[HANASHIR:6698] Re: We Want Your CAJE Reports

[Carol Boyd Leon <cbleon...>]

I, too, agree with the comments I've read so far... yes, I think there 
should be far fewer simultaneous concerts, simultaneous music-related 
classes and simultaneous songsharing sessions so audiences are larger.  I'd 
also like to stress that we're there first to educate and to learn and 
second to entertain.

Keeping that in mind, I'd like to make a few suggestions:

1-Try before and after lunch concerts, plus before and after dinner 
concerts.  Or "dinner theater"-type concerts where people eat quietly while 
listening during lunch or dinner.  (I don't think having concerts all day 
long, including early morning, would work well.)

2-Collaborative concerts on related "themes," such as children's music, rock 
style music, Israeli music, songs for the classroom, liturgical, etc.

3-More song-teaching workshops, with songsheets/sheet music and tape 
recorders permitted to help educate teachers and fellow musicians.  These 
workshops could also be taught collaboratively by theme or could feature a 
particular songwriter.

4-Worship services in which the music strikes a balance between the 
songleader's own musical compositions and songs that are familiar to most in 
attendance and encourage participation by worshippers.  Please let's not 
overload on original music at CAJE services.

5-Opening and closing events that involve the audience musically, such as 
how CAJE 24's opening event taught us a lovely 2-part song by Doug Cotler.

-- Carol Boyd Leon
   Burke, VA
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