OTRC Presents The Last Repair Shop 

My father was a trombonist, and before he died of cancer when I was seven, he told my mother to make sure that my brother and I learned to play an instrument. Unfortunately, my small Iowa town did not pay for students' instruments, and my mother couldn't afford the rental or purchase of one. So, I never got to play the French horn that I found so beautiful, and my dream of playing the opening slide of Rhapsody in Blue on my own clarinet, never came to fruition. But, I did help my band friends sell fruit door-to-door to pay their way to march in the Rose Bowl Parade but then had to live their adventure vicariously on TV. So, thank you to the LA school system for having the foresight, determination and heart to keep this fantastic program, and children's dreams alive. ...I did just see a baby blue clarinet on eBay, so maybe, just maybe, it's not too late.

Beautiful and moving! No wonder it won! Congratulations to all involved!

Loved this. So very moving. I played an instrument as a child and I can see how wonderful it is for every child to have a chance to enjoy music.

And YES it won the Oscar!

Worthy of the Oscar proud to live and be a former lausd student

Beautiful.