My showbiz resume

My showbiz resume

Who said it is tough to be famous in LA? Perhaps if you have narrow definitions of fame, such as people beyond your circle for friends knowing or caring whom you are. However, for us more open-minded and humble hippies-at-heart, fame is easily won even when not sought.

First, the song on my profile page is my claim to musical fame. Do you hear the lovely saxophone trio, commonly known as triage? Well, I am one third of that triage. I know you are impressed beyond expression, so do not faint when I tell you I was also part of the kazoo choir featured on that song.

Next, if you were one of the lucky ones to get a free ticket (so vital in case you didn’t want to be one of the five people not in box seats who were too inhibited to move down to the empty box seats) to the Easter Sunrise Service at the prestigious Hollywood Bowl, you may have spotted me as one of the burgundy robed singers in the adult community choir. Unfortunately, many of the featured ensembles in the ridiculously long hour and a half service (prolonged by the fact that all the coffee I drank to get myself there and awake at 4:45am was sitting in my bladder), were not much better than my former group, triage (not be confused with the quality of Brandon’s music, that is – he really did want us to sound like a high school marching band). Nonetheless, the only important thing (besides all that stuff about Easter and Jesus, of course) is that I can now say I sang on the Hollywood Bowl stage. I must apologize to my musician friends who deserve this honor far more than I do.

Finally, the credit of which I am most proud is the least recognized – singing with the TLUMC choir. We are a small and humble group and our singing. Reinforced with many talented musicians for this Easter, I our singing of Haydn felt glorious and inspiring. I have never felt so in harmony with a group of people through music. It was a packed service, for our church, but nothing in outreach compared to the Hollywood Bowl or a CD. Thus, I deeply regretted inviting my friends to get up before dawn to see me in the Hollywood Bowl service rather than inviting them to see our much more impressive performance at a much more reasonable hour.

Meanwhile, I will continue my humble teaching career and pray that does not bring me any fame, since usually teachers only become famous through bad media coverage.