Growing Pains

I've been percolating the Performer's Parent idea for a couple of years. I discussed it with a few friends, who encouraged me to get it going, and when I finally did, I thought, "Oh good, now I can sit back for a little bit..." Nope. With the exit of my friend Sheri, who got the website up and running, I had a panicky few moments and then thought, I can do this! So I found a new way to manage the website, and I'm pretty pleased with it -- I invite you to check out the "relaunch" of Performer'sParent.com! I'm playing with some of the things that go on the site, so please -- take a look and give me your thoughts.

We went to see The Drowsy Chaperone at Crystal Lake South last weekend -- as always, the South students did a FABULOUS job. I've seen several of these students in quite a few shows, and it's great to see how they've grown as singers, dancers and actors! It'll be exciting to find out where they're planning to go from here -- I know that several of them are planning to make performing a part of their college experience, whether it's as a major and career, or as a very important extracurricular activity.

I wanted to try something new in this blog today -- here's a track from The Con Men, one of the very first that they ever did (and honestly, one of my faves), called Walking Away. This was written maybe four years ago, and performed originally just by Greg and his friend Connor Bernhard. 03 Walking Away

Sorry about all the random stuff today. I'm trying to figure out a bunch of things both here and on the new website. Soon, I hope to have a way for you to "join" Performers Parent, which will help me find out if the content I'm providing is on track for your needs or if it needs to be tweaked in some way. I'm working on getting some great columnists to write the Clinic column. I'm still playing with the formats of both sites. And, I have a cold. So please excuse the scattershot approach today!

And one last thing -- if you have something you'd like to share as a guest blogger, send it to me! I'd love to post an experience you had with your performing child, a moment that made you smile or worry, or anything else you'd like to talk about. This blog isn't just for me -- it would be great to have you make it your own, as well.