Steve Mesh
I'm sure everyone is gearing up for Sunday's celebrations, wherever you may live. I am ecstatic that some of my former classmates and their significant others and kids will be joining us here in San Francisco. There's no doubt in my mind that we'll be doing some singing.
Guess what I downloaded this morning in Starbucks? "Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". I must have seen that at BBHS, but I honestly do not recall. At any rate, I used to have a cassette (yes, a CASSETTE) tape of that with Donnie Osmond. WTF??? Yes, I actually liked his performance a lot. This is an English version (as in England), so it's a tiny bit different. But it still has all of that catchy music.
It was finally nice enough here in San Francisco for me to bike home from work. So I rode practically from the ferry building back to my apartment near the top of Twin Peaks. It turns out that was the perfect length of time to listen to the entire "Joseph" download. Guess who I was thinking of as I rode back home, listening to the music? Right -- George Trautwein.
I think all of you would probably agree with me that there's something about music that stirs the emotions in a way that few other things do. I think it's often difficult for a lot of people to deal with emotions. Lord knows that high school can be a trying time in some people's lives. But what seems so incredibly obvious from so many posts is that everyone can sing -- yes, everyone! (Even if you think you suck -- which you don't.) Even for people who are incredibly shy -- yes you can sing! So I hope everyone has a chance to do so this weekend. If there's anyone around the Bay area at all who didn't get my invitation, please join us at my place on Sunday at 1:00 pm PDT.
Love to you all
Steve Mesh
As I related at my dad's memorial service last August ... a wise man once said "Everyone dies ... but not everyone lives". My dad lived. So did George Trautwein. They shared so much in common, and reading all of these posts about Mr. Trautwein reminds me of how much music has always been a part of our lives -- in the case of the Mesh family -- especially because of my mom and dad. Thank you.
I'm sure everyone is gearing up for Sunday's celebrations, wherever you may live. I am ecstatic that some of my former classmates and their significant others and kids will be joining us here in San Francisco. There's no doubt in my mind that we'll be doing some singing.
Guess what I downloaded this morning in Starbucks? "Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". I must have seen that at BBHS, but I honestly do not recall. At any rate, I used to have a cassette (yes, a CASSETTE) tape of that with Donnie Osmond. WTF??? Yes, I actually liked his performance a lot. This is an English version (as in England), so it's a tiny bit different. But it still has all of that catchy music.
It was finally nice enough here in San Francisco for me to bike home from work. So I rode practically from the ferry building back to my apartment near the top of Twin Peaks. It turns out that was the perfect length of time to listen to the entire "Joseph" download. Guess who I was thinking of as I rode back home, listening to the music? Right -- George Trautwein.
I think all of you would probably agree with me that there's something about music that stirs the emotions in a way that few other things do. I think it's often difficult for a lot of people to deal with emotions. Lord knows that high school can be a trying time in some people's lives. But what seems so incredibly obvious from so many posts is that everyone can sing -- yes, everyone! (Even if you think you suck -- which you don't.) Even for people who are incredibly shy -- yes you can sing! So I hope everyone has a chance to do so this weekend. If there's anyone around the Bay area at all who didn't get my invitation, please join us at my place on Sunday at 1:00 pm PDT.
Love to you all
Steve Mesh
As I related at my dad's memorial service last August ... a wise man once said "Everyone dies ... but not everyone lives". My dad lived. So did George Trautwein. They shared so much in common, and reading all of these posts about Mr. Trautwein reminds me of how much music has always been a part of our lives -- in the case of the Mesh family -- especially because of my mom and dad. Thank you.
