
Nora was born in a hospital, a long time ago, in a galaxy
far, far away from the rest of the band members in her own home
world - where all girls are princesses… but, that's another
story.
Nora's interest in piano came at a very early age when she first
heard Mozart. She played classical music until her older brother
had conniptions when she played Friedrich Kuhlau's Sonata in C
at least 20 times a day for months, maybe years. This led her to
believe that she could have had a career with the CIA getting
criminals to talk by torturing them with her piano playing. In a
few years she graduated to playing Bay City Rollers and Barry
Manilow as well as hymns at church on Sunday mornings.
Then, in High School, she was invited to play in an established
band… for money! And now…the rest of the story.
The last 20 years she has played and sang with innumerable
groups. Rock bands, blues bands, jazz bands, wedding bands (no
pun intended), marching bands (clarinet, sax and flute - it
changed every year) and lots of worship bands. And…she gets to
play music almost every weekend (in front of tons of people).
It's not her real job, but there is no place she would rather
be; except on vacation, and with her family, and with her
friends, and at the movies with a popcorn and diet coke with her
husband Don, and at Nordstrom's Rack, and Chili's eating chips
and salsa, and hanging out with T, and thinking stuff up...
There is an Indie Band named after her called "I Like Nora". So
far they have not played in public yet, but she has high hopes
for them.
On a side note: She sings too – and quite beautifully. She can
also cook (and not from a box, either)!