Introductions

Hello and welcome to this my first blog on my CE site! 
After watching the CE blog world explode over the past year I have finally decided to join the ranks and begin a blog of my own.  Having spent 12 years in the world of CE, (9 as a qualified conductor) I am continuing to learn and grow as a conductor. However, I am also still frustrated about how CE is perceived by most people and how slowly we are managing as a profession to break into the main stream!
I have spent my 9 years as a conductor working in North America and have become familiar with the ups and downs of our community out here and with the many road blocks and issues that make moving forward a challenge at best!
I am currently embarking on a self assigned task to create a book designed to help families to better understand the field of CE and to maybe set aside some misconceptions and help people to avoid some of the comment pitfalls I have been witness to over the past decade. And I hope to use this blog and hopefully your comments to gain more information and knowledge which needs to be passed on to people entering our world for the first time.
I hope to keep my rants to a minimum but I trust you will bear with me when all else fails and I use this forum to vent a little.  I am sure anyone even remotely associated with the world of CE will understand that the passion for the clients that we have the privilege of working with, can often spill over when bureaucracy insists on blocking us at every turn!
Many thanks for looking me up and here's to an interesting journey as we conductively move forward!