to play it the last Friday of the semester (during my senior year) and that was that.  We were never able to play it for our fellow students.

We have seen each other periodically since then and sometimes we play together.  However, last night we decided we needed to play our duet and record it for our fellow Penn Staters.



Gratitude:

Nov. 12
1. Piano Lessons. I am grateful to my parents for providing me with years of piano lessons and to my teachers for years of patience.
2. My college roommates.  I still keep in touch with most of my roommates, I love having the common bond of getting through Penn State together. They still make me laugh. Kelly and I had to do a couple of takes because I couldn't stop laughing and we kept chatting during the duet.
3. Husbands who help.  Kelly's husband turned pages dutifully for our duet and my husband patiently recorded.  They didn't complain when we kept them up really late with our piano antics!