[HANASHIR:8677] Re: How do I start out songleading?

[John Campcounselor <singdown...>]

Rachelle,

Thanks for the advice! Yeah, this experience with the neighborhood kids was 
interesting. My friend neglected to tell me that some of the kids were too 
young to read (2-4 yrs.) And I had brought along songsheets....so I just 
wound up getting them dancing around the kitchen, repeating "Hava Nagila" 
again and again and again...I guess it WAS a good learning experience!

Best wishes,
Jon


>From: "H & R Shubert" <notfranz (at) total(dot)net>
>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: [HANASHIR:8633] Re: How do I start out songleading?
>Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 16:57:20 -0500
>
>Hi John,
>
>Sounds like you know more than you think you know about song leading.  
>Don't
>feel bad about the session with mixed ages not going well.  I think we 
>could
>all swap horror stories about our first song leading or music teaching
>experiences!  Furthermore, an event not well organized will throw water on
>even the most experienced song leader.  My advice is to try to find a job
>song leading in a Hebrew school, pre-school or camp, come in with the
>confidence that you know some great material and learn on the job.  If
>volunteering is the only way to get started, you will most likely find that
>you will be hired soon enough.  People with your skills and repertoire are
>not easy to come by.  Talk to other song leaders about techniques for
>getting and keeping the kids' attention.  Don't get down on yourself when a
>class goes awry.  Just learn and correct.
>
>I think you would learn a lot from HN and have a great time too.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Rachelle
>
>
>
>From: John Campcounselor <singdown (at) hotmail(dot)com>
>To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 9:12 PM
>Subject: [HANASHIR:8632] How do I start out songleading?
>
>
> > Hello everyone...I rarely post messages to the list..I just read the
> > messages and try to learn.
> >
> > I decided a few years back that I wanted to be a songleader...I always
>loved
> > the singing and music at camp, Hillel, etc... So I took up the guitar 
>and
> > started playing for family and friends. I've been playing the guitar for 
>a
> > few years, I've memorized much of the Shireinu chordster, I've songlead
>for
> > gatherings of family and friends, and I even had one interesting
>experience
> > with trying to teach kids of many different ages at a neighborhood
>function
> > (it didn't work well!).
> >
> > So here's my question: how do I "jump into" songleading? Where's the 
>best
> > place to start? A camp? A hebrew school? All advice is appreciated...
> >
> > Also, is the annual Hava Nashira meeting geared more towards experienced
> > songleaders, or "fresh meat," like myself?  :-)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jon
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