It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, it's SUPER Stevie!

As Stevie Wiltse posted on the Handbell-L, she flew to the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday to direct one of my church group's rehearsal while I'm in Japan.

I "wrote it off" in my budget as "Clinician - Master Class" - I usually hire extra musicians for Christmas Eve, but wasn't planning to do so this year, so I used the money to bring Stevie in.

She somehow managed to get super-cheap flights from Grand Rapids to San Francisco & even managed to fly First Class!

According to reports from my group, flying is not the only thing she does "First Class" - they said that she emphasized all the same things I do and that they really enjoyed having her direct them.

Judging from all the smiles in this picture, I'm guessing they had a great time!