Imerge Magazine dec 2013 | Page 30

sic and the arts but I loved it. How else do you think I figured out that I was quite talented myself? She worked with kids who did not have a way to learn so they came to our house after school where they got to learn some piano or guitar – heck, she even gave the cello a try, even though she had never played the instrument herself. She just wanted to encourage kids to follow their artistic dream. In Norfolk, Virginia Kathy worked with the underprivileged children living in the housing authority and at times this proved to be somewhat dangerous but it didn’t keep her from her work. She would load up her car with her keyboard and guitar and go into the projects to teach them music and during the holidays she dressed up at Santa or Pungo Playhouse dress rehearsal 2001