<font size=2 face="sans-serif"> Bonnie,
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> Is
Aubrey allowed to look at the Braille music while she is sight-singing
it? It seems like she should be, since other students look at their
music while they are sight-reading. Apart from the competition setting,
have you encountered a situation where daily band practice consists primarily
of sight-reading different pieces, and if so, have you come up with a way
to handle it?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> -Barbara</font><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><br>
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<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"Bonnie Lucas"
<lucas.bonnie@gmail.com></font>
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<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">08/25/2010 12:12 PM</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [blindkid]
Music Sight Reading for Competition</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Sent by:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">blindkid-bounces@nfbnet.org</font>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Aubrie has participated in the All State competition
for the past two years.<br>
She has been given the pieces that she needs to learn close to the beginning<br>
of the year and she begins to learn them. She works very hard to get it
as<br>
sounding as good as possible. As far as the sight reading goes, she is
given<br>
the piece in Braille and allowed to look at it for a few minutes. Then,
she<br>
sings the notes as she reads them. This way, the her playing skills are<br>
evaluated when she plays the piece she has memorized. Her sight reading<br>
skills are evaluated when she "sight sings," after looking at
the Braille<br>
music. If they would like to do a little more evaluating, the judges could<br>
actually have her read the notes to them before or after she sings them
as<br>
well. I can share some emails that I wrote in trying to work out all these<br>
details if you like. Just contact me off line. <br>
Bonnie<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Sally Thomas [</font></tt><a href=mailto:seacknit@gmail.com><tt><font size=2>mailto:seacknit@gmail.com</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2>]
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Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:05 PM<br>
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)<br>
Subject: [blindkid] Music Sight Reading for Competition<br>
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Would someone care to share their blind kid's experience with state band<br>
competitions that involved sight reading? How did the student prepare
for<br>
the competition and how did the competition organizers handle having a
blind<br>
student in the competition? <br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
Sally Thomas<br>
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