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Subject: RE: [MK8]a day of wonder

From: Jason J

Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 19:16:05 -0500

One of my 3rd grade classes gave me goosebumps Tuesday while we were having
our final practice before our PTO program (which, btw, was a HUUUUGE
success, several people - including BOTH admins - even stood up at the end!
All MK8 music, of course).
I was trying to get them to sing using their head voices, and they finally
got it! All of them! In tune! Beautiful! For some of you, this may not seem
like much, but having been a band person for half my life, I don't know a
whole lot about vocal technique. I just knew they were singing way too loud
and it sounded bad.
Yay for the little things.

-Jason

>I love my "sit back and marvel" moments. I've had several this year. Many=
>with my choir. They make me want to cry good tears! Stephanie in T=
>acoma smenefe@yahoo.com ---
>On Thu, 5/13/10, Kathleen Bragle >e@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Kathleen Bragle > =
> Subject: RE: [MK8]a day of wonder > To: mk8list@musick8.com > Date: T=
hursday, May 13, 2010, 3:03 PM > > What an amazing day you have had, D=
an! That is > terrific! I have a little girl in K who is singing the=
> Mother Pig's "Aria" in the "3 Piggy Opera". I had sung > it a few=
times for the kids, but she came up and I just did > an accompaniment ty=
pe of thing, not the melody line, and she > sang it perfectly - perfectly=
! Her Dad, whom I taught > years ago, is quite musical - but this blew=
me away. I just > kind of stepped back in awe of the moment. I agree=
> that these are the special moments we as teachers > treasure. Tha=
nks so much for sharing this! > > Kathleen Bragle, NBCT '02
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