Oh Happy Day!

In today's mail I received a large envelope which contained this:



It's a hand-made, signed copy of On Ensemble's first CD, Works in Progress '04 Live. I am completely thrilled by this! First off, it's hand-made, and I know a thing or two about working in editions with paper. Folding, cutting, stuffing, trimming--I've been there. This is beautiful. The bamboo green CD cover opens like a flower to reveal the real treasure--the CD itself. It contains 4 tracks from a concert On Ensemble held in December.

If you haven't heard of On, check them out:
http://www.onensemble.org/

Here you can find out all sorts of information about On, taiko, and how to get their new CD. You can also hear a track off the CD. A line from the personalized (to little ole me!!) letter says: "In contrast to the recent uproar from the recording industry about online music downloading, On Ensemble believes that sharing music is a good thing." In other words, they encourage sharing. I suggest you pick up your own copy of the CD while they're still available, cause I'm not sharing mine anytime soon. Uh-uh. Mine's in my walkman and it's staying there.

I could never even imagine being as cool as On are. I once took a dance workshop with Michelle. She was graceful and awe-inspiring, while I, on the other hand, looked like one of those newborn african gazelles, teetering and tottering this way and that like I was just learning how to walk. Come to think of it, I still look like that.