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Message: [QUOTE="miamicuse, post: 5378591, member: 7237"] [I][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)]As a guitarist, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the back country. As I was not familiar with the backroads in Ontario, I got lost.[/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)][I] I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to play. The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I’ve never played before for this homeless man. And as I played ‘Amazing Grace,’ the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished, I packed up my guitar and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full. As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, “I never seen nothin’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.” [/I][/COLOR] [I][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)]Apparently, I’m still lost…[/COLOR][/I] OK yeah, that's a joke, just wanted to lighten up the heavy hearts a little bit. I never met Steve, but I read his summary of games and coaches' show every week for years now, it's part of the ritual now. Even with the team's disappointing that prompted me to skip a few games, I read his recap and upside/downside to get caught up. His reports are always based on facts and data and unlike some of us (myself included) who tend to bring out the pitch forks after a loss wanting someone fired or benched, SWC is always level headed and calm. I saw people kept tossing out questions to ask the coach in SWC's threads, questions they themselves were too chicken to ask themselves, but SWC never took the bait LOL and instead provided the call in info to them instead. Thank you SWC75 the bored historian! and thank you [URL='https://syracusefan.com/goto/post?id=5378139']bballbeadle[/URL] for the update. [/QUOTE]

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