[stylist] Wild Turkish Music and Dancing

Sat Oct 25 01:10:25 UTC 2008

Sounds like good fun.

Helene

On 24/10/2008, James Canaday M.A.  N6YR <n6yr at sunflower.com> wrote:
> very nice Robert.  thanks.  so, they'd sing while doing cane work.  I
> would think that would interfere with using the ears to hear the
> environment when you're walking.  but singing has often been more
> than entertainment.  work songs can be found in every culture.
>
> and the dancing sounds great.  makes me want to sign up for blind corps!
> jc
>
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
>
> At 04:46 AM 10/24/2008, you wrote:
>>Jim did request a report on the nights of wild music and dancing. And so
>>have you guys listened to Turkish music? Boy, some good stuff. First, the
>>Turkish people, I'm talking about all our students (from both years) they
>>love to sing! And it appears that they all know the words to their cultures
>>old most popular folk songs; I mean there are some standards that that they
>>seem to sing as ... Like as often as they might eat bread (which is at
>> every
>>meal). For example, we'd be out on cane travel and a couple of the guys
>>would start singing and soon others walking near by would join in. (And of
>>course, the request would come, they would ask us to sing some of our
>>countries favorites.)  Then both years, the training would have an opening
>>ceremony with politicos, rehab and education dignitaries and all that
>> (Turks
>>also love to give speeches) and part of this ceremony also required the
>>Turkish students to sing a song, and then we the Blind Corps had to sing an
>>American song. Last year we sang Johnny Denver's Country Road (there were 6
>>of us) and this year (9 of us) we sang This Land is Our Land And I must
>> say,
>>our performance for this year was certainly better (the 3 extra members,
>> who
>>could sing pretty darn well really beefed up our lung and tune power).
>>
>>But as for the wild music and dancing- two nights we had a musician from
>> the
>>camp provide music     which was a mix of old Turkish standards and some
>>newer pop types of tunes. This guy had a keyboard and sang; the keyboard
>>could produce drums, then two other instrument parts like a wild reed pipe
>>and piano or organ. And it was loud! And yes, it didn't take but a few
>>measures of notes and people were getting up to dance. So visualize this-
>> it
>>seems that most of the faster dances were of a type that you didn't touch
>>your partner. You stood facing whomever or just like in a big circle and
>>with hands over head, clicking your fingers, you wiggle your hips, while
>> you
>>shimmer your shoulders, feet stepping and all this is in different speeds,
>>yet in time with the music; while you are singing at the top of your lungs.
>>Then there might be a dance where all link little fingers and you snake
>>around in a line or circle. And these songs are all like ten or twelve
>>minutes long! Then if you are wondering, they will throw in a slow dance;
>>these are always very sad love songs and my partners seemed to know all the
>>words . Boy, these people know how to have fun.
>>
>>Robert Leslie Newman
>>Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>>THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
>>Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
>>Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 6:47 PM
>>To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] Back from Turkey, (not sure my first message went
>>through)
>>
>>congratulations Robert!
>>good job to you and all!  many in Turkey will benefit from this!
>>
>>now, there's the matter of:
>>And so yes, we all worked hard, though we had some time to play, like a
>>couple of late nights of wild Turkish music and dancing.
>>
>>
>>
>>At 04:43 AM 10/21/2008, you wrote:
>> >My oh my! Wasn't there a lot of traffic on the stylist list while I was
>> >out of country! Much about the book and movie Blindness, health being
>> >off topic, city of lawrence proclamation, poets wanted, and much more.
>> >
>> >And as for my trip to Turkey, I did go as a member of Blind Corps (BC).
>> >I was one of 9 instructors. BC was started by Mike and Fatos Floyd (I
>> >am on the board). This was our second trip to work with both the
>> >professionals in blindness education and rehabilitation, as well as
>> >blind individuals in need of training. BC has a mission to bring to
>> >third world countries what we know here in the US about providing
>> >training to the blind. The blind and the government in Turkey are
>> >wanting to make changes in services to the blind of their country. They
>> >are aware of the positive results of Structured Discovery Learning
>> >(SDL) that more and more training centers in the US are going to. Here
>> >in Nebraska we've been using it for over 30 years. And so has several
>> >other states and our own NFB centers. (Nebraska modeled ours after what
>> >doctor Jernigan established in Iowa back in the early 1970's). We
>> >provided materials to study on SDL and basically setup and ran a two
>> >week training center with the same basic classes found in most training
>> >centers using SDL. We had all students using sleep shades and long
>> >canes. We had classes in philosophical discussion, cane travel and
>> >Braille. There was one in home management covering skills like cooking,
>> >sowing, cleaning. A class in computers. A class in home maintenance
>> >covering skills like measurement, general carpentry, etc.  A class in
>> >techniques of daily living covering skills like hand writing, making
>> >writing guides, labeling, organizing your clothing, grooming, etc. We
>> >had daily seminars in which we had topics of discussion ranging from
>> >employment, to what is reasonable help, attitudes, parenting as a blind
>> >parent, the importance of expectations, why use sleep shades in
>> >training, and more. For many of these discussions we used my THOUGHT
>> >PROVOKERS; I and Fatos were the two staffers who handled these
>> >discussion times. In the main, we all taught in all skill areas. We
>> >went in knowing we'd have something like 48 to 54 students to deal with.
>> > We
>>ended up at the end of the two weeks having served 64. People started
>>arriving on Saturday the 4th, with the training officially starting on
>>Monday the 7th.
>> >We had a day and a half off from the 7th to Friday the 17th. Most
>> >evenings we had classes up to 10:00 PM; classes started at 9:00 AM.
>> >Students wanting a certification for credit for attending the training
>> >had to complete 120 hours during the time of the two weeks. We all got
>> >along very well; students were mostly very eager to learn. Many of our
>>students knew basic English.
>> >And so yes, we all worked hard, though we had some time to play, like a
>> >couple of late nights of wild Turkish music and dancing.
>> >
>> >So as for a telephone meeting for interested parties? I'm planning to
>> >hold a Division board meeting on Sunday the 26th during the timeframe
>> >we've normally had the Stylist telephone conference. So what I am
>> >thinking is, if you all wished to have a gathering with out me on the
>> >26th, that would be fine; you know, not all of us can make each meeting
>> >and they really shouldn't hinge around me. So on list, discuss if you
>> >all wish to meet this coming Sunday (not saying we are locked into
>> >Sunday nights.) And yes, I'm open after this coming Sunday.
>> >
>> >And as for my thoughts on the book and movie Blindness, I'm happy we
>> >are making a public protest. The movie is not a super big block buster
>> >that will change the lives and minds of our nation, (though it should
>> >not be allowed to happen without our comment), but I'm not wanting to
>> >make it a super big deal about knocking it down or around. (I don't
>> >think it will get an academy
>> >award.)
>> >
>> >President NFB Writers' Division
>> >Robert Leslie Newman
>> >Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>> >Division Website-
>> >Http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
>> >
>> >
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