Tornado in Brooklyn and band videos

For the last 9 weeks, my blog has been about the "Music Success in Nine Weeks" blog challenge. The challenge is over, but I'm continuing to be inspired by the ideas in the book. I'm still writing my "5 daily successes", which is inspiring and something I recommend for everyone!

The big news is that we had a tornado in Brooklyn. It's funny because just the other day I was in Times Square shopping for my niece at one of those Broadway stores and they had a magnet with Dorothy's shiny red shoes (Wizard of Oz). I wanted to buy it, but didn't give in to the impulse purchase, and now I'm definitely going to get one!!

I totally missed the tornado (I was on the subway), but when I visited Vita's street, it really became clear. A lot of the brownstones lost roofs on his block, plus a lot of big trees down.

On the music front, Vita and I have been going through video footage so we can put a sample together for presenters. We've also been watching other musician videos to get ideas.
I hadn't realized how many venues we'd played in until I started going through DVDs (and a few VHS!). The next challenge is choosing what to say about our music and how to tie it all together. And do so in a few minutes!!

One highlight of video watching was seeing the workshop/concert my band did with Third Street Music School in New York City. When you're in the midst of it all, you don't always realize how incredible it is, but to see hundreds of kids playing Irish music for the first time really brought it all home. I hope to do more of this projects in the coming year!
Here's wishing everyone a good start to fall and all it brings - cady