User:Psychicmermaid

My name is Natasha Geddie. I was born in Dallas, Texas. I have been a professional accordionist since 1981, and began teaching the accordion in 1988. I graduated from Southeastern Paralegal Institute in 1989, and have been a litigation paralegal for over 20 years. In October 1987, I was a member of the Texas USSR Musicians' Exchange which toured in the former Soviet Union. The group of musicians were mainly from Austin, and we were allowed to perform before live audiences in the cities of Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev. This was the time in history when the USSR was encouraging perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (friendliness) with the West - these concepts were introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev. On the way back to the United States, the group performed in Helsinki Finland.