With only days left to Christmas, the carols are everywhere. A performance of a few seasonal songs was especially powerful for one mom.
There was a little time for last minute rehearsals before the show. A group of five young singers huddled together, harmonizing and going over their blocking. I asked this group, ‘what’s it like when your director is Blandina Vergara Cruz?’
“One of the reasons I stepped away was because I was afraid to hear what they would say!” Blandina laughed. “Did you really ask that question? I’m shocked! What did they say about me?”
“She is a fantastic choreographer and vocal coach,” one member of the group said, the five of them huddled together.
“I kinda help them and guide them and let them be seen how they want on the stage,” Blandina continued.
“She does want you to get it right,” another member of the group said to laughs. “She uses music as a vessel of happiness.”
If someone was born to emerge from behind a curtain and stand before the stage lights, it’s Blandina’s son, Raymond.