757. Ben Lieske, my grandson, singing "Bring Him Home".



My daughter Anita's son, Ben Lieske, sang in a concert here in the St. George Tabernacle on June 30, 2013, just before he went on his LDS mission to Taiwan.  I am accompanying him.  He now is married, and both he and his wife are going to Southern Utah University to become music educators -- teaching choir in a high school, etc.

 Both Ben and his wife Ashlee have great voices, and Ben has had several tenor leads in operas and musicals, both in college, and in high school.

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