AETHERPHON, global theremin family

The list does have a files area where you can upload files, but I don't 
know how much it holds.  It's at 
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/spellbound-l/files/


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Philip wrote:
> Well, the demonstration for the three music classes at my daughter Sarah's
> school went well. We had 6th and 7th graders. The program went like this....
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> 1. Showed about 12 minutes of a heavily edited theremin video. Peter was
> first up.
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> 2. Me and the teacher would do a short number after a brief explanation of
> how the theremin worked.
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> 3. Have 2 or 3 kids come up and try to play "Mary had a little lamb", while
> the teacher played along on keyboard.
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> 4. Play another tune with the teacher.....and so on.
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> I think breaking it up was brilliant of Mr. Spradley, play a little, demo a
> little, have some kids come up. I believe it was probably close to 100 kids
> in the 3 classes total. The pieces we played together were "America the
> Beautiful", "Marine Corps Hymn", "Over the Rainbow". I did one solo of
> "Amazing Grace".
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> Yes I made mistakes. We all do. But totally gone was the nervousness. I
> guess kids are not threatening since I have two of my own. My daughter Sarah
> helped out immensely by passing out informational flyers to the students.
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> What felt good was the kids applause. I would put my hand out towards her
> teacher. After all, I'm only an underpaid engineer, not a professional
> musician......
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> It was a good day. Let me figure out how to post some video somewhere for
> you good people to look at.
> 
> Philip
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