Roger and Maria Petersen dropped by shortly after they had spent multiple days at the National Traditional Country Music Association annual festival in Le Mars, IA. Besides bringing me some pictures of the event we realized Maria had never signed the Tesco Productions “Wall of Fame” back when she recorded her three zither and zither/vocal CDs in 2010. I guess in the many recording and mixing sessions we never got around to having her signature added to the dozens and dozens of others that have found their way to the walls and hall of signings. Yes, there’s actually two walls being memorialized now since the first one filled up and the hall is pretty full as well. It’s quite a journey to look over those signatures – remembering projects, people, friendships, and yes the loss of some of those friends who have now passed away. Anyway, Maria has now officially joined her hand along with many others. The text is in her native language of German and she interpreted it for me afterward. My best memory is that “she wished me happy and successful trails through life”. Thank you – there’s been many of those.
