I'm that kid with his face pressed against the glass who never got to enter the candy store '8(  That said, you have made it possible for me to get to know at least part of the man, mentor and teacher that was Ted Greene.  I can understand why you would wish to get together and share how this gentle, nurturing person shaped who you've come to be.  I'd like to tell you that at this late date, and with the aid of this website, he is still shaping musical futures.  After hearing Phil Keaggy say that he had a fervent desire to improve every day, I realized how lazy I'd become.  I was gifted with a love for music from the time I can remember, and I was wasting it!  I've played for so many years, and because I could easily play things that entertained, I thought that must be enough.  Until that plateau began to bore me.  I had always loved music, and it tortured me to be bored by it!  I began to cast about to find some way of challenging my playing and my practice (I have been totally self taught, no older brother, no band mates, nothing).  Mind you, I don't say that with pride, just pointing out that I didn't know where to look or what I needed!  With the sheets that have been shared here and Mark and Dan's lesson tapes that were shared, I have been aided tremendously!  I've kicked it into high gear independently, and I have begun to study jazz with Jay Roberts (Howard Roberts' son), and it has been wonderful.  My point in all this, is that the numbered alumni who have been influenced and improved by Ted Greene is going to be gargantuan one day, because of the efforts of people like you.  Imagine the way he would smile, knowing that all of you are sharing what he shared with you, and you're not looking to gain anything for it!  I cannot presume to put words in his mouth, but I have to believe he'd say to himself, "They really DID get what it was I was trying to teach them - that music isn't only the notes, it is the heart and the love between and behind the notes."   Hey, call it warm and fuzzy if you want, but he cared so much, it couldn't have only been, "Well, I give it an 84 because it had a good beat and I could dance to it."  I'll close for now, I know that I am not technically one of the alumni, but thanks to you all I'm working on it.  I hope your get-together gets gotten together '8) 

Thank you,

Mark

What is wrong with that?

Where in the L.A. area do you live? Is there possibly a way to look something up on the internet to see if there is a place you can rent for a day? Id be willing to pay a fairshare. I always have this vision of this wide open room in the middle of a park, Like somewhere where you would hold a wedding and hold it  there.