Diving in!

On my last post I discussed my influences in music as well as my ideas for my senior project. When you read my last post you saw that I decided on performing 10 songs acoustically for the elderly in assisted living communities. Now I have been talking with my parents and they have provided me some names of some of the people who work in that industry. One being a old friend of my father's who happens to be on the board of The Hospice House Mr. Chris Harricus who provided me with Mrs Kimberely Ward's, head attendant at the hospice house, phone number . The second connection my father gave to me was Mr. George Harricus who is a employee of White Oak Estates. He also provided me with another head attendant ,Mrs. Lillian Brown, to discuss my project with.
 I have also spoken to My guitar teacher, Mr. Foster, who has agreed to be my mentor,but I have not provided him with the mentor apprentice agreement form. I plan to have this done before my oral proposal presentation which is the 13th of September. Also a couple of days ago I asked Mr. Tucker,who is a Oakbrook U.S. teacher, if there was a way that I could reduce the feedback of my guitar and microphone amps. He then gave me a remarkable solution I had been playing with my amps toward my microphone and guitar when I really should have been setting them parallel to or in front of my instruments. I then followed his advice and the high pitched feedback is gone.
Another detail I would like to change in my project is the variety of audience I would be playing for.Not only would I play for the elderly but also the terminally ill as well. I have been talking about this with Mrs. Zion and she says that it is a busy and changing place, changing as is in on how many people pass away. I know that it will be hard  and I may see things that most people do not see everyday,but I hope with the help of God that I can go provide these people with a little bit of joy before they are deceased.To make preparations I have called Mrs. Ward when she was out of town and we agreed to have her call me on Monday during 7th period. I was shure to have Mrs. Zion's permission before agreeing to these terms. Unfortunately she never called back,but I plan on calling her back when I am feeling better on account it is difficult for me to speak clearly,since I have been sick. I also called Mrs. Brown at White Oak but was transfered to her answering machine, and I will make more attempts to get in contact with her before my present deadlines. All in all my project is going well I am researching different ways music therapy has helped veterans as well as assisted living inhabitants. I have also been thinking about the comments Mrs. Rosemary and Mrs. Zion have given me on the song choices, and I will take their advice and research more 30's an 40's music to play.