He ’ s with the band

They showed up one evening, at my friend Eswar’s house. He was hosting a bunch of musicians that night, an impromptu concert. He himself was going to play the violin with his son. That in in itself was a good enough reason for us to be there, to see Sri — whom we’d known since he was little, who had befriended Nat because Nat tickled him – play the violin with his dad. Sri has autism, like Nat. This musical ability blew my mind. I didn’t even know the two women – clearly they were the teachers — were together. Elaine, was petite, with long dark hair and a violin tucked under her chin. I knew that she had been giving Sri lessons. The other young woman there also had long black hair and was also on the short side but muscular. She was on the guitar. Later I learned her name was Miyabe. She seemed to always have a smile on her face. Even so, I didn’t approach her, I felt shy, in awe. They were so cool. All of them, in that band kind of way. But I knew I would need to talk to Elaine because of what she’d done: she’d taught most of the other musicians, all of them with disabilities that were fairly profound in one way or another, how to make real music. And I wanted to ask if Nat could maybe learn an instrument. To me they were all like gods because they were in a band, actually playing instruments. Elaine, Miyabe, and the musicians. All having so much fun. How did this happen for all of them? I guessed that this is what you could have when you were hig...
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