![]() Miss Pat’s absence since getting sick (she lost her battle to Cancer) has felt like a huge hole for all of us her successors are delightful people who do good work, but Miss Pat is irreplaceable. ![]() I’ve spent, and continue to spend, a lot of time at that music school: my wife works there, my kids all take lessons, music theory and play in ensembles there, and my quartet rehearses there a lot. She was generous to a fault, giving little gifts or even money to kids for a holiday or birthday, even when she herself barely made enough money to make ends meet. And she didn’t just know their names, she knew about them - their personalities, the little things that made them happy or sad, and the right thing to say when they were happy or sad. ![]() In a building always full of a ton of kids ages 1 through 80 (most of the adult amateur musicians there have a wonderful, youthful zeal for their music making), Pat knew them all. Her real job there, though, seemed to be carer-in-chief. Miss Pat worked at the front desk of the Music School of Delaware (formerly the Wilmington Music School), where she answered phones, checked on room availability, and took the 75 cents apiece for the snacks at the desk, among a host of other things. But Miss Pat, as she was known by all who did know her, had an enormously positive impact on their lives who got to experience her. For anyone who might have just happened to see her in passing, she might seem a non-descript person worked a receptionist job at a community music school, not wealthy, not glamorous at all. Ramblings on music, family, work, life, and how they occasionally intersect The 2011-2012 Season Preview Spectacularoozamathon!Ģ010 in Review - 5 Events Not to Have Been Missed, Unless you Missed ThemĪ love letter to Silver Bay – where I get my Mojo back The 30-Day Challenge Recap - Part 1, Days 5-10Ī Family Reunion, a Trip Down Memory Lane, and Lake Itchy
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