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With the help of a community of friends and family, the website, performersparent.com, is just about ready to debut! It's been up and available, in a rough format, for a couple of weeks. I've been learning so much as I go through this process! Mostly, I've been learning how much I'm leaning on people who know a lot more than I do.
Starting this coming weekend, I've put ads in a couple of local high schools' musical performance programs, introducing the website to (what I hope will be large groups of) parents who could use this service. I made a new logo, taught myself the beginnings of HTML, panicked more than a little, hoped for bad weather at O'Hare (not really, Sheri -- I hope you had a great time on your cruise!), wondered why my brother had to move THIS weekend...
And I want to give a BIG thank you to Kyle, who stepped in at next-to-the-last-minute with a welcome offer of help. (And to Andy as well -- he offered his time and assistance, but I was already working with Kyle -- the hour's difference between here and the Eastern Time Zone was helpful).
I really hope that the website will save some other parents a few steps. Check the site out after Wednesday, and let me know what you think! This is definitely a work in progress -- I know there are lots more colleges out there that I haven't gotten to yet, many more summer programs, and lots of great teachers I haven't yet included.
In other news... Greg is now the lead guitarist for an established McHenry County band, EKG. We're looking forward to hearing them soon! And we've discovered a great medical practice for vocalists, The Bastien Group in Downers Grove, which will get on the website soon.
The Drowsy Chaperone, Crystal Lake South's musical, opens this Thursday (hence the panic and time crunch) and runs this weekend and next -- go see it! South's musicals have always been first-rate, and I expect that this one will be too. I'm hoping to go see a couple of the other District 155 musicals (Pirates of Penzance at PR, March 2-10; Urinetown at Central, March 9-17, Anything Goes at Central, March 16-18).
I think I'll let my carpal tunnel rest for a while... hope to hear from you!
