Over the years, a number of editors have tried to convince me that news readers are interested in people, not things.
I’ve always insisted that things can be as interesting – sometimes even more interesting – than people.
When I started to write this article last year about an old Henry Herbert upright piano being refurbished for use as a public street piano, I quickly decided to make it about the chosen instrument.
It had been around Algoma for many decades.
The fabulous mezzo-soprano Reilly Nelson started her musical education on it.
Reilly’s even-more-fabulous sister Elise Nelson, a marketing and communications specialist with Village Media, did likewise.
If you’re interested in old pianos, you’ll want to know that the well-constructed instrument once owned by Reilly and Elise’s mom Carrie Nelson will be unveiled as the Sault’s newest public piano at noon on Saturday May 24 at 496 Queen Street East, home of the Downtown Association.
Over the years, a number of editors have tried to convince me that news readers are interested in people, not things.
I’ve always insisted that things can be as interesting – sometimes even more interesting – than people.
When I started to write this article last year about an old Henry Herbert upright piano being refurbished for use as a public street piano, I quickly decided to make it about the chosen instrument.
It had been around Algoma for many decades.
The fabulous mezzo-soprano Reilly Nelson started her musical education on it.
Reilly’s even-more-fabulous sister Elise Nelson, a marketing and communications specialist with Village Media, did likewise.
If you’re interested in old pianos, you’ll want to know that the well-constructed instrument once owned by Reilly and Elise’s mom Carrie Nelson will be unveiled as the Sault’s newest public piano at noon on Saturday May 24 at 496 Queen Street East, home of the Downtown Association.