This is not what I was going to write about tonight and yet…….this is life. Stuff happens. It snows or rains or goes below zero in January here in the Midwest. People have to miss rehearsals and concerts, through no fault of their own. We can stuck it up and make it work or be miserable.

My Dad, the Vaudevillian, used to say the show must go on. He used to talk about snow storms and changing in dressing rooms so cold you could see your breath. He talked of “troopers” –those were the kind of people you wanted in your show. The “troopers” made it work and made it fun and made possible.

I am so happy I have a choir full of “troopers” and an accompanist who can roll with the punches like his Grandpa did. Because, as Dad used to say, “that’s Show Biz!”