December 31, 2009
Hello. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday however you chose to celebrate it.
I performed last night for a good group of young ones in Copake , NY.
I did my Phillipe’ character dancing the Nativity; a premise I had discussed doing before last Christmas and just never got around to. 2009 has been a very tough and emotional year; health, getting older, relationships, you name it. It was a struggle to even get myself to the venue last night.
Without being to sappy, I looked around at all the kids and their parents and realized that it’s o.k. ! If you give to the audience honestly they will give it back; and I hope I did because they certainly did. I have been doing this for 23 years and this was a completely new experience.
To make it all perfect, I came out after the show and there was a pick-up hockey game being played on the town rink. I watched for about 10 minutes and reminisced with a few guys about the Ghosts of Hockey Past. A great way to end the year. I hope it is a sign of better times to come in 2010.
I would like to wish you all peace, and happiness and good health in the New Year and I hope to see you at a show in the near future.
Sincerely,
Pat.