This will not be a long post, as I have to leave for practice in exactly 10 min...and still need to get everything gathered to go...but wanted to wish everyone in SR_land a great big happy 4th of July...if one day late :) I hope whether you with family, friends, or drumming away at a show, you had a great day. It was very humid for our shows in STL yesterday, but we had a great time anyhow...though we had to stop about 5 min early for an approaching storm...one of those this summer was enough for me!!
I did want to share in this blog about Seth from the show yesterday afternoon...we had an audience of LOTS of neighborhood kids from the park we were playing in...and they were having a great time guest drumming...one song after another...but during one song, we had Seth...an adult who had some obvious things going on...maybe Tourette's syndrome, maybe slightly mentally challenged...it was not clear exactly what it might have been...but the result of his Take A Chance was incredible...as he yelled out at the audience at the end of the song that...
"This was my first time up here playing a drum, and although I was scared to death, I felt like George Washington marching to victory to the sound of drums many years ago...and I feel GREAT!"
Once again, we never know who we might affect, what change might happen, what joy might be imparted, or what the result of us standing and sweating in the heat might cause...BUT...we must remember that not only must we do it for SR...but more importantly to this particular holiday, we must give thanks to God for living in a country where we are free to dream...and succeed...and live in freedom...and we must make sure we work to keep our country this way...because it is only with freedom that we are able to take our lives in whatever direction we want them to go.
See you all soon...MANY MANY July shows...so get out there and drum!!
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