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Hallelujah Chorus.”

Both my wife, Donna, and I

were amazed at that. “That has got

to be quite an undertaking with a

high school choir,” I said

Bill just grinned. “Maybe. But

really it’s just a gimmick. That way

my students and I are always

guaranteed a standing ovation.”

I laughed because that was so

typical of Bill.

But there was one thing I

admired Bill for more than anything

else. Some years ago, both Bill and

his daughter Jaime were diagnosed

with cancer at nearly the same time.

We watched as the two of them

fought it, supported each other

through the chemo, and together

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