Working with teens and adults as a high school music teacher and church organist/choir director has been my passion for over 30 years. Travel is a love that my husband Rob and I have shared as a family for many years.

Since 1994, through Ellison Travel, I have organized numerous European and national music performing trips (MusicFest Canada) for my high school music groups. Most recently, the band travelled to Britain and France in March 2006, to Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic in March 2005, and MusicFest Canada in May 2006. All excursions have been exciting and rewarding for everyone.

As a recent retiree from 34 years teaching (I still am church organist/choir director), I volunteer at local seniors' retirement homes leading singsongs. I look forward to continuing my love of travel and meeting new people.

My hobbies include music, travel, square dancing, skiing, gardening, canoeing, and reading.

School band in Weimar, Germany, March 2005.