Love the young man on the bass. Cocked, anticipating, and ready. He paid attention to the other players and enjoyed them ..... even thou he was not the man of the hour yet. I sat up in my chair waiting until he hit the first string on that bass. Wow, that boy plays that bass like he stole it. Love these young folks.
My aunt( by marriage) had a brother by the name of Arthur Smith, who wrote this song. I know he would have been thrilled to see the performance of these young people. Great job!
Many compliments to The Cats and the Ypsilanti Symphony! I did not even know you folks got together nine years ago, but very happy to be catching up my favorite students. More than ten years before this performance, YSO invited me to play the mandolin parts of Respighi's "Pines of Rome." Thank you!!
