so here we go on we're all here just we love you and because we appreciate everything you've done here so oh maybe typical later i probably the people you can blame for tonight i mostly there is a whole committee of folks that work on this night so you can blame ruby and cindy if you really are like i was you can you can you can definitely blame fred everything from his devotion to teamwork and his self deprecating dry sense of humor but more than anything he would he would talk about students colleagues still she's my hero or she's just emotional the motional meaning of playing in the groove and what if that works for a twelve year old kid to be able to feel that kind of emotional connection to music and really understand that he said he has all the characteristics all of the action in all inside to make him a successful teacher we need to have you on our t educator in a position going together it's a rare commodity educator the musician it's all about the students it's called has been all about the students jonathan so much behind the scenes in so many ways that people aren't even aware and it is educators we don't always knew the impact that we have on people but this was wonderful even though we're all sharing this it is what it's all about when you see all these young people appear on stage all the people out here j this is what you told us in school it's all about you can't measure the bottom line it's not a quarterly report it's what are your passion in your life is meaty to this point this is what and although we don't do music anymore well not in a concert setting the pursuit of just creative excellence and the love for the art is something that i still  will run congratulations to you john paul and recognition of your retirement after serving the public schools with dedication and distinction for more than thirty years and be a further look at the massachusetts sen just right for excellence within their own abilities and where at the same levels program which culminates with every ten level successfully completed in corbett and in the original individual advanced ordination and commitment has further nurtured and motivated multitude of elementary and middle school students and developed a student musician mitchell program for the s m and just ends with a dance in middle and a parent teacher band awakening the musical student and hundreds of adults and where i ask because of the fine example of musical integrity sac many don't want to be and students have continued their music studies in college and chosen to become professional musicians and where with earnestness and pedagogical devotion he has helped bring the musical revelation and education to simpler generations of bilm national association of music education was this was completely exaggerated but i cannot thank you enough thank you thank you guys for coming back i cannot believe this and all those prayers and for six creators this this is quite an honor and sh even though he's back and going he was and i believe that is why i like don so much you have the patience of saints and you might look at a guy who's been in the same position for thirty conducting a colleges but here i am teaching was that says everything to me about god because who would stay in a place he didn't love i love this place it  stars and stripes