At the Dunnevant estate we are currently bracing for
the arrival of the Belmont University Chamber Singers. We have been preparing
for this day for over a month now. My wife very deviously used this occasion as
an excuse to unleash a fevered redecorating blitz that has consumed our
energies and the balances of our bank accounts. Thanks to Dr. Deen Ensminger,
Pam’s co-conspirator, I have been forced to hang a hundred pictures, assemble
bookcases, and hang new hand towel racks and toilet paper dispensers. We have
sanded, painted, scrubbed and scraped every nook and cranny of this house, all
so that the Belmont Chamber Singers will feel properly cared for, a choir in
which our Son is no longer a member, from a university he no longer attends.
Such is the depth of the love and devotion we feel towards this amazing
collection of young people and their inspiring leader, Dr. E.
Tonight, all 30 of them, bus driver included, will
gather here for a dinner prepared mostly by my wife with substantial help from
several friends who were overcome with compassion for our plight. Then we will
all go hear them make amazing music at their first concert of the weekend at a
location that I can’t recall. Then four of the girls will come back here to spend
the first of 3 nights as our guests.
This whole thing brings back a flood of wonderful
memories for both of us. For nearly ten years, this was our life, cooking for,
entertaining, and caring for hordes of hormonally ravaged young people who
would descend upon us with no warning. Somehow, there was always enough food
and drink to make it all work, and amazingly enough, we never tired of them. To
have the privilege of influence in the life of young people, no matter how
small or great is a reward beyond price. Of course, the reason so much money
and effort had to be spent to fix the place up for the Chamber Singers was
because of the great devastation brought on by ten years of Grovers.
They should arrive in 5 hours or so. Everything is
about ready. How lucky are we?
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