Tuesday, May 4, 2010

the tribes first concert...

It seems like forever ago, OK it was ONLY February, that we had the great fortune to be invited to a private concert by Kenny G. Yes, a PRIVATE concert by Kenny G at a place near & dear to our hearts, The Quantum House! I cannot believe it took me until today to post about our adventure! Maybe I was waiting for the pictures! Yes, that is my excuse, gotta have GREAT pictures! [=When they invited us they said they were only inviting three former families and thought of us! If you do not know about the Quantum House you should check them out! It is a place like none other which happens to be in our neck of the woods. This is the "house" that we stayed at while our tribe was in the NICU after birth. It happens to be on the same campus of St Mary's Medical Center here in West Palm Beach. We LOVE them & cannot say enough about the place, their staff & the other families we have met there!SO to be thought of for a special event is the best feeling ever! SO SO thankful! For those that do not know this, Kenny G also happens to play a little golf. SO besides doing a little performing he also got a little golf in by way of the Honda Classic. In fact he golfed with NFL Great Dan Marino, Superbowl champion Drew Brees & non other than Jack Nicklaus. How's that for a foursome?! For all of you NON golfers out there the Honda Classic is a BIG deal golf tournament down here! In fact they helped sponsor the concert! A BIG thank you to the Honda Classic!We literally found out about this concert four days before the event! After MUCH finagling with our schedules my mom, the tribe & I arrived at the Quantum House to take part in the festivities. I really had no clue how many people would be there! I mean there was a TON of people all over the place! I don't know what I was thinking because it was a concert after all! [= One special lady that I met was the person responsible for organizing this event, Barbara Nicklaus. There would not have been a Kenny G concert if it were not for her! What a remarkable woman she is!For those that do not know who Barbara is, she is the wife of golf legend Jack Nicklaus. But believe you me, her contributions to society stand alone and in my book are much more valuable than those of her husband! Sorry Jack! She is just such an amazing woman! With her husbands assistance they have created the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation. They donate to MANY different organizations, too many to mention. Just trust that the children of Palm Beach County are much better off because of the generosity of the Nicklaus family! So when I use the word AMAZING you will understand why! By the way she even offered to babysit our tribe! Can you believe that?! That in itself is AMAZING!The tribe really enjoyed the music. If they were not listening to the music then they were having fun being able to sit ANYWHERE! Note to self: when you only have one helper with you make sure you bring toys! Luckily Cam took to one of the ladies & wanted to sit with her ALL the time! She on the other hand probably did not feel so lucky! LOL! Towards the end Aave got up and was about to dance! I think if he performed another twenty minutes she would have done a twirl or two! LOL! As it was when he performed "Somewhere over the Rainbow" she started humming it! I did not even realize she knew the tune! Oh the memories I will have to share with them about about...

the tribes first concert...

2 comments:

Betsy Gilbride said...

That's great! Pictures I'm sure they'll enjoy someday- (My first concert was Bon Jovi/ Skid Row?!? :))

Fulton Quads said...

Betsy I'm afraid to even say that my first concert was... WHAM! LMAO! I think BON JOVI is a better concert choice! Trust me!! [= - Cathy

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