Jazz Spectacular is the biggest event for me in the whole year. There is always a few all nighters involved. It's been a somewhat stressful year for me at work. I worry a lot that everything will run according to plan each year. Despite some curve balls thrown at me, for the most part, things I feel ran pretty darn smoothly. The only reason was because of the incredible support I had from many loved ones. There were so many acts of love demonstrated to me it was overwhelming. Some friendships deepened and I also made some new friends. I could go on in detail about each picture but hopefully as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words!!!

The older I get the more I know I needed Jesus' work on the cross and thankfully His resurrection! Humbly I'm so thankful for Friday, but Joyfully thankful for Sunday! A message from the fellas!

I had a good time seeing Delfeayo Marsalis this week. Thanks to Mike and Michelle for the ticket and got to sit with my nephew Matthew at the concert. It was a fun concert of celebration of this great music of jazz. My Byron Center family brought a bunch of people! It was also a surprise to have the great Winard Harper playing drums. Then I see that Anthony Stanco and Xavier Davis were playing due to plane cancelations which has been a theme for the last few months it seems. 

The best thing about my job is the relationships I form with so many beautiful people. We had Melissa for tour in October of 2018. There were so many great moments. I'm so blessed that I got to know her and a lot of life has happened for both of us since then. Thankful for our friendship! U of M had her in for the week and I was able to go down and catch the last concert. 

First picture of Professor Dease and Uncle G on a commercial for MSU that I saw during the Basketball game

a couple of pictures of the new music addition. It's not been too smooth but has it's moments.

MSU does have a beautiful campus

My old HS made the semifinal game which was exciting. Too bad they couldn't get the right name on the board :(

Always have to have a Mia picture! LOL

​Had AfroHorn in 

The weather was nice for a few days so I went to see my Eagles. You can see the eagle in every picture if you look. The last one was from a guy who had a zoom lens but it was at the same place and same eagle I was looking at. LOL

Typically, Recitals are some of my favorite time of the school year. It's truly remarkable to hear the progress students make over their time here. Recitals are always very personal and you get to know the students even deeper. Yesterday was no exception. A few more weeks to go. Great job everyone! Jeremiah Flack hooking up the lights!!! 

Had a very nice time with the collaboration set up by Professor Warren. A constant theme was there are two types of music good and the other! Everyone was very nice! Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Eggar, Pascal Le Boeuf, Meg Okura, Martha Redbone, Diego Rivera, Tasha Warren, and MSU Jazz Octet 1!