Novice musicians learn lesson in measuring up

By David Shapiro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 31, 2011

~~<p>I always enjoyed when John "Hannibal" Smith of "The A Team" would sense a victory emerging from a situation fraught with the possibility of disaster and declare, "I love it when a plan comes together."</p>
<p>That must be how Ilisa Peralta felt when she watched 13 of her mostly beginning guitar students pull off a solid six-song set — including two difficult Taylor Swift numbers and a couple of Bruno Mars hits — after only two rehearsals together.</p>
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I always enjoyed when John "Hannibal" Smith of "The A Team" would sense a victory emerging from a situation fraught with the possibility of disaster and declare, "I love it when a plan comes together."

That must be how Ilisa Peralta felt when she watched 13 of her mostly beginning guitar students pull off a solid six-song set — including two difficult Taylor Swift numbers and a couple of Bruno Mars hits — after only two rehearsals together. Login for more...