Jerry, your story about singing for the veterans reminded me of the summer of 1980, I was staying with friends in Toronto and met this wonderful lady called Ellen, once a week she would play piano in the lobby of a big hospital and the veterans would come down from their ward, some in beds, to listen. She had found out I sang so took me along, it was one of the most moving afternoons,luckily the requests were for quite popular songs, I do not read the "dots". She had the music for LLoyd Webbers " memories", it had just come out and Cats was on in London so I knew it. They were the best audience I have ever sung too.
I would love to know what happened to Ellen she was a real inspiration.
wendy