20070103 Regarding the “Be the best you can be” post from Nov 27 2006

Regarding the “20061127 Be the best you can be.” post from Nov 27 2006

January 3^rd, 2006

The photographer, Lindy Rodman has been in touch…

Meanwhile, Ms. Rodman, pretty please consider putting the video for which you referred in your comment, on YouTube, so that I may post it on my web site?

Oh, the video – find it here: “VIDEO: George Dennehy , Nov 22 2006, 12:10 AM Meet George Dennehy, a 12-year old with no arms, but a huge talent for playing the cello.”

Bring it up in Microsoft Internet Explorer…

Anyway, getting to Ms. Rodman’s comment…

“Lindy Rodman has left a new comment on your post ‘20061127 Be the best you can be.’ ”:

“Thank you for the kind words regarding the George Dennehy photo and story done by Holly and I and published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. If you get a chance you might want to listen to the video I did in which you can hear George play his cello and say some amazingly thought provoking things. As its only my second attempt at a video its more home-movie than Hollywood but worth the look strictly for the content.”

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/HTMLPage/RTD_HTMLPage&c=HTMLPage&cid=1149191912331#top should take you to it....

The video is good stuff, Ms. Rodman is being modest…

Back to the beginning…

If you will recall the post from November 27^th, 2006:

Pictured above: George Dennehy, right, plays first-chair cello at Oak Knoll Middle School in Hanover County, Va.. George, born with bilateral upper-limb deficiency, has no limbs beyond his shoulder blades and has learned to do almost everything with his feet. (Lindy Keast Rodman, Associated Press)

For more pictures from the November 23rd, 2006 Richmond Times-Dispatch story, “Boy triumphs over limitation - Child born without arms is grateful for gift of music,” - - go here.

For more on the great work of Lindy Rodman, an award winning photographer, (Feature story photograph category from the 2003 VNPA Pictures of the Year…,) go here, - - here, here, and here .

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I found this picture in “The Day in Pictures” section of the Baltimore Sun web site. I recognized the name of the photographer and went to the Richmond Times-Dispatch web site to try and find the picture on the web site…

I did not find the picture, but I found the article for which the picture may very well have accompanied. The article, “With feet and toes, young cellist makes beautiful music,” By HOLLY PRESTIDGE, Richmond Times-Dispatch; is worth a quick read. You can find it here.

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