The students who go through this program are well ahead of the game. I see districts who have the resources to get these and don't, and that just doesn't make sense.

It was a phenomenal meet for us. We scored in every event and that's the first time that's ever happened.

He won his heat pretty handily. But, another heat had a couple of kids a little faster.

He beat some good kids. He'll be tough for us this year.

And it still produces, too. The Stockton Symphony is top-notch in my book, and there's some great students coming to the institute. Joe Gilman (the American River College music professor who also teaches at the institute) is one of the most talented pianists I've ever heard. That praise doesn't do him justice,

As we've seen, no students have been harmed. In my 10 years doing this, I've never seen anything like this.