First of all, Happy Labor Day!
Secondly...I was in middle school when I joined the music program and learned to play the trumpet (among other instruments). I remember going door-to-door selling junk out of a catalog so that our band could raise money to buy things like chairs and rental instruments so that everyone who wanted to could participate. In middle school, the school administration built (another) gym off of the building. When I was in high school, they renovated (or something) the current gym when we could really have used an actual theater for the fine arts department to use. I was part of the fight to keep music in schools- I wore homemade buttons, I went to meetings and wrote letters to administrators. It seems to have worked thus far...
But had I known about this wonderful clip, I bet I could have convinced any administration about the importance of (good) music in our society. Here is about what my presentation would have been (in my special, non-eloquent way):
Hello, administrators. It has come to my attention that you have been considering the possibility of removing the music programs from your schools. Let me ask you this- Do you watch movies? Surely you've gone to the theaters and been surrounded by the noise that makes up a movie, that penetrates into your center and draws you in to the action, the emotions, the drama! Part of that noise is the music that goes with it. The music helps to shape the movie, is an inseparable part of it.
If you still aren't convinced, perhaps this clip will help...
To be fair, I suppose this clip more supports media, but music is an integral part of it, so I say it works.
I know we haven't been around during our seven-week summer, but don't leave me! I have a bunch of good posts pending, including one about what we did during the summer and one about ridiculous song lyrics in today's pop culture....
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