Author Archives: Rick Vale



Rick Vale

BACKUP SINGERS
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BACKUP SINGERS

It was just a few days before my 20th birthday when I found myself standing with the University Chorale of Eastern Washington University on a warm spring day, getting ready...

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January 14, 2025
THE FIRST RECITAL
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THE FIRST RECITAL

I began playing the piano regularly, around 62 years ago this year.  Not only is that number astounding to me, as is looking in the mirror these days, but I’m...

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December 31, 2024
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

I am, as I do every Christmas season, reading my favorite Christmas book, Charles Dickens’ “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”.  Through the years I’ve had several copies of this story, one is...

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December 17, 2024
CHRISTMAS PARTIES
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CHRISTMAS PARTIES

Ahhh, Christmas Parties; one of the best things about the season, and after a “year of drought” they are somewhat back!  Any excuse to get together with friends simply to…” get together”. ...

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December 10, 2024
COME & SEE, GO & TELL
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COME & SEE, GO & TELL

My parents always said they knew I’d eventually work in the theatre.  They knew from the moment they got in the car with me after my first “theatre experience”, because...

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December 03, 2024
GRATITUDE or ENTITLEMENT?
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GRATITUDE or ENTITLEMENT?

I have tried, this November, to intentionally state one person, thing or concept I am thankful for…every day.  I have to say, when I first decided to do it I...

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November 26, 2024
GIVE THANKS-ING
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GIVE THANKS-ING

Today, as I attempt to GIVE THANKS (as a child I always wondered why it wasn’t called, “GIVE THANKS-ING”) I realize how much of it can I really be thankful...

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November 19, 2024