- 0. COVER PAGE
- 1. DAVE'S DAILY NEWS...
- 1.5 DAVE WILLERT & DOUG KUHL
- 2. A LITERARY HISTORY OF THE DIMENSIONS NOVELS
- 3. WHAT'S UP WITH DAVE?
- 4. THE UNWRITTEN RULES OF COMPETITIVE SHOW CHOIR
- 5. RUTH JANE WILLERT (1922-2018) MY WONDERFUL, MUSICAL MOM!
- 5.1 TELLING A STORY
- 5.2 DAVE'S COLLECTED QUOTES AND SAYINGS
- 6. PENGELUM! STARRING DAVE WILLERT & STEPHEN MEDLEY 1968-1976
- 7. TEACHING CHORAL MUSIC TIPS
- 8. DAVE'S MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOS
- 9. IN A PERFECT WORLD...
- 10. IT'S A NEW DAWN, IT'S NEW DAY, IT'S A NEW LIFE!
- 11. DAMAR PRODUCTIONS- DAVE & MARGARET MUSIC CO.
- 12. MY MEMORIES OLD AND NEW...
- 13. NORCO HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR 1977-79 BLOG
- 14. NOGALES HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR 1979-98 BLOG
- 15. MEMORIES OF NOGALES HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR 1979-1998
- 16. DIAMOND BAR HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR 1998-2005 BLOG
- 17. MEMORIES OF DIAMOND BAR HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR 1998-2005
- 18. BREA OLINDA HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR 2005-PRESENT BLOG
- 19. BREA OLINDA HIGH SCHOOL SHOW CHOIRS HALL OF FAME 2006-2010
- 19.1 BREA OLINDA HIGH SCHOOL PHOTOS
- 20. STEVE MEDLEY: HIS MUSIC WILL PLAY FOREVER!
- 21. LIVING LAUGHING!
- 22. WE'LL ALL MISS BORDERS...
- 23. DAVE'S MUSICAL HISTORY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS
- 24. DAVE'S "WHATEVER" PAGE...
- 25. I CAN IMAGINE MANY THINGS...
- 26. REMEMBERING WALT DISNEY
- 27. EMILY HAAGER...A REMEMBRANCE
- 28. REMEMBERING ALLISON PAIGE PURDOM WITH LOVE
- 29. IN MEMORY OF DON CLOUD
EMILY HAAGER...A REMEMBRANCE
Emily Haager was one of the most selfless, dedicated and inspiring students I have ever had in my 33 years of teaching. Emily was a member of my advanced girls show choir at Diamond Bar High School, Solitaire. She loved to perform and compete very much, and was very good at it. She would perform whether she felt sick or not, and unfortunately often times she did. It seemed that prior to every competition performance when we found ourselves in a strange auditorium, she and a friend would be sitting in a car in the parking lot preparing her lungs for performance. Even then I was in awe at the effort and level of difficulty Emily went through in order to perform. But watching her on that stage always gave me chills as her spirit exploded with joy on the stage. In the time that I saw her every day, Emily made every moment count. She was a smiler, and someone who made everyone in the room always feel very comfortable, even if they didn’t necessarily start out that way. She was the core of the inspiration that burned brightly in that choir room every day. I have not seen Emily for a number of years now, but that has not extinguished the bright flame of her legacy. It was only a couple of days ago that Doug (choreographer) and I were asking each other what she was doing now? Emily had left such a lasting impression on us as she did with everyone else that it seemed only natural she would come up in our conversation. I learned this morning that Emily’s life had finally succumbed to the cystic fibrosis that had been ravaging her body as long as she had been alive. It is with a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat that I write this farewell. Emily Haager was a fighter, an inspiration and an example of living like no one else I have ever known or am likely to meet in the future. She valued every moment of her life, and filled them with positive accomplishments, and people. I will never forget Emily Haager, and her spirit of life will continue to inspire me, and my teaching career for the rest of my life. I was one of the lucky ones to know her as well as I did. God will take care of her now, as he always has. Dave Willert