1992, 20 Years ago...

- Google did not exist
- The current president of the US, Barack Obama, was a law professor at the University of Chicago
- Super Bowl MVP, Eli Manning, had just turned 11
- Lana Del Ray was 5 years old
- there were no smart phones 
- Princess Diana was still alive
- the term World Wide Web was just starting to be used, but most people had no access to it
- my son, Max, and Parker Cantera (Eugene's son) were born

The Dallas School of Music, Inc. was founded

The world has greatly changed in the past 20 years.  We'd like to think that music education has grown and developed because of our efforts.  We were the first professional music education firm in the world.  What began as Robert Lawrence's thesis project has become a company held up as an example of what is possible, by both educational institutions and other tech companies.

The idea that, "no piece of music is more important than a person" has been embraced by the DFW community.  We are thrilled to still have so many long-term families with us, some that have remained here since the start 20 years ago.  It's also wonderful to see adults that started here as 2 year olds and were part of the DSM family all through their High School time, come back as successful adults who still keep music in their life.  We look forward to seeing many of these DSM old-timers at our 20th Anniversary Concert this Saturday, February 11th.

Our core group, Bob (founder), Tamalyn (founder), myself (1993), Eugene (1994) and Gary (1994) have been together for most of that 20 years.  That is testimony to our dedication and to the tremendous culture and environment that has developed here at DSM/DLP.  It's a rare thing in business or any type of group, to have people continue to work together and get along for that long.  I'm proud to be part of this group, and still look forward to coming in every day.

If you're in the DFW area, please come to the concert this Saturday.  Open House starts at 6 and the concert begins at 7 featuring all of our staff.  It should be a great night of a variety of music.

Thanks to all of you for supporting us and keeping us going for 20 years!  We could not have done this without all of you.