Taffy nivert biography of albert

This past week, my community band put on a spring concert. I play the flute and piccolo, and in recent concerts, I’ve also adopted the moniker of “emcee.” The previous emcee retired, and my band director asked me to take over.

This is what happens when you speak for a living—you are frequently asked to take over the speaking roles.

Emceeing is different than giving keynotes. As an emcee, I want to inject energy into the audience, allow for the band to set up for the next song, and add to the overall experience with edutainment (part humor, part education).

If I’ve done my job right, the audience learns something new about the piece or artist that they would repeat to others the next time they hear the song.

The concert was a transportation theme.

Taffy nivert biography of albert

Each piece was about traveling by plane, car, spaceship, train, and boat. One of the songs was, “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver. I am not a John Denver fan and I dread country music. This had me