Hi.  It’s Matt’s Mom, Kim.

I, too, want to express gratitude to everybody for giving Matt an incredible experience!

Caroline and her family: You are a special family and we are blessed to have enjoyed the “process” with all of you (Ellie included)!  What natural talent (we are some of your best fans, Caroline!) We appreciate the patience, the practices, and all the positive energy and encouragement during our first “performance”.

Doug, Jen, and GTE Federal Credit Union: We all appreciate the new guitar, the lessons (which helped him tremendously), the tickets, and the special attention.

Communication during the whole process and enthusiasm for making this a special event for Matt was contagious and exceptional!

The experience for Matt (and us) is one to remember for a lifetime!

Wow.
Thank you!
Matt’s Mom Kim

Hello,

Matt here! Alright this weekend felt great! We did a wonderful rehearsal at Caroline’s house with mics and amps! It was so much fun! Also I feel very comfortable on the songs Blank Piece by Caroline herself! I must be dreaming by The Maine,  Two is better than one by Boys like Girls and Just Another Story by Me! I think that this will be a great concert and Thanks to Caroline and her family for letting us practice at their wonderful home!!

Another wonderful practice! And it was at an even cooler place!! Sunday February 7th Caroline and I practiced at her house! It was Fantastic! She had everything we needed (amps, mikes, speakers, and lots of candy!) ha ha, It was so great all of the songs sounded wonderful but I didn’t think I sounded so good over the mike – they said it was in my head. BUT Caroline’s voice sounded amazing over the mike!! it was like a live personal performance. She’s great overall!! Fun to hang with! And I’m going to warn all of you that are coming to the Florida Strawberry Festivall YOU WILL LOVE IT!!! Thanks Caroline and Family!!

-Matt Walden

GTE Federal Credit Union Suite Caroline Strawberry Jam Contest Winner

Check out the U22 youth checking account for 12 to 22 year olds at www.U224U.com. Because learning about money is important no matter what your age.

Today we sounded even better!! It is January 31st and we went over everything. All of the songs sounded good, especially “two is better than one!” It just overall sounded awesome. It was too cold to practice at Vinoy Park so my wonderful Aunt Cimmy let us practice at their house in St. Pete. I felt like we did great and we will be awesome when March comes. I just cant wait! The only bad part of everything was me coughing. I was officially diagnosed with asthma Friday and the doctor put me on Steroids ugh… But that’s not going to stop us!! I think we will be great as soon as March comes! Thanks all!!

- Matt W.
GTE Federal Credit Union Suite Caroline Strawberry Jam Contest Winner
Check out the U22 youth checking account for 12 to 22 year olds at www.U224U.com. Because learning about money is important no matter what your age.

It was fun at our first day of practice haha. We met at the Vinoy Park in St. Pete on Saturday, I was coughing up a storm from my allergies ugh… But other than that we went over 2 songs “I must be dreaming” by The Maine and “Two is better than one” by Boys Like Girls. Also we found out we could do more than just two songs! So we decided to play one of Caroline’s, “Blank Piece of Paper” and one of mine, “Just Another Story”. I think that in March we will be completely ready to play! Hope that everyone will come and have a great time!!

- Matt W.
GTE Federal Credit Union Suite Caroline Strawberry Jam Contest Winner
Check out the U22 youth checking account for 12 to 22 year olds at www.U224U.com. Because learning about money is important no matter what your age.