May they be lifted up....

Our love and compassion go out to the people of China as we prepare for our departure on Monday. There is no way to comprehend the magnitude of suffering that has enveloped this country, as well as Myanmar with it's own tragic death toll. All I know is music heals, music touches hearts and souls without any words being expressed, therefore we will be able to transcend the language barriers as we express our love for our brothers and sisters, wherever they may be crying out. We will be dedicating each concert given in China to the victims of this disaster, a disaster no one called down upon themselves and no one deserved. Life is fragile, this we know, so in the words of Leonard Bernstein, "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before".

Truly, no man is a island.

Bless the men, women and children....

Saturday, May 31, 2008

More pictures...

This is a mix of pictures from Suzhou, the first city we visited where we found beautiful gardens, cloistered off from the noise of the city.....a welcome relief! The photo to the right of my little girl in the garden was of "the torch", just as it passed! Thought I had a full on view of the bus carrying the torch, but oh well, that's what you get when you're running and trying to shoot video at the same time....























Our little girl traveled like a pro, she was a real trooper, needing only to be carried when she absolutely couldn't walk anymore!! The Chinese people loved her, they all wanted to pick her up and take her picture. Now, how to explain why she won't get this same attention back home? Hmm......
My husband, Cody, was a trooper too, after not sleeping, having jet lag and needing to be focused on pulling off a great concert each night, it was amazing he had the strength to walk around at all, let alone carry our little sack of potatos around!
















One tired little kid....one tired daddy too!!! But it was all worth it a hundred times over!!!!
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