-Sitting in with Terry went pretty well yesterday. Anything to get the word out helps. Thanks for listening.
-Tomorrow night is the reception for the Tamale Committee at Sister Cities. While there I'll get a chance to meet the Kentucky Country Day kids that are going over as well. I think they will be doing a lot of school related projects in Tamale and also working on getting a school wired to the internet.
-Now that the scholarship finally came through, I should be able to officially buy my airplane tickets from the travel agency this week. I hope that the 11,000 mile round-trip route will help rack up some kind of SkyMiles reward.
-I'm leaving this Sunday for a week in Wyoming on a family vacation. I'm sure that when I get back, things from this trip will go into high gear.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Terry Meiners
It's offficial; I'll be on the Terry Meiners Show on WHAS this Wednesday afternoon (the 21st) to talk about the internship. I'll be on around 4 (but maybe later, I've been warned). That's 840 on that AM dial or you can listen online by going to 84whas.com and clicking "Listen Live."
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Developments
Some interesting news in the past couple of days:
-I got the quote for getting the bell cut on on my horn and I really hope that I'll be able to do it. Mainly because I really want to be able to take the horn and also because the people at Conn-Selmer really seemed excited (and almost eager) to donate that travel case. It would be rude of me not to let them do such a nice thing, right?
-I'm excited to say that I've been in contact with Terry Meiners and he has welcomed me onto his show to talk about the trip. I love getting the word out about this opportunity and I'm thankful to have the chance to share it with his audience. Plus, who wouldn't be excited about being on the Terry Meiners Show anyway?
-On the fundraising front, none of the corporate requests have come through yet, but I'm staying optimistic. While waiting for the panhandling to pan out, I've decided to sell some awesome natural slate coasters that I make. They are $10 for a set of four and all proceeds go to helping me go to Ghana. They make great gifts, just look at them.
Classy. Email me if you have any ordering questions.
-Also, if you have plenty of coasters around the house but still want to help, I've added a PayPal donation button to the blog, but please only partake if you really feel led to do so. I am not using this blog to ask for donations. I just wanted to put that there for anyone who maybe wanted to help. All I really want from this blog is to keep everyone up to date on everything.
-So, instead of ending this entry with me trying to avoid begging, I glad to report that today I found my Jamey Aebersold "Maiden Voyage" book and play-along CD. I really want to take it with me and try to teach some improv.
-I got the quote for getting the bell cut on on my horn and I really hope that I'll be able to do it. Mainly because I really want to be able to take the horn and also because the people at Conn-Selmer really seemed excited (and almost eager) to donate that travel case. It would be rude of me not to let them do such a nice thing, right?
-I'm excited to say that I've been in contact with Terry Meiners and he has welcomed me onto his show to talk about the trip. I love getting the word out about this opportunity and I'm thankful to have the chance to share it with his audience. Plus, who wouldn't be excited about being on the Terry Meiners Show anyway?
-On the fundraising front, none of the corporate requests have come through yet, but I'm staying optimistic. While waiting for the panhandling to pan out, I've decided to sell some awesome natural slate coasters that I make. They are $10 for a set of four and all proceeds go to helping me go to Ghana. They make great gifts, just look at them.
Classy. Email me if you have any ordering questions.
-Also, if you have plenty of coasters around the house but still want to help, I've added a PayPal donation button to the blog, but please only partake if you really feel led to do so. I am not using this blog to ask for donations. I just wanted to put that there for anyone who maybe wanted to help. All I really want from this blog is to keep everyone up to date on everything.
-So, instead of ending this entry with me trying to avoid begging, I glad to report that today I found my Jamey Aebersold "Maiden Voyage" book and play-along CD. I really want to take it with me and try to teach some improv.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Intro
Hopefully this blog will help me keep communication with friends and family who will be following my trip to Ghana later this summer. I'll continue to post updates as they occur, before and during the trip.
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