Friday, June 29, 2012, 2:36 p.m.: We just landed in Chicago -- we being Sue Holder, my tour manager/background singer/precious friend of 29 years, and myself -- to be a part of the First National Piano Conference at the Raue Center in Crystal Lake, Ill. I am the guest of Tim and Bobbi Paul, the event's creators, and Richard Kuranda, the inventive (and courageous) executive director of the beautiful Raue Center for the Arts.
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