Hi everyone,
We hope that wherever you are in the world, you and yours are safe and healthy. We have been home almost a month now, and our precious world has become a different place to live in. We are so touched by all the sacrifices made by so many out there, just to keep those of us who are staying home and in place, protected. THANK YOU ALL.
A BIG shout out to first responders, caregivers, health and medical professionals, firemen, police officers, grocery store clerks, teachers, and all those who are keeping our community infrastructures and families going. Personally, we are both looking at the world from our treehouse in the sky in gratitude for all of what we have. Every day there are hopeful and enlightening stories of people who are giving of themselves, and it keeps us humbled and inspired for sure. We are nothing without these true heroes.
While we have lost most of our work for the year, we have turned all the time we have into an opportunity to bring you some joy, hope and music into your home, if you will have us. On YouTube we have started posting our Treehouse concert series and if you find us there, (Jose and Patti D), please subscribe to get the latest. The posts are also on our Jose and Patti Facebook Fan Page too. It has been a big adventure trying to learn and then construct both a balcony studio and an indoor one, for those rainy days. The learning curves have been challenging to say the least. Thanks to our talented colleagues and friends and family like Justino Zoppe, Carlos Davila and Alex Chan for your insights and advice and help. Each day, or as often as we can, we hope to bring you new versions of classic tunes, and as we continue, we are thinking of a live session or two as well.
A concert event online is in the works. Stay tuned right here and on our social media sites for more on all of that.
For those of you who had booked our private JOSE AND PATTI cruise on May 15-22nd:
First of all, thank you. Secondly, you should have received or will be receiving a booking update from Cruise Brothers directly on where we are TODAY. Where we go from there will be decided in the coming weeks, depending on the cruise line’s decisions for May cruises after the 10th. Since social distancing is still in effect, everything keeps changing, and we do hope to give you more information on that cruise, very soon. Thanks for your support and for your incredible patience. If you are now considering attending the cruise when it DOES happen, if the dates now change, we will be posting more here when the time comes. The more the merrier!
Lastly, we want to extend a big virtual hug to each and every one of you. Isolation is not an easy place, and NO ONE should be alone. As for us, we are helping what neighbors we can here in our building who are without their family, and doing what we can locally. They say the best way to feel inspired is to give of yourself to someone who needs more than you. All of us can pitch in to something. The world needs us all. We need each other. Today and every day. Let’s walk forward in that mindset and soon, we will be together again. Meanwhile, here is a song: be well everybody!
J and P