Well, today I am just grateful that my little Kindergarten performance went well! My last school had a little Thanksgiving feast, complete with construction paper hats (turkeys, pilgrims, etc). They were very cute-no weird echo/tempo issues, which is good for Kindergarteners. Music teachers will understand what I mean.
I haven't played piano in awhile, but no clunkers to report. However, the principal, who is a very nice guy and obviously enjoys music, played guitar with us. After dropping his very nice guitar at the beginning of the program, I think it was a little out of tune. Then, on one song, he was playing in a different key, producing a very interesting bi-tonal effect I haven't heard since my senior year of 20th century music theory. But, the kids were cute and that is what matters. I did feel bad as there were only a handful of parents-who can afford to come in to school at 1:45pm for a 10-minute performance?
And now, it's on to holiday music-which COULD be fun, but out here in Arizona, where church and state are intertwined in a very sticky way, it's quite a challenge as a music teacher. I also have a lot of classroom teachers who like to decide what songs will be taught in my class-which is irksome most of the time. But, I forge ahead and hope for the best!
So, thanks to all those little voices today-one of the best Kindergarten concerts to date!
Note on the posting dates: Okay, today is the 25th. I SHOULD be on 25 and somehow am on 24. Raven asked if I have a calendar somewhere and I do, but apparently my number challenges are far-reaching. It is really astounding, considering my sister-in-law is a math teacher and my mother's entire family are all really good at math. To that math kid I tutored last year-I am so, so sorry.
Ian was also asked what he was thankful for in Karate today. His reply was, "My little brother, my friends and my mom!" Mr. Meza reminded him, "Hey, what about your dad? He's pretty cool too!" Ian said, "I am very thankful for my dad too!" He also hugged me when I picked him up at daycare today, saying "Mommy, I love you more than a turkey!" Now that's love!
5 comments:
Grats on a good concert. Those Kindergarten performances are pretty funny. Was there any "Temporal Phasing" that is common to little kid programs.
Sounds like a concert I would enjoy, and love to sing along too- I sure your principal and I could make quite an out-of-tuned duo.
Only a music teacher could understand huh? is that anything like "you just had to be there?"
Too cute that Ian loves you more than a Turkey- wow! such high praise :)
Temporal anomaly-not today. Kindergarten is notorious for having one half of the kids singing faster than the other half, regardless of how beautifully together they sound in all the rehearsals before the concert. All you can do is wait for the end of the song and hope the next one goes better. Normally Kindergarten concerts are like red-carpet events too.
Well, perhaps you can be there next year-I am certain if we are in Arizona, Ian is going to have some kind of Kindergarten concert. :)
Sounds like a good day. Your last paragraph made me laugh. Thanks for that gift. More than a turkey. Praise indeed.
Go Linda!
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