The world is full of possibilities.
If your experience with that truth is anything like mine, then it’s a lesson we all learn. And forget. And relearn. But I have to believe it’s worth the constant trying.
That truth is so much at the heart of what Monarch Academy is about. And it’s at the heart of the school’s latest [ad]venture.
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There’s something about barbershop music that makes the genre so unique. It’s at once wholly American and wholly global, as the existence of organizations like Sweet Adelines International demonstrates.
In San Antonio, we have the Alamo Metro Chorus, a local chapter of Sweet Adelines. AMC and its affiliated quartets regularly travel and compete regularly in international showcases. I’ve heard them, so I can tell you they deserve it.
Which brings us to last weekend. Continue reading
…by which, of course, I mean musical notes. Continue reading
One of the things I love about walking in the realm of the arts is the chance I have to work on stories that can make a difference. It’s a dream I’ve had for a while.
Soon I’ll get to share another one of those stories. Continue reading
Me being me and all, I might have missed it entirely, but for a couple of notifications from my LinkedIn app that friends were congratulating me on my work anniversary.
That was the reminder that this week marks seven years that I’ve been working with Nikki and Chadd at PrimaDonna Productions, Inc.
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How I ended up stage-managing a 4th of July celebration for an entire city, I’m still not altogether sure. There’s a lot about the last few weeks that I’m still processing.
It started when Nikki was hired to help produce it. I know that much.
But I’m getting slightly ahead of myself. Let me backtrack a few steps…
Tonight I’ll be at Monarch Academy, along with Nikki, our colleagues there, and their students and families, to celebrate the end of another school year.
Being part of the Monarch family – and it really is a family, by choice and emotion if not by genetics – has been an experience I’m still trying to put into words. As a writer and as a human being, you always live with a certain hope that what you do, what you say, can make a positive difference. But you don’t always get to see it happen right in front of you.
It’s a gift, a blessing, that in the last year, I have.
… well, that was a little longer than I’d expected. I’m sorry about that.
I guess it’s one of the hazards of trying to balance my writing with writing about my writing. I get so busy doing what I do that I find myself forgetting to write about what I do.
There’s been a lot of doing. And I haven’t been alone. Continue reading
As I write this, I’ve just e-mailed Chadd and Nikki with the first draft of our play. Continue reading
Lee Hurtado, Writer 