Getting ready to leave.

It's my first post here at my all-new blog here at PatStuckemeyer.com, so I thought I would tell you a bit about what has been going on the past few weeks.

When I came home from Lawrence I talked with my old band-director, Jim Walling about helping out with Memorial High School, where I went to school to occupy my time. Well, it has been loads of fun working with those kids. They are so musical, and they pick up on things really quickly. The entire experience has been great - hats off to them!

So, I leave for the United Kingdom on Sept. 11. I think I fly out of Evansville sometime in the afternoon, flying through Chicago. I get there early on the 12th. It is exciting and scary all at the same time. On the one hand, I get to totally immerse myself in the euphonium and study with Steve Mead. The antithesis would be that I have to be 2,000 miles away from the love-of-my-life and the rest of my family. Thank god for iSights!

So, I switched my Mom to a Macintosh. I made the switch about 2 years ago after one of "those weeks" where I had to format my computer every other day. She seems to really like it, and it is a sweet machine.

My second CD is coming out soon, I promise. I have all of the artwork finished and we are just waiting on the duplicator. Click here for online ordering: http://shop.patstuckemeyer.com

That's about it for my first post here. I will leave you with a little fun that I was having with Photo Booth! Cheers for now!