| At the end of the same Manhattanville concert as the previous
picture. I will always remember this concert for the following
reasons: 1.) It was only the second time I played a 6 string
guitar and a 10 string guitar in the same concert. The last
time I did that was in 1984. 2.) It was probably the biggest
crowd for a full solo recital in a local venue, that I ever
had (not counting my N.Y. Debut which was bigger). They had
to turn people away at the door because they would have broken
fire laws if they allowed any more in. People were actually
standing all along the back wall, the room was packed. 3.) My
sister was there, who isn't particularly into classical guitar
but just came because I'm her brother. Probably the last concert
of mine she came to was my New York debut. At least she comes
to the big ones, and I really appreciate that! 4.) The most
important reason: my mother was there and really enjoyed it,
and enjoyed seeing some of my friends that she hadn't seen in
a long time. She also wasn't into classical guitar, although
she did grow to like certain pieces over the years. I think
she also needed to see me as successful in what I had been doing
for so many years, when to her it seemed it was going nowhere.
I really believe God gave her that experience, because two weeks
to the day after this concert she died. |
