[Oabs] On a fun note...
Lillie Pennington
lilliepennington at fuse.net
Fri Oct 17 01:21:50 UTC 2014
Elif, I love it.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 16, 2014, at 8:58 PM, Elif Emir via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> white canes can be also used as enstruments. we have a rhytym group
> back in Turkey who are just using white canes.
>
> 2014-10-16 14:01 GMT-04:00, Emily Pennington via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org>:
>> I am all for this. Moreover, I calle dibs on the kazoo.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> 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,
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