[Oabs] On a fun note...

[Elif Emir]

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,
>> 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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