Brooke Sweeney, Patrick's daughter

I am Patrick's daughter, Brooke (age 13). I was never Mr. Trautwein's student but my dad was and he knew my grandparents, George and Jane Sweeney, very well. We used to go to Michael's shows. I believe the show was Gypsy at Irvington Town Hall Theatre but at the end when my family was leaving, Mr. Trautwein gave me a pin that was a pair of ruby red slippers and told me this "Follow the yellow brick road and when it ends, follow your heart" and gave me one of his "looks" as dad called them. I will never forget him giving me that and telling me that. This past fall, my sister, my brother, my dad, and I were in a production of "Annie" at Curtain Call in Stamford. We are sure that if it wasn't for Trauty, we would not have been there.


Then I went downstairs to my piano and wrote a song about him named We Go On. - Brooke