[Faith-talk] Braille Music

[Julie McGinnity]

I am sort of in between dogs right now, but I always took my dog on
stage with me for church choir.  I didn't for my recitals and most
choir concerts, but I have for a couple.  Once my dog and I led
everyone on stage for a school choir concert.  That was a good time,
and I couldn't believe our director didn't care that the blind girl
was the first one, leading everyone else on stage.

In church, my dog has really become a part of the family, so I
bring(brought) her on stage for everything, even solos.  At school,
she always went up with me for master classes, concerts in which I
only sang one song, or audition seminar type performances.  I would
not do so if she distracted me.  But since singing is my life, and she
is/was my mobility tool, I thought it necessary to train her to behave
to my standards on stage.

Now that she is retiring, I am going to bring a cane with me on stage.
 I don't like using sighted guide on stage only because if I need to
move off the stage, I would like to do so in my own way.  Yes, I am
stubbern.  :)

On 12/27/13, Maureen Pranghofer <maureensmusic at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi
> I used a dog for the years I was in choir most of the time but never took it
>
> on stage.  My dogs were well behaved but people always look at the dog and I
>
> didn't want anyone distracted away from the music.
> Maureen
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: debby phillips
> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 9:58 PM
> To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion ;
> faith-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Braille Music
>
> Hi Ashley, as I said in an earlier email, you could either hold
> it at your side or use a folding cane for choir use.  You could
> follow the person in front of you by gently touching their foot
> as they walk in front out you, and stopping when they do.  As for
> reading Braille music and lyrics, I know it can be done, but you
> have to read the lyrics with one hand and the notes with the
> other.  I find that rather awkward to even think about.  I have
> sung with choirs for years and years (up until now when I'm not
> part of a church anymore) and if one listens carefully most of
> the time you can get the notes that are being sung.    Blessings,
> Debby
>
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-- 
Julie McG
National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
life."
John 3:16