[musictlk] Young Musicians and Other Comments

[Julie C. Vogt]

When I was first Vice President of the NFB Music Division, I knew several people who were blind that could have used your survey information which I was not able to access when I tried your link yesterday.  Unfortunately, because I, as then First Vice President of the NFB Music Division  met with musicians new to the group who had these kind of progressive ideas, and the President of the NFB Music Division was not notified of this meeting we had, (and we were going to mention the things that concerned us at the time to her) after the meeting, the NFB Board felt that we were divisive and trouble-makers.  I bowed out and told them publicly that if they felt I was this, that they had too much time on their hands.  That was then and this is now.

I would like to call your attention to Michelle Gittens of Minneapolis, Minnesota as a candidate for a possible NFB super-star.  Though I do not know her well, as I live 150 miles from Minneapolis now, I have heard her perform with her band.  She also was a 2008 NFB Scholarship winner and performed on July 4, 2008 at the NFB national convention.

She and her band have a song that they do about a Crock-Pot which is really wonderful.

As for me, I have stayed in music ministry and have not only a CD of my own out but a book as well.  I am not a young person, however, so I wanted to recommend the best young blind person I could for your e-mail with the survey site recommended.  Thank you and best regards to you all.

  

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Julie Vogt or jcvogt at pressenter.com