After I got back from Washington, DC, I had a month in Iowa City before I headed off to the UK. Would I be bored during that month? Of course not, thanks to the UI Orchestra...
	Me and Van Cliburn (!!!) He blew us all away with his performance and command of the (you gussed it) Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto in Iowa in September 2000. More interesting is that he's a really nice virtuoso! (Plus, he has a cool little dog too...)	Of course I had to take pictures of the conductor and the stand partner. Dr. Jones and Ellen were, perhaps, the two people I saw the most during September's rehearsals, but of course there were other people there too...just keep clickin'