I remember my first voice lesson with fondness. My parents had known how much my sisters and I loved to sing, even at an early age, so this is one of the many things they supported us to be able to do. We would drive the 40 minutes to Virterbo College in La Crosse, WI where I would spend an hour of private voice lessons from Sister Arlene. I learned a lot from her during that time.
I grew up being involved with music in one shape or another. My earliest memories are of piano lessons and singing hymns in church. In elementary school I had a short time of guitar lessons and then beginning with junior high school I started playing the saxophone.
Throughout these years I was always in the school choir and also participated in the annual vocal and band contest each year. The picture to the right is a choir picture during my sophomore year at Oak Grove boarding school. (More on that in a later post) I loved to sing and would pretty much do so at any opportunity.
Here I am playing the keyboard with the worship band at Hosanna Celebration Center during many of my years spent in San Francisco, CA. I loved this time of my life.
Praise and Worship music has become my main source of listening enjoyment these days.
I’ve been known to sing a few songs at a karaoke club or two. My favorites to sing in this environment would be country favorites. This also reminds me of the early camping days at the ol Yogi Bear Campground – even then I loved to hop on stage and sing a tune!
Keep singing! 🙂
