Fort Wayne Taste of the Arts

I had a wonderful time at the "Taste of the Arts" festival downtown today.  Great food, great musical performances and a reminder to me that within a few weeks I'll be able to walk to downtown festivals all summer long.  Of course I'll need to wait until next summer for most of them.  One of the unexpected pleasures of the day for me was meeting a local (also nationally known) church music celebrity.  My friend and I stopped at the Trinity English Lutheran booth and Al started talking with a friendly man  whom he introduced to me as Bob, their youth choir director.  After a little bit of conversation something clicked and I said "Bob? Are you Robert Hobbey?" Turns out he was and I explained that I know his name because we play a lot of his music in our church. We then had a fascinating conversation about the music he has written for the Pope's visit to the US. He will be in New York to hear both pieces performed.   How exciting is that?