I’m kidding! I’m not sure I can think of anyone I’ve ever known whose talent and ego are in such inverse proportion to each other. That is, for someone so gifted my wife has a very grounded sense of self and has absolutely no interest in putting on airs or being the center of
Last night was opening night for the Racine Theater Guild’s “Side by Side by Sondheim,” a neat revue of his songs- some of his well-known hits as well as some of his songs that are much more obscure. This is something I’ve wanted to be a part of ever since 1983, and 24 years is
My buddy Dave Krueger and I were locked in what I wish I could say was a hard-fought, neck-and-neck battle on the tennis courts this afternoon, but in fact he was beating me senseless - like the Minnesota Vikings versus the Lennon Sisters. He shellacked me 6-2 in the first set and I honestly don’t
Saturday the 12th was almost as big a day as Friday the 11th. We stayed at a nice hotel right down the road from where Trevor and Megan’s wedding reception was held - and met some of Trevor’s family for breakfast the next morning, before heading into Chicago and down to 31st Street, south of
After reading my blog entry about the wedding, someone asked me “so what was it like to be a groomsman?” and I realized that I didn’t really talk about that very much, maybe because it was one of two hats that I wore for the wedding, and it was the Musician Hat that occupied more
At last, after three days of non-stop stuff to do like rehearsing “Side by Side by Sondheim” and finishing my latest Journal of Singing CD column, I finally have at least a few moments to write a few words about one of the most memorable weddings I have ever been part of. It’s not that
Tonight was the wedding rehearsal for Megan Dieschbourg and Trevor Parker and there are all kinds of things worth writing about . . . including the great joy of being a groomsman for only the second time in my life and the great fun I’m having with my colleagues in that endeavor . . .
I initially titled this entry “Who are you and what have you done with Greg Berg?” but that wouldn’t fit on one line, unless I removed the spaces between the words, which looked a little too strange. But it felt like a good headline because I’m going to be sharing something so incredibly unlikely for
I’ve got just a couple of minutes before I need to grab some supper and be off to Side by Side by Sondheim rehearsal, so I will share a rather small little tidbit about the convention in Nashville. The opening ceremony is really quite an occasion, with a room full of voice teachers and singers
It’s been exactly a week since I got back from the NATS convention in Nashville, and with all that has happened since then, it feels like it was months if not years ago! First of all, it was a nice time and an interesting convention, but it felt strange to be there without Kathy; having
