As I promised yesterday, here are a couple of photos from our Centennial social on Thursday. Look for more from ARN above. One is of our lovely Centennial tree in the MENC lobby. The other is me, prior to digging into my cake and ice cream at the social. MENC staffer BS took the photos, doing a fabulous job as usual. Happy Trails.
RF
RF
Hi Everyone,
Happy Birthday to MENC today and to all of you. I hear you singing out there. A cupcake? No, thanks. I'm good. Well, maybe just one. That icing looks great. Wow. 100 years old! You wear it very, very well. And you sound better than ever. On key and everything. Impressive.
Here at MENC, we will celebrate this momentous occasion with our monthly association social this afternoon, which will be special indeed. As my fellow blogger EWL noted earlier in the week, MENC's Centennial Web site http://www.menc.org/centennial/home.html celebrates the highlights of the past 100 years and the members who helped create the world's largest arts education organization. Check back on Friday for photos of our Centennial social.
Oh, and before I forget, less than half the month is over, and you may know that April is national Jazz Appreciation Month. Visit http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/jam/jam_start.asp for lesson plans, jazz glossaries and worksheets. The 2007 poster features Louis Armstrong www.imdb.com/name/nm0001918/ , of whom I am a huge fan. I love his unique, raspy singing voice, as well as his ground-breaking trumpet playing.
These are my two favorite Armstrong quotes:
Happy Birthday to MENC today and to all of you. I hear you singing out there. A cupcake? No, thanks. I'm good. Well, maybe just one. That icing looks great. Wow. 100 years old! You wear it very, very well. And you sound better than ever. On key and everything. Impressive.
Here at MENC, we will celebrate this momentous occasion with our monthly association social this afternoon, which will be special indeed. As my fellow blogger EWL noted earlier in the week, MENC's Centennial Web site http://www.menc.org/centennial/home.html celebrates the highlights of the past 100 years and the members who helped create the world's largest arts education organization. Check back on Friday for photos of our Centennial social.
Oh, and before I forget, less than half the month is over, and you may know that April is national Jazz Appreciation Month. Visit http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/jam/jam_start.asp for lesson plans, jazz glossaries and worksheets. The 2007 poster features Louis Armstrong www.imdb.com/name/nm0001918/ , of whom I am a huge fan. I love his unique, raspy singing voice, as well as his ground-breaking trumpet playing.
These are my two favorite Armstrong quotes:
"All music is folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing a song."
What is jazz? Man, if you have to ask you'll never know."
The sixth annual JAM is sponsored by National Museum of American History. MENC offers information as well at http://www.menc.org/guides/jazz/jazzappreciation.html
The Museum is distributing the JAM posters free of charge to schools, educators, librarians, and others. To request a poster or posters, write jazz@si.edu.
Visit http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/jam/jam_calendar.asp for a national calendar of JAM events.
Around the MENC water cooler: In Idol news, I thought this week’s show was decidedly blah. As much as I like Gloria Estefan www.imdb.com/name/nm0002065/ and yes, Jenny from the Block, http://www2.blogger.com/www.imdb.com/name/nm0000182/ not everyone can sing that type of song with the proper amount of sauce. I liked Jordin a lot again and her version of "Rhythm is Gonna Get You," was cute. Blake did a nice swaggering job with "I Need to Know." And while I am not completely in Sanjaya’s corner, I agree with Simon that “he wasn’t horrible” singing "Besame Mucho" And that kid’s got some eyelashes. But it's bye, bye, bye to Haley. Did she "Turn the Beat Around?"America said no.
Later,
RF
The Museum is distributing the JAM posters free of charge to schools, educators, librarians, and others. To request a poster or posters, write jazz@si.edu.
Visit http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/jam/jam_calendar.asp for a national calendar of JAM events.
Around the MENC water cooler: In Idol news, I thought this week’s show was decidedly blah. As much as I like Gloria Estefan www.imdb.com/name/nm0002065/ and yes, Jenny from the Block, http://www2.blogger.com/www.imdb.com/name/nm0000182/ not everyone can sing that type of song with the proper amount of sauce. I liked Jordin a lot again and her version of "Rhythm is Gonna Get You," was cute. Blake did a nice swaggering job with "I Need to Know." And while I am not completely in Sanjaya’s corner, I agree with Simon that “he wasn’t horrible” singing "Besame Mucho" And that kid’s got some eyelashes. But it's bye, bye, bye to Haley. Did she "Turn the Beat Around?"America said no.
Later,
RF
