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When the Lord closes a door, somewhere he opens a window

February 12, 2017 by Dale Duncan Leave a Comment


One of my favorite musicals of all time is “The Sound of Music”.

 I never tire of watching it with my students and teaching the lessons it offers us the teach.

I’ve watched more times than I can count.  I know every line.  I’ve done the Salzburg “Sound of Music” tours.  I’m a fanatic.

One of the lines from the show is “When the Lord closes a door, he opens a window.”

 This week, I had what I thought was a dark moment that turned into something filled with light.
 Each year, I take all four of my middle school singers who are part of my 300+ middle school choral groups to the GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluation in March.
Since 2002 when I began teaching in Georgia, the event has been divided as follows:

2 days for middle school/2 days for high school.

This worked well for my groups because I was always able to take 2 groups on the first day and 2 groups on the second day, and it allowed time for them to have lunch off campus which they always enjoy.

The schedule for 2017 was sent on Monday…about 6 weeks before the event.  In the email that included the schedule, it said, “Some of you will have to deal with bus issues because we can’t schedule everyone between 9-1 PM.”

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