One year ago today was Friday, March 13th, and we officially canceled Music Alive 2020, due to the Pandemic. I attended a meeting held at Edel’s residence. Michelle J. was also present. We were to prepare boxes and more for Music Alive to begin. On the morning of this day one year ago, I traveled to a few schools to pickup check payments. In fact, the whole week involved a few trips daily to various school locations to get payments for registrations.
The whole year was very challenging. In the fall of 2019, so much effort was given to convince the school boards that we could deliver a festival in 2020. You see, there was much unrest in the school system, with disruptions and discussions about a new agreement for teachers. Trying to keep Music Alive running was very difficult. I remember the committee meeting at Cosmo Music, an emergency meeting to review strips that we would take to keep the festival “alive”. Our planning helped to move forward. But then, when Covid appeared, well, we had no choice but to follow in the example of so many other organizations which were canceling, postponing, and basically shutting-down.
Over the summer, I dedicated time to Music Alive to renew our website and email; to gather some ideas about a possible future for Music Alive in Pandemic time. In the fall, proposals were drafted and we obtained some support. So, now, we are in the middle of a virtually delivery of sessions. It was challenging, but I am proud to say that we managed to keep Music Alive as a relevant resource. This particular educational package of modules will end officially May 7th. There is some discussion that another package will be offered in the fall of 2021. We shall see.
(April 19, 2021) Currently working on arranging the payment of guest artists: gathering of information, submitting payment totals for each guest artist, even though we have some sessions scheduled for late in May, well after our final date of May 7th. We may need to arrange a second payment mailing in early June.
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