[blindkid] Keyboarding vs. Band

Debby B bwbddl at yahoo.com
Wed May 12 10:37:52 UTC 2010


lol, Heather, Winona would play from the minute she gets home till the minute she goes to bed, and all weekend if we would let her! As it is she gets a good hour or more a day, plus several hours on Sat. and Sun.

The bonus has been that my little slo-mo kid has started to speed herself up on tasks she doesn't like (such as reading) so that she can get to the music more quickly. Win-win in my book!

 Debby
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http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/winona.brackett




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From: Heather <craney07 at rochester.rr.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tue, May 11, 2010 10:03:19 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Keyboarding vs. Band

I'm sorry, but as a vocalist, musician, educator and former voice major it is painful to hear of any parents, even good ones, like I'm sure you are, withholding practice time, for any reason.  To each their own, but it was just a gut reaction, a gut wrenching one to reading that.  Major kudos though to you for being supportive and persistant enough, and to your daughter for being tallented and comfortable enough, and to her band directors for being patient and "out-of-the-box" enough for your daughter to march in formation and play in a mainstream marching band.  Go her! and go you!  You'll just have to forgive the melodramatics of a musician reading the words about restricting practice time, as it's difficult to process, when parents are usually having to practically beat their kids over the head to get them to practice.  lol  have a great evening.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Debby B" <bwbddl at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [blindkid] Keyboarding vs. Band


My 14 yo daughter LOVES band. She is in the middle school marching band, and the jazz band. Next year she will be in the high school marching band (yep, marching in formations at half time....we're blessed with directors who "get it"). Our struggle has been getting the music Braille, but that is beginning to happen now. This is my daughter's passion, and goal for the future. In fact, we've had to withhold practice time to get other things done. "You may not play your instrument until you have finished...whatever task is needed..."
Debby
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http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/winona.brackett




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From: Tene Gibson <g_tene305 at yahoo.com>
To: BVI-parents <bvi-parents at yahoogroups.com>; (for parents of blind children) NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tue, May 11, 2010 2:36:11 PM
Subject: [blindkid] Keyboarding vs. Band

My 10 year old son (light perception only) wants to participate in middle school band. He is already receiving training in music for drums and the guitar privately. We are in the middle of making his schedule for the next year and there seems to be an all encompassing fear for him to participate in band among the school's administration, his TVI, and the band teacher. The TVI wants him to take more keyboarding because he cannot remember the keys in which to type. He hates it. He gets further away from technology as each year goes by when pushed in the vein. There is a conflict in the times of the class so it is band or keyboarding. I am looking for objective opinions as to keeping a child connected with school vs. maintaining classes that bore him and feeds his ability manipulate his medical conditions into excessive excused absences.

Tene
mother of Na'im (ONA)



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