So Live and Let Die!!!

As the title suggests from the famous Beatles Classic my project is deceased. My last time performing for my beloved audience was Friday March 25,2011. I began my solemn journey by setting up early in the dining hall, so I could have time to visit with my fans one last time. I began each conversation by asking how there day was going and how my music had impacted them emotionally. Most of the answers consisted of were that their day was good and that my music made them very happy. When I first started this I thought that I would just play and sing for them and they would zone out or just ignore that I was even there. I remember my first performance very fondly. It was the complete opposite! They welcomed me with grandmotherly and grandfatherly smiles and asked me questions, mainly about school and church. My whole goal was to play my very best from the start but after seeing so much kindness even in isolation I was determined to make their 45 minutes the most enetertaining as possible. I came home did my homework and sometimes would have to plug in my earphones to my amp to run through some songs while my parents were sleeping. My passion is music and I want this passion to grow and never stop I want to keep on expanding my talent and maybe even give some of my time this summer to visit my old friends. At the end of my last concert I played it had to be you and right in the middle I forgot the chorus. I was so embarrassed, but this old women comforted me by saying play a little softer and well help you sing along. She kept her word and before I knew it we had the nurses singing along. The main thing Ive learned about this project is that things do not always go according to plan and god sometimes takes you to a different country or a uncomfortable place for his glory. I know it may be scary sometimes to get out of your car and hand a water bottle or a meal to a homeless person or even preaching the word of god where you can be thrown in jail or even executed. I know singing at a nursing home doesn't seem like it would make a huge difference and end world hunger, but Jesus never said go out and help only people in Africa or only help people out at the soup kitchen. He said whoever is hungry feed them, whoever is naked cloth them, whoever is in sorrow love them for the least of these you do for your fellow man you do for me.

Dinner and a show!

Hello my fellow followers. I am pleased to inform you that my senior project is going better than ever! Ever since the microphone incident I have been taking more time to set up and practice my songs to give the seniors the best entertainment as possible. My last visit was very unusual because I had so many seniors to plat for! I was floored the dining hall was packed all because I just played and sang a few songs. Before I started the night off with their favorite song ,It Had To Be You, I thought back to the beginning of this whole endeavor. I never thought that I would make such a impact on these lonely seniors just by playing some songs, but God is awesome and powerful. The proof is what I am doing right now. I am not that comfortable speaking; yet alone singing in front of total strangers! Now I look at myself and my passion, and I have realized that this has helped me become more outspoken as well as more confident. I know I am not the next American Idol; nor will I ever try out even though Simon is off it! Anyway I feel a connection with the seniors at White Oak, and I want this connection to grow more and more until finally we could call each other family.