[blindkid] Keyboarding vs. Band

[Heather]

I'm sorry, but as a vocalist, musician, educator and former voice major it 
is painful to hear of any parents, even good ones, like I'm sure you are, 
withholding practice time, for any reason.  To each their own, but it was 
just a gut reaction, a gut wrenching one to reading that.  Major kudos 
though to you for being supportive and persistant enough, and to your 
daughter for being tallented and comfortable enough, and to her band 
directors for being patient and "out-of-the-box" enough for your daughter to 
march in formation and play in a mainstream marching band.  Go her! and go 
you!  You'll just have to forgive the melodramatics of a musician reading 
the words about restricting practice time, as it's difficult to process, 
when parents are usually having to practically beat their kids over the head 
to get them to practice.  lol  have a great evening.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Debby B" <bwbddl at yahoo.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
<blindkid at nfbnet.org>; "BVI-parents" <bvi-parents at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Keyboarding vs. Band


My 14 yo daughter LOVES band. She is in the middle school marching band, and 
the jazz band. Next year she will be in the high school marching band (yep, 
marching in formations at half time....we're blessed with directors who "get 
it"). Our struggle has been getting the music Braille, but that is beginning 
to happen now. This is my daughter's passion, and goal for the future. In 
fact, we've had to withhold practice time to get other things done. "You may 
not play your instrument until you have finished...whatever task is 
needed..."
Debby
bwbddl at yahoo.com
http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/winona.brackett




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From: Tene Gibson <g_tene305 at yahoo.com>
To: BVI-parents <bvi-parents at yahoogroups.com>; (for parents of blind 
children) NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tue, May 11, 2010 2:36:11 PM
Subject: [blindkid] Keyboarding vs. Band

My 10 year old son (light perception only) wants to participate in middle 
school band. He is already receiving training in music for drums and the 
guitar privately. We are in the middle of making his schedule for the next 
year and there seems to be an all encompassing fear for him to participate 
in band among the school's administration, his TVI, and the band teacher. 
The TVI wants him to take more keyboarding because he cannot remember the 
keys in which to type. He hates it. He gets further away from technology as 
each year goes by when pushed in the vein. There is a conflict in the times 
of the class so it is band or keyboarding. I am looking for objective 
opinions as to keeping a child connected with school vs. maintaining classes 
that bore him and feeds his ability manipulate his medical conditions into 
excessive excused absences.

Tene
mother of Na'im (ONA)



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