001the way that I got involved was, our kids’ piano teacher had offered them, some points for auditioning for Music Man, which was the first show that our family was a part of. And so my kids and, my wife Brittany actually all got cast, in the show. And I had mentioned to my wife that, you know, if they need somebody just helping backstage, just let them know. this is my third show with CKPAC and it's been a just a tremendous opportunity for our family to do something together. Even though we're all doing different things, we sometimes even take different vehicles because we have to be at different times. But it's kind of, great experience for the family to do together and look back and see that we were a part of something. It's been nice that
002we get to do this together. We did a show without my husband last year, and it was really weird. It kind of felt like an us and him, situation for a while. So it's nice that we're all in the same space. And when we talk about the play, we all know what's going on because we all are familiar with the different characters and songs. And that's nice to have that kind of camaraderie as a family. We get to learn together. My son is really good at learning all of the songs and all of the words to all of the music, and it's fun for him to be able to teach us, hey, here's this new part that I remember or this new insight about a character or whatever. And so it's fun to, learn new
003things together and share those experiences. I liked being with people my age during summers and having something to do. And I like wearing the costumes. It's fun to see Nataly and Mom during their parts, because I get to see what they have been practicing. And it just doesn't make sense when I see what dad's doing. My son Peter was, 6 or 7 when we did Music Man, and he was cast as Winthrop, which is one of the leading roles. We did not expect that because when he auditioned, he actually wasn't planning on auditioning, so he didn't show up prepared. So the song that he sang was Happy Birthday. we were we were just kind of blown away and, man, he pulled it together we were just so proud of how he did that. So that
004was a huge highlight. Just seeing him go on that stage with the confidence that he had kind of watching him blossom and his confidence grow between that and now, just really exciting to see a bunch of people in the audience. Maybe making people happy while they watch it.