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英会話の講師そしてトロンボーン奏者として相模原で暮らしているおかげで、素晴らしいビッグバンドである座間ビッグバンドジャズオーケストラの一員でいることができます。最近、座間市ハーモニーホールで25周年コンサートを開催したこのバンドの一員でいられることを、幸運でそして誇りに思います。残念なことに、私は体調が万全ではなく今年コンサートに参加できませんでした。そのため観客席に座りコンサートを鑑賞しました。

Living in Sagamihara as an English teacher and trombone player has allowed me to be a part of a great musical organization called the Zama Big Band Jazz Orchestra. I am lucky and proud to be a member of this band that recently performed their 25th Anniversary Concert at Harmony Hall in Zama City. Disappointedly, I was unable to participate this year because of a minor illness. So I sat in the audience and listened.

Every year, I purchase a few tickets and give them to my English students if they are interested in going to the concert. Even though I wasn’t able to participate this year, I was happy to hear that a few of my English students attended.

While disappointed that I couldn’t be on that stage this year, I was able to see and hear “the other side.” What we hear on the stage is very different from what the audience hears, so it was a learning experience for me. I’m grateful to have that opportunity. Now I know. They (we) sound good.

At the intermission I went backstage to the dressing rooms to tell my bandmates how good they sounded. They joked and said “where is your uniform?” My trombone section leader tried to hand me his trombone. I felt their warmth and appreciation. I love those people. I’ll be back soon…

Once again, I am reminded how lucky I am to live in Sagamihara Japan…to be able to do what I love-  play the trombone with great people while owning a Smith’s School of English Franchise here in Sagamihara, Japan. Lucky me!

Come see me! I’ll welcome anyone who wants to improve their English speaking skills, or start learning from the very beginning. I am happy to help anyone.