To: "vocalist" <vocalist>
Subject: SINGING, PASSION, AUDIENCE
Date sent: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 16:10:16 -0700
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

Yes, it is I again about passion & singing. I have said before that I love
singing and performing and audiences. I also sing at nursing homes. Today,
I sang for 12 elderly people with various forms of dementia. You really
have to "work this crowd". I started applauding them and calling each by
name. They came ALIVE! We sang and sang. Then, as I was saying goodbye, I
spoke to Anna who told me she speaks no English & that she is Italian. On
the spot, without accompaniment, I sang, "Time To Say Goodbye - Con Te
Partiro" and "O Mio Babino Caro." She lit up and she clapped and clapped
and clapped. Folks, this music stuff is powerful. Never underestimate your
audience or what you bring to those God puts in your path or what they will
give to you. Nora