Internal Organ Play Is Coming

It's been more than a month since my last entry. My mother-in-law has had major heart surgery and a difficult recovery, my wife started school, and I managed to hurt my back.

But really, John and I are working on Name That Internal Organ! The Bad Wolf Guide to the Human Body.

Here's what's going on: we've had all our big discussions about how to do the play, and we decided to set the show at the Internal Organ Hall of Fame. I don't know about you, but the three hall of fames I've ever heard of are for baseball, football, and rock and roll. There are in Cooperstown, Canton, and Cleveland, which leads me to believe that a hall of fame must be in a city that starts with the letter C.

I was telling to my friend Rick Goldman who then told me about his family's visit to Cooperstown, NY when he was about fourteen years old. He and his brother loved baseball, and happily spent days at the hall of fame. And he said the town itself was named after James Fenimore Cooper, it was a very pretty place, and there were some other interesting things in town to see.

So John and I decided to set the Internal Organ Hall of Fame right in Cooperstown. Across the street from that better known institution. Check the town's website: you can purchase one ticket that's good for both halls of fame.

We've set the play at the annual induction ceremony for organs. Who will be brought in this year? The tension is so thick you can cut it with a knife.

John has written preliminary versions of all the songs and I'm just about finished composing. Very soon we'll bring in singers and musicians to make the recording. And Leslie Stahlie is working on the illustrations (in fact her deadline for the cover is tomorrow, September 15.)

It looks like it'll be a lot of fun and also will be heavy with curriculum. I think that's a combination most teachers tell us they want.

I'll get some lyrics for you to check out very soon.