Spotlight on my Music Man

I promise to be brief.

It's not often that I talk about my husband here, the Music Man.  He's in his world (choir).  I'm in mine (cooking, baking, gardening, sewing, repurposing, marketing, painting, carpooling, reading, et cetera-ing).

But I'm proud to announce that he called me from work yesterday with some "fun, surprising news."  I love how he made sure to put the word "fun" in there, knowing that surprising news is rarely good.

This news is good, really good.

He tells me, "I got the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award."

"Of course you did," I respond, pleased but not surprised.

Not only does that man teach middle school students to sing, he teaches them to love it, and each other.

If I were to list the first 20 words that come to mind when describing his job, I'd be sure to include:

Sight reading
Overflow seating
Musical theater
Breathing
District festival
Support
Hand signs
Fundraising pizzas
Community
Smart Score
Garage Band
Uniforms
Chicago
Cedar Point
El Tour (as in a choir tour of the elementary schools, not a random foreign language word, as I originally thought)
Permission slips
Sheet music
The Almo
Teasers
Recruiting week
Sashes
Control top panty hose
Soloists
Tableaus

Oh, wait, that's more than 20 words.  But that's OK, because most days he puts in more than a day's work.

Here are some pictures to prove it:

For a look at just how much 250 zany middle schoolers love his choirs, check out this video.

Congrats, Music Man, you deserve it!