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Realigning

13-May-08

It fits right now that spring pushes out new birth and renewal. The weight of the present proves more telling than any end-of-year wish or resolution. Backed up by the call of summer, spring let’s you visualize beyond any immediate context of events.
The young ones typify a continual recycling of practice and motion. This week, [...]

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Rockin’ Basie

26-Aug-07

Rockit For Kids took a big step when they played a gig at Red Bank, New Jersey’s Count Basie Theatre. A sound system can make a difference, a huge one. To be sure, the young musicians are improving wonderfully, but having Loretta Lynn’s gear, leftover from the night before, gave their sound a huge kick [...]

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Young Rockers

03-Jun-07

It was a loud weekend in Middletown, New Jersey. My buddy Bruce Gallipani who heads up Rockit For Kids, had concerts planned for Saturday and Sunday in the town’s new Arts Center. The ensemble consisted of twenty-eight kids, ages 8-16, who collectively performed a two-hour set of thirty-two songs. Memorable highlights included performances of “Baba [...]

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