[Oabs] On a fun note...

[Emily Pennington]

I am all for this. Moreover, I calle dibs on the kazoo.

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> On Oct 15, 2014, at 11:20 PM, Kaiti Shelton via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi OABSters,
> 
> Enough with the heavy... I'm writing now about a more fun topic of
> conversation, which I hope will get you all as excited as I am.
> 
> I'm working on the music which will be played in spare moments
> throughout the convention, which is a lot of fun.  The old federation
> songs are really funny, and I'm picking them up quite easily since
> most of them are to tunes I already have learned on accompaniment
> instruments for a music therapy course I took last fall.  I'm also
> learning and adapting some Beatles songs to suit our affiliate.
> 
> However, I want to have a little backup.  I had this horrible
> nightmare that I started singing the songs, and Barbara Pierce and Dr.
> Maurer were the only ones I could hear singing out.  Since this is the
> convention at which we will push for 75 and 75, and because Dr. Maurer
> and Art Schreiber will be there, I'd like to have as much audience
> participation as possible.  I've got a few ideas about how to do this,
> and want to see what you think of them.
> 
> The most obvious way to get back up is to have a rhythm section.  I
> have small instruments that I can bring, including a Lollypop drum,
> some egg shakers, a rain stick, some castinetts, a melodica, and a few
> other odds and ends.  I may also be able to borrow a few small things
> from the music therapy program provided that no one will be using them
> in practicum sessions on Friday afternoon.  I'd love to get a cabassa,
> and we have these little hammer things that squeak when you bang them
> on things that would be great to have in The Technology Song along
> with a slide whistle or kazoo if anyone has one.  (I may have a kazoo,
> but a slide whistle would be awesome.  My melodica will work if
> nothing else).
> 
> There are also verbal shout outs, which would be cool if I could have
> some help with them.  To show you what I mean, here are my adapted
> lyrics to Yellow Submarine.
> 
> In the town where I was born
> Lived a man who sailed to sea
> And he told us of his life
> In the land of submarines
> 
> So we sailed up to the sun
> Till we found the sea of green
> And we lived beneath the waves
> In our yellow submarine
> 
> We all live in a yellow submarine
> Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
> We all live in a yellow submarine
> Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
> 
> And our friends are all on board
> Many more of them live next door
> And the band begins to play
> (cue rhythm section with kazoo/slide whistle/nose flute solo here).
> Play for 2 measures till the end of the verse.
> We all live in a yellow submarine
> Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
> We all live in a yellow submarine
> Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
> 
> [Full speed ahead, Riccobono, full speed ahead!
> Full speed over here, sir!
> Legislation!  Legislation!
> Aye, aye, sir, fire!
> Federation!  Federation!
> As we live a life of ease (A life of ease)
> Everyone of us (Everyone of us) has all we need (Has all we need)
> Sky of blue (Sky of blue) and sea of green (Sea of green)
> In our yellow (In our yellow) submarine (Submarine, ha, ha)
> 
> We all live in a yellow submarine
> Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
> We all live in a yellow submarine
> Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
> We all live in a yellow submarine
> Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
> We all live in a yellow submarine
> Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
> 
>  I've also totally reworked the song "All Together Now" for the NFB,
> and that has some shouting out in it too.  My methods course, which
> has an emphasis on song writing, has proven to be very handy.  Here's
> what I have of "March Together Now," yes, taken from the old tag line.
> 
> 1, 2, 3, 4
> Do I have the convention floor
> 5, 6, 7 8 9 10, I love it.
> 
> A, B, C, D
> Our BELL kids read wonderfully,
> E, F, G H I J I love it.
> 
> Bum bum bum bum, bum bum,
> The teach act
> Bum, bum bum
> Equality
> Bum, bum bum
> Fair wage jobs,
> Bum, bum bum
> It's the NFB.
> 
> March together now,
> March together now,
> March together now,
> March together now.
> 
> Up, down, left, and right,
> Cane travel is out of sight.
> To work, school, back again-Yeah, I love it.
> 
> Bridge, chorus again, then accelerate till the end just like the
> original song does.
> 
> What do you all think of these ideas?  I think they'll make things fun
> and will encourage people to participate, but I could be thinking too
> much like a music therapist.  Thoughts?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kaiti Shelton
> University of Dayton 2016.
> Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students
> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma
> 
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