Dear Editor:
It recently came to my attention that the choir program at the Regional High School has been cancelled.
If that is the case, I鈥檓 in shock.
I am also very biased.
Music changed my life... period!
I鈥檓 Alvin Law and if you don鈥檛 know who that is, no problem. If you do, you get it. After being born without arms in Yorkton in 1960, given up for adoption at a week old and then taken home and raised by Jack and Hilda Law, a life void of anything meaningful as predicted by the 鈥渆xperts鈥� was completely turned upside down.
Life in Yorkton played a huge role.
Many would remember my playing trombone in the band or the drums.
Some might even remember me tap dancing on 鈥淧rofile鈥�.
But it actually all started with singing. 鈥淵ou Are My Sunshine鈥� on stage at the Legion Hall when I was three.
Church Choir at St. Andrews. Myrna McClary in Junior High, and Dave Bray at the Regional. Oh for the 鈥淕ood Old Days鈥�, huh?
I鈥檓 sure there are very complex reasons but bean counters have ruined our world!
That鈥檚 what we hear, right?
Budget cuts. What a pathetic excuse.
I was raised to believe 鈥淭here鈥檚 No Such Word As Can鈥檛鈥�.
Too bad those in charge of education in Yorkton and Saskatchewan have given up.
In my home, that would have been unacceptable!
The 鈥渆xperts鈥� say it鈥檚 about low numbers and education is for the majority.
Really?
How many students are in sports at school compared to the majority who aren鈥檛?
Why aren鈥檛 sports programs being cut?
The Arts have been a target of bean counters for decades and I find that particularly offensive.
Sharpen your pencils, roll up your sleeves and change the decision.
This isn鈥檛 about me. I live in Calgary.
But I still carry Yorkton in my heart.
Please don鈥檛 break it!
Alvin Law,
Calgary, AB.
