[HANASHIR:14844] Re: guitar class and song leading

[Joy Newman <joyzee...>]

Thanks!  And I hope it all works out!!!

~smile always~
-Joy


>From: Scott Sloter <Scott (at) Sloter(dot)net>
>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>Subject: [HANASHIR:14834] Re: guitar class and song leading
>Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 01:33:46 -0500
>
>Thanks for the reply Joy.  You have good suggestions.  At present, my 
>congregation doesn't have any such classes for the kids.  The religious 
>school has talked about possibly starting something, but it's still in the 
>talk phase.  Therefore, I don't see it happening this coming school year, 
>but you never know.  I 100% agree with your "adults!" comment.  I think so 
>too.
>- Scott
>
>Joy Newman wrote:
>
>>Hello!
>>
>>Although I can't really answer your local "how do I find/approach" 
>>questions, I can say that I think it's a phenomenal idea.  Does your 
>>synagogue have an adult or teen education program?  If they do, say....on 
>>Sunday mornings or a weekday night, offer guitar as one of the courses!  I 
>>know my parents were never fussy about what I took at Sunday school.  They 
>>just wanted my brothers and I to attend synagogue classes, to meet other 
>>Jewish kids, and they didn't care in the slightest what we learned.  
>>Offering something like guitar, which is new and different, might 
>>encourage more students to attend teen religious school in general.  For 
>>that matter...adults!
>>
>>Good luck with the program.  It sounds like a great idea, and I wish you 
>>all the best!!!
>>
>>~smile always~
>>-Joy Newman
>>Rochester, NY
>>
>>
>>>From: Scott Sloter <Scott (at) Sloter(dot)net>
>>>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>>>To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>>>Subject: [HANASHIR:14832] guitar class and song leading
>>>Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 20:21:03 -0500
>>>
>>>Hi all.
>>>
>>>I would like to get some advice from the members of this list on the
>>>process that I might use to go about doing the following.
>>>
>>>In my opinion, my congregation is in great need of more music.  The kids
>>>in the religious school are lucky if they ever get exposed to much of
>>>it.  The youth group suffers because the kids have no interest in music.
>>>  I've been trying to come up with a way to bring more music, preferably
>>>on the guitar, to the kids.  My thought is to start a guitar class.  A
>>>lot of kids want to learn to play, however there are a lot of parents
>>>who don't want their kids to play rock and roll.  I figured that if the
>>>guitar class taught the basic chords and did it with Jewish and NFTY
>>>type music, the kids would end up benefitting as well as the
>>>congregation and the youth group, not to mention, parents might be more
>>>apt to let their kids play guitar.  Perhaps one of these kids would turn
>>>into a song leader for the region.
>>>
>>>Being from Ft. Worth, Texas, there are not a lot of opportunities to
>>>find Jewish song leaders nor guitar players / teachers for that matter.
>>>  Does anyone have any suggestions for an approach to creating such a
>>>program?  Please keep in mind that small Jewish population that exists
>>>in my area of the bible belt.  Do you think it would be easy to find an
>>>guitar teacher in town that is not Jewish who would learn the songs?
>>>  How might I approach someone who is not Jewish with this concept?  How
>>>should I run this type of program?  How should the congregation be
>>>involved, if at all, with this?  What might help make it successful?
>>>
>>>I appreciate the feedback.
>>>
>>>- Scott Sloter
>>>FWFTY Advisor
>>>Beth-El Congregation
>>>Ft. Worth, TX
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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