Weird- this morning I made a long post and it never appeared! Oh, well, I'll try to reconstruct.

We sang:
Joy to the World
Silver Bells
Let it Snow
What Child is this
2 by Judy: Kingdom Come (a very hard song honoring the firefighters of 9/11)   
          Come rejoice
Hark the Herald
Amazing Grace

At 65, she's still amazing. Still has the voice I adored when I was 12. Gracious and funny, paying lots of attention to the kids while they were on stage with her.

It was so wonderful to work for 10 weeks with these 50 kids who were selected out of all the kids in the town where I teach. They grew musically, and what a joy to work with such pure, lovely voices. I know they'll never forget the experience.

Over the years my musical tastes and hers have diverged somewhat. But I have to say that it was a highlight of my life so far, to work so closely with this classy, gorgeous lady.


Allison