Nature Coast Technical High School is once again without a band director. ...more

February 26, 2009

Laurie Berkner's journey to rock stardom had a major roadblock. She found writing songs to be a major struggle. ...more

February 19, 2009

In between belting out notes and practicing steps at rehearsals, the giggles slipped out. ...more

July 30, 2008

the Florida Music Educators Association Hall of Fame. ...more

February 24, 2008

Believe me, teaching usually is no picnic. It can be just a job many days and like any other career, it can be tough to make yourself get up and go to work. Some days you just want to get through the day and go home. But, I can remember when, for me, it was fun. ...more

February 15, 2008

It has only been a year, but the Plant City Raiders are marching to a different tune. ...more

November 26, 2007

My life was going along great. I had a full-time career teaching that I loved, plus two part-time ones that involved teaching music and leading worship at church. My kids were well and my husband was doing what he loved. We were all extremely busy and fulfilled. But, I began to feel sick — fatigue and pain that cannot be described. I had felt it a few times in the past when for months I could not get out of bed without help. No doctor could ever figure it out. Starting in eighth grade, I'd be given round after round of antibiotics and after being deathly ill for weeks, would slowly recover. It would always take a long, long time to feel my energetic, enthusiastic self again but I always would. Then, for years I could go on as if nothing had ever happened to me. This time, I reacted the same way by pushing myself more and more, hoping I could just "will" myself out of it. But, the last time it didn't work and after feeling "sick" for a year, I finally had a stroke. ...more

October 2, 2007