The boy, Noie Z, Had his winter concert last Sunday down at the Temple Auditorium here in Saginaw. It is a really opulent venue built early in the last century. He plays Violin, and has for 9 or 10 years, and is beginning to make some nice sound. It was a surprise to me that the first work on the program was the national anthem. It surprised me because I have fallen into stereotyping the musicians culture as being a very liberal bunch, right up there with soccer moms. Shame on me. Any way they did a nice respectful job on it and people in the audience snapped to their feet and some even sang. I teared up. I am tearing up now writing this. I think I may be getting soft.
