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G.I. Jams...near and dear to your heart!!

So happy that it is really going so well, and it’s so important!

Congratulations on the invitation to stay over.

I'm enjoying "G.I. Jams" Kathy, and love to see the happiness it brings to so many vets, their friends and families. But I have to admit that I'm tiring of being the promoter, recruiter, stage manager, sound-man, MC, music director and roadie for the whole she-bang - I don't get to play much music because I'm coordinating the chaos and trying to keep it from devolving into "Saturday at Guitar Center" cacophony. I supply the drum kits, front, back and second-line percussion gear as well as a formidable sound system. The travel alone takes four 20 mile round trips, all day to load-in, set-up and most of the night to strike the stage and load-out. I need to find me some young-bloods to do the heavy lifting sooner or later - else my aching back and that "dear heart" o'mine is gonna 'splode and they'll have to call a CODE BLUE on me.

If I have time this evening, I'll post some photos from Veteran's Appreciation Week as my Veteran's and Family Advisory Council finally got to host a ceremony for a POW/MIA "Missing Man" table and dedicated a permanent POW/MIA chair at the main entrance.