Back in March of 2007, I auditioned for a new musical called Muscatine! The Musical and got in the chorus. It was a new musical written by Peter Press and Dan Warschauer. The experience was one I will never forget.
But it wasn't until we really started rehearsals in September 2007 that I became aware that Peter Press had cancer. It wasn't until we performed that I learned his prognosis was terminal; that he was dying of cancer. From looking at him during rehearsals, he seemed fine. But then again, I didn't live in the Press household so I didn't know how debilitating the treatments and effects of the cancer were eating away at him.
He passed away this morning in a hospice house up in Davenport and funeral arrangements are pending. While I won't be able to go down to Muscatine for the funeral, his family are in my thoughts and prayers and I'm reminiscing about my own time working on the musical and learning from Peter and his music.
Peter you will be missed, you, your music, and your creativity. And may you rest in peace now.
Slan go foill...
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