May his Light Shine on Forever: Remembering Dr. Anthony Leach
Hello dear reader, I am processing so much today. The fires in my beloved Los Angeles, decimating the neighborhood of the Pacific Palisades where I started my teaching career, reaching the milestone of 90s days of sobriety, casting the show for my first musical back in the director seat since the Pandemic. So much is going on, and my head is swirling. But my heart is caught up in one place, with one man. A man I loved dearly who changed my life in a profound way and saved the lives of so many others. Dr. Anthony Leach, beloved mentor, educator, friend, father figure, and conductor of Essence of Joy and Essence of Joy Alumni Singers, passed away and gained his heavenly robe on Wednesday, January 8th. The initial feeling I have is one of deep, guttural grief and disbelief. Because sometimes a human soul shines so bright in this world and lives so passionately, that we forget about their mortality. To me, Tony was going to live forever, that is how superhuman he was. That...
