My wife and I are snow birds, flying back and forth from Northern Minnesota to Fountain Hills since 1985.

For those 34 years, we have been content with enjoying the beauty of your little town – the majestic McDowell Mountains, the enchantment of the Sonoran Desert, the many amazing statues depicting the history and culture of your area and the many interesting water features along the Avenue of the Fountains, culminating with the iconic, world-famous fountain.

We have enjoyed sitting in the audience of your community theater, your community band and your community choir, thoroughly amazed by your preservation and enhancement of the arts and culture.

However, this was the first year I have participated in singing with the Community Choir. Spending Monday evenings with Director Matt Frable and members of the chorus has been the highlight of my week!

I wish to thank the Fountain Hills Community Choir for permitting me the honor of singing with them and I wish them all the luck in the world in their future concerts.

By the way, I hope to see some of you at our spring concert on April 6 and 7.