Hi Sunny-Side friends!

Our last show was at Whit Davis Elementary School and we performed for the entire after-school program. To tell you the truth, we don’t usually play for children over the age of seven often so the audience is usually shorter then me. That’s what I’m used to. But the Fourth  and Fifth  graders were sooooo big!   “Are they going to like us?”…  I wondered… “Will they have fun?”… I wondered and hoped… “Don’t be scared Pam”…

Since we played there last year for the whole school I kind of knew what to expect. As soon as the pack of fifth grade boys came in with their arms raised and fists clenched above their heads and said , “You guys ROCK!!!”, I quickly remembered that we weren’t fish out of water – just in a different pond. Children of all ages love music when they are asked to participate, and when the music doesn’t speak down to them.

From Pre-K – 5, the children hopped, danced, listened to the story of the pretty, pretty butterfly, squirmed like snakes, and moved their bodies without using their hips, knees or feet.  I remember at one point seeing a teacher cover her eyes when all of the children were hopping around …but, as I knew would be the case, everyone controlled their bodies and the song ended with everyone asleep on the floor. WAY TO GO KIDS!! Give them boundaries and the freedom to move and they never disappoint. 

 Thank you Miss Bliss (that’s really her name!!) for inviting us again. WE HAD A BALL!

Hope to see you next year, too!

All my best-Pam