Tonight's Elvis Concert with Tony Downer

[Guest guest]

Last week I posted an article about a vocal student I have been working

with for the past four months who is diagnosed with disabilities.

He came to me in September with a dream to put on an Elvis Tribute Show

to raise money for Alzheimer's. He had been told in high school that

he couldn't sing worth a darn.

So instead of going from no performing experience to singing a song

here and there at other people's events, Tony grabbed the tiger by the

tail and went from no performing experience to a full one hour concert.

With a small band of volunteers (his brother-in-law played the Colonel,

his cousin was security and his sister was the official photographer to

name just a few of the volunteers that were working to make this event

a success), Tony found himself giving a concert to a standing room only

crowd where he raised $400 clear for the non-profit organization.

Now that may not seem like much to many people but considering the

tickets were $5 in advance and $7 at the door, clearing $400 is quite

an accomplishment.

But even more of an accomplishment is that he set out to do something

important four months ago and tonight, right on schedule, he stepped

out of his comfort zone, made a leap of faith, and touched his dream.

It was a totally amazing evening all the way around and I wish I could

impress upon everyone how one person dared to make a difference and

succeeded.

Raven

Co-Administrator