Tatango lets me down.. . . . a one-hour musical comedy that follows an optimistic high school teacher as he tries to transform the Glee Club and inspire a group of ragtag performers to make it to the biggest competition of all: Nationals.
Will Schuester, a young optimistic teacher, has offered to take on the Herculean task of restoring McKinley's Glee Club to its former glory. Everyone around him thinks he's nuts. He's out to prove them all wrong.
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I just wanted to communicate to you and the choir how much we enjoyed the music this past Sunday. I did not know that ya’ll use the sanctuary for your recordings. I’m glad that we are a friendly community church and this is an example of what is given is returned ten fold. Please let your students know we appreciate their getting up early and giving up that extra sleep time.
Thank you very much for coming to Bluff Park yesterday. I have heard so many comments about how much people enjoyed hearing the UAB Choir. It was a real treat for us. The music was outstanding, and you chose a very nice collection of pieces. Please convey our appreciation to the choir members. They certainly represented UAB well.
It’s encouraging to know that your program is preparing another generation of gifted musicians and people who appreciate great music for our community. You are always welcome here.
Thanks,
Reid Crotty
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Everyone,Dr. Copeland,
I hope all is well with the choir. Being here in Basic Training with no access to music of any kind is killing me. I miss hearing quality music. Hell, I'd even settle for crappy music. I have my address finally. Please pass it on to Dr. Kris and any member of the choir that might wish to have it (and faculty members too).
PFC Reid, Christopher G.
E. Battery, 1/19 FA, 3rd Platoon
402 N.E. South Boundary Road
Fort Sill, OK 73503-8014
Make sure they know not to send anything but letters or pictures (nothing obscene).
I miss everyone at UAB and hope the music program continues its successful path.
Sincerely,
Chris Reid
PFC, US Army
Sharon Dierking was at a Starbucks on U.S. 280, placing an order for a mocha frappucino. When she pulled up to the window, the barista told her the driver in the car ahead of her had paid for her order.
"I was completely dumbfounded," Dierking said, "but I was thrilled."
Dierking wanted to return the kindness to another, but her car was last in line. A few days later, she was able to pay it forward at a Starbucks in Inverness.
"It makes you feel good and it brightens your day," she said.
Random acts of kindness are popping up at Birmingham area coffee shops, as customers are anonymously picking up others' tabs.
Stacie Elm, a barista at an Alabaster Starbucks, said a line of five cars recently paid it forward. Customers are in a bit of disbelief when they discover their order has been paid for, she said. "Most are like, 'You're kidding.'"
But the shock gives way to generosity as people are compelled to pass along the kind gesture.
Baristas at Starbucks shops in eastern Birmingham, Hoover and Vestavia Hills also reported episodes of paying it forward -- actually, backward, since the person in the front car paid for the person's order in line behind him.
