Back in 2017, I wrote a blog post introducing the inaugural Winnetka Music Festival. As we embark on our eighth year running, I’d like to reshare that initial blog post.

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June 1, 2017

For 10 years I've been talking about this bucket list item of mine.

I've been completely obsessed with the idea and won't relax until I've gotten to do it.  I've stated it boldly to anyone who will listen -- friends, relatives, the guy sitting next to me on the train. And I always describe it the same way: 

Bucket List Item + Why.         

I've talked about doing this for so long that I honestly believe my own story. You'll understand because you've done it too. You know, pretend-dream and brave-brag about something, believing the words that are rolling off your tongue, like you're really going to do this thing, spewing about strategy, details and execution  -- speeding up the discourse as the unlucky listener's eyes glaze over -- you blabber onward with bottomless banter. We all do it: Stand on a proverbial table. Beat a proverbial chest. Proclaim a proverbial pipe dream.  Yep, that would be me.