And also while I was playing the accordion, we would go to Cedar Point, Ohio. They would have an international music festival down there where you’d go down and compete in front of judges. And I did that, and one of my memor- — most memorable p- um, memories of that was that I had played my solo — ’cause I did a duet, and I did a solo, and then I played with our orchestra. So I had several events. But during my solo, I got lost and I could not figure out how to get out of what I was doing and I’m playing my song — ’cause you didn’t have your music in front of you, of course, it was all memorized. And I’m sitting there right in front of a judge and then there’s the audience behind the judge and I’m playing, and finally I remembered where I was in the music. And I finished my song and I thought, “Oh, man, did I blow that one.”
And when it got all done, then the judge would critique the person who was playing for him in front of the whole audience and, and he gave me a number one rating, which I was totally shocked about. And, and he just kinda smiled at me and then he turned to the audience and he said, “I knew she was lost and she knew she was lost, but you didn’t know you — she was lost because she just kept on smiling and playing just like she knew what she was doing.” So that was something that has always stuck with me is that just keep on keeping on and do the best you can, and eventually you’ll find your way. And that really stuck with me over the years.