[But fans need not worry. His next album will have 17 songs and the layers come thick and fast.] The focus of the orchestration next time is brass. In the last year I took up trombone and a couple of other brass instruments, and I have been working on my drumming skills, ... So this time I'm drumming throughout the album. I'm also playing a lot more electric guitar, so it will be bit more rocking.

The music is pretty, but underneath there is a grave solemnity, ... It is the best tribute to Elliott that I can pay.

It has taken a lot of time, so it makes sense that people thought it's not going to happen, and let's use the money for another worthwhile need. Do I agree with their decision? Of course not. The decision the Senate made certainly does not help us.

We've been working on this day in and day out. We're optimistic that we can still pull it off, but the action of the Senate doesn't help.

He didn't really give a reason why he was stepping down. He did it for a number of years, and I think he was just ready to move on. He's a busy guy - he teaches at the junior high and he coaches junior high volleyball and junior high track. I think he was ready for a break.

I expect that we'll start getting some applications in a week or two. It's going to be tough, though. We don't have any teaching positions open as of right now.

I haven't had a chance to talk to her yet, so I don't know if she's interested or not. No one in the district has approached me about the job yet, but that doesn't mean there isn't interest.