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December
13, 2009 Greg and Geri Baker 3434 Nancy Creek Road Charlotte,
NC 28270-0442
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Merry
Christmas to Our Friends and Family! |
| Another year gone by and so fast too.
As I read last year's letter, it seems not that much has
changed, just another year older and a few new aches and
pains. But both Geri and I are healthy and are
enjoying this time in our lives. Having the kids and
their families close by is very helpful as well as keeping
busy with lots of projects. |
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Geri and I continue to work with
the Allegro
Foundation, a non-profit that teaches kids with
disabilities, both physical and mental. Their highlight this
year was to perform before the Panthers / Redskins game last
October. I was not allowed to videotape it however but the
staff did manage to get some still pictures. The Allegro
kids also
performed for the opening ceremony for the Special
Olympics in Bojangles
Coliseum (formally the Old Coliseum). They performed
to a song called "America"
a friend of mine Marie
Calabro wrote and we recorded in my studio. It
was great to hear it play in that huge room with all the kids
performing and singing along.
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We are also still
active at the local YMCA but don't get there as regularly as we
should. It seems like something always gets scheduled during
our "Y time".
We had the whole clan there this year for
Thanksgiving. It has been a while since we have done
that. We had all the traditional stuff like turkey,
dressing, mashed potatoes, ham, cranberries etc. etc. etc. Geri
has not lost her touch, it was great! |
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We have not done much traveling this year either
except I went on a sailing trip in Tampa Bay and out
into the Gulf last June. A friend of mine has a 28 foot
Catalina sailboat berthed in St. Petersburg. We took a 4
day trip out of there that turned out to be rather exciting but
lots of fun too. We weathered a really bad storm,
thankfully while docked and had another mishap or two as well
but came back better sailors than when we left.. You can
read all about it here: St. Pete Sailing Trip |
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Our grandsons, Sean and Daniel started at a new
school this year. They go to Union Academy near Monroe, NC
which is a NC charter school. Sean is in the third grade and
Daniel is in first grade there. They have a monthly
Character Kid award and Sean won the "Responsibility
Award" a few weeks ago. A video of the awards ceremony
is HERE.
A couple of weeks later, GB & ME got to play for the first
through third grades at the school. I think the kids had
almost as much fun as we did.
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Hard to believe but Gregory, Chris & Carrie's
son is already a very busy four. He is one to never stop
moving unless sleeping and has a very intense curiosity.
I am working on a video of his birthday party at the park but it
is not ready yet. I'll post it soon.
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| I have done a few recording sessions this year for
my songwriter friends. Besides "America"
linked above we just completed a song with Michael Everitt, my
band buddy, that he wrote for his second granddaughter. She
lives near Key West so the song has a Caribbean flavor. You
can hear it HERE.
Our band, GB & ME also managed to negotiate our own show at
the Sylvia Theater in York, SC last June. We invited some of
our friends to join us on stage as well. The crowd was
mostly friends and family but a few locals dropped in too.
We had a great time and of course, you know I have some it it
posted on the web. You can find several clips from that
night HERE. |
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Well,
that's
about it for another year. Hope
you and yours have a Merry Christmas, a great holiday season and a
happy and healthy new year.
Cheers…….
Greg and Geri Baker
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