Dreaming Big!

A couple of years ago, Kari and I had the unique opportunity to go to Boston and see the Boston Pops w/ John Williams as the conductor.
For those of you who don't know who he is, he's written some of the most famous film scores ever! Star Wars, Superman, Home Alone, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Schindlers List, ET, Jurassic Park, Jaws, and so so many more. For a band geek, to be able to see the man who wrote the songs and perform them live was absolutely amazing! It was better than any concert I've ever been to and I've seen some pretty cool ones.
Like I said, I was a band geek so to see all those performers took me back and I wished I had've stuck w/ it, I kept thinking, "Could that have been me?"

That whole trip was amazing, the next night we went to the theatre and saw Victor Garber (for me, of Titanic and ALIAS fame) in "Present Laughter," which is now making it's way to The Great White Way (Broadway.)
It was amazing just to be in the same building as him, rumor had it that Brad and Angelina were in town that night for his show but hard to say.
Same thing for this, I used to be in drama and ALWAYS loved performing on the stage and often wish I had've kept that up.


Later that year, we went to New York and it was the 1st time I had been there and have gone every time since and most recently, this past trip, we went to Madison Square Gardens and saw Cirque Du Soleil. (Which doesn't top but definitely compares to seeing Spring Awakening the year before.)

I was in complete and utter awe as we drove by it on the bus, I thought some day I'm going to be there and onstage and I'm not going to say it's ironic but yesterday, Lady Gaga performed there and this is what she had to say afterwards:

"My name is Lady GaGa and I used to sit right over there, way far in the back and way up top… I used to stare at this side of the room, and I used to think, 'I'm gonna be up there.'

Every second you watch me on this stage, you remember, I was sitting where you are."

Followed by her tweet:
"Today is what dreams are made of. 3 Sold out nights at MSG in my home town. I used to go watch Madonna, Cher + the Stones and would cry. I would stare into the brightlights and imagine I could do anything. Be anything. And I would tell myself it would be me up there one day. "

I wonder if when all these people started out, if they knew the success that they'd have?

Here's hoping!

P.S. - Yesterday, 3/3, walk, blog, write :-)