Spring Concerts and Risers

This week Dave & I went to two spring concerts at Woodriver School where my grandsons attend. It's also the same school that our two children attended.

Andrew (5th grade) did a great job on the bass guitar with the orchestra. That reminds me that I started taking piano lessons when I was in the 5th grade.

Kaiden (2nd grade) sang and did lots of cool motions in the choir (picture attached). The choir used risers and Kaiden stood on the top row. I never see a set of risers that my mind doesn't go back to a time forty-five years ago.....

I was attending Lee College in Cleveland, TN and singing with the Lee College Choir. There were 120 choir members and we were performing a big number - the Hallelujah Chorus, if I recall correctly. I can't remember where we were performing but we were all crunched together on risers and I was standing on the top level. About half way through the song the riser collapsed and down we all went. I remember the screams of surprise as the music and singing came to an abrupt stop. Fortunately no one was hurt. The risers were pushed aside, all the choir members reassembled on level ground and we finished the song. All those thoughts were running through my head as I watched Kaiden and listened to the second graders sing. Fortunately, their risers stood firm.