Thanks for the thought. I am a lot younger than no.one except Bob Hope. Your friends are quite correct, music therepists do not make much money, especially in geriatrics. I love your attitude toward your senior jobs. I do a lot of nursing homes and, once you get used to the lack of audible response, it is both rewarding and meritotious. I do have some strange stories from these jobs. The first time I played a halfway house, I did my entire set without audience reaction, not a laugh, not a singalonger, not even the sound of one hand clapping. I was devestated. When the activities director told me how much the crowd liked the set, I asked her what the hell they did if they were diapleased. She explained that the entire audience was medicated with Thorazine and she knew they liked me bacause they hadn't fallen asleep. Keep in touch. Ours is a fragile and beatiful profession and we should be supporting one another.

Mike