Congratulations to the Awty Tri-Music Honor Society on the success of their first concert. Students Adrian Morales, Robin Dumas, Sebastian Peralta, Jeremy Jason, and Katerina Sawyer, all performed at the Vosswood Nursing Center on February 16th. Residents and staff of the nursing home welcome group of students bringing life music, singing and smiles. In fact, the staff have even requested for the group to come back to perform for them again. The concert was planned and organized by Katerina Sawyer (president of Tri-M Honor Society), under the supervision of Mr. Peguero.
Members of Tri-M put a lot of effort into rehearsals, coordination, and putting the show together, but according to Katerina Sawyer, they would be happy to do it again, for the chance to bring smiles to the faces of residents and nurses . There are more performances to come this year and next year, and hopefully more members of the Tri-M Honor Society and the Awty community will join in on this volunteering project.
Music Doing Good Press release
Last Week 
Houston based Music Doing Good Foundation have announced list of winners of 2019 Scholarship award for the musical talent.
Congratulations to AWTY Junior, Katrina Sawyer. She, along with the several other young Houston musicians, was selected for prestigious Music Doing Good Scholarship Award 2019. Scholarships were awarded to several musically talented students at the ceremony on Saturday, April 13 in Denney Theatre at HSPVA.
Music Doing Good is a Houston based group lead by well-known philanthropist, Marie Bosarge, dedicated to help “grow” Houston’s young talents. To select the finalists, a panel of experts judge submitted audition recordings and made their decisions based on the quality of the music and they take into consideration the applicants needs and their ideas about “doing good” in the community with their music.
Katrina Sawyer is the Tri-Music Honor society president and an aspiring student of alto and tenor saxophone as well as the clarinet. She is studying music under tutelage of Jason Peguero and Aaron Montes and Tatyana Kazmiruk. She is a leader of Polka Dots community service project, organizing musical performances for local hospitals and retirement homes.
In Katrina’s own words, “I felt really privileged to be recognized by Music Doing Good, because it’s not only the award itself but also getting to meet famous and talented musicians from this organization and having a chance to perform with them.” She is planning to use the award money to finance her musical studies and to learn to be a better performer.
Tomball German Spring Festival
They say that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, well that definitely wasn’t the case this year! This week end March 29-31st has been a lion’s share of fun with the music of the Alex Meixner Band and the Das Ist Lustig Band fresh in our ears. We performing on the Ziegenbock stage and managing the other performers (including dancers, high school German clubs, and other bands) It’s one of my favorite events! The whole schedule all weekend is jam packed with a little bit of everything. Friday night is the only time Matt Tonlentino with his Royal Klobasneks will be there, you can find him at the Telgte Dancehall; Don’t miss his amazing dance music with the nicest smooth concrete dance floor at the festival. Alex Meixner Band is there all three days, Auf Geht’s is there Saturday and Sunday, and I heard a rumor that Ryan Barker with be playing with them on Saturday. www.tomballgermanfest.org
An UnBelizable Adventure
Who wouldn’t love a tropical adventure to a beautiful country with a lot of 
history? From March 30th to April 7th I was with group of AWTY school dedicated volunteers on a life changing trip Belize. Partnered with World Leader School we lived in a Maya Mopan village building local school , getting to know local families and exploring different areas of Belize .
Situated between Mexico and Guatemala to the west, and the turquoise waters of the Caribbean to the east, Belize is a sliver of green. There, in the heart of the tropical forest lye a small Mayan village where we were graciously hosted by the local families. Not only were the villagers friendly but 
the food was amazing. In the village we helped the local elementary school finish building the fence that we started two years ago and repaint the school. We were also substitute for the local teacher and I was really mover by the local children their beauty, their simplicity, their generous spirit.
I was able to bond closely with the people in my group so now they are like my 
extended family. We laughed until it hurt and cried together and I will never forget the memories I have made there.
After talking to my homestay mother and other locals I found that it was difficult for them to get access to medical facilities, especially for their children. Because the village is small and rural they do not have a permanent doctor or clinic there, and one village mother said that it was very expensive to get appointments because they had to pay for ambulance rides to the city and back as well as the doctors fee. I believe that all people should be able to access to medical facilities and care. Well, looks like I found my first mission after becoming a doctor – I vowed to myself to come back to the island and provide much needed medical help to the community I grow to knew and love.