Not too much to say today...of real note.....some days, you just don't! Today's one of those days. Just keeping my head down and doing what needs to be done.
I suppose I COULD wax rhapsodic about the MENC socials, in general, and perhaps, one day, I or another fellow blogger will.... suffice it to say there is a photographic testimony of many a wild and crazy MENC staff social here at MENC.....and speaking of MENC SOCIALS..........
The Pudding Social yesterday was uneventful, alas.... I had images of pudding being hurled/lopped across the room, splatting resonantly against the wall (you know, shades of elementary school cafeteria - the industrial glue strength mashed potatoes lifted, medieval catapult-like, on the fork and flung up against the folded up benches......old Mrs. Dundas the cafeteria monitor lumbering over to nail the boys about proper behavior...but in our case, perhaps ML would be right there on the front lines, whapping that ole puddin' cup up against the wall!) No, to my dismay, MENC staff were far too sedate at this social ;-) I think it was the milk put us to sleep, or the mid-afternoon lulls.... I KNEW the pudding should have been chocolate! Vanilla is too gentle! Want to whip up the staff? SERVE CHOCOLATE! ;-}
Anyway, it was a very nice break, courtesy of Dr. M (er, Dr. Pudding). Oh yes, and a new employee named SARA showed up in puppy ears and Jack Bauer sunglasses - perhaps a fellow blogger will explain or provide a photo!
Best bit of the week: speaking with a 39 year MENC member and having her say "being a member of MENC is the Bible of being a music educator!"
RESOURCES and NEWS of POSSIBLE INTEREST
American Voices - a Houston, Texas-based not-for-profit company taking American music to foreign lands! Latest, Iraq! And they're doing a summer program for kids in Iraq this year! Read the full story, HERE
Amusing article from Financial Times of London on Audience Etiquette (or lack thereof!) click here! (please...)
GRANTS: The 2008-2009 NAMM grant priorities and a Request for Proposals will be announced in the fall of 2007. For more information about NAMM’s grants program, click here!
Around the Water Cooler
AI......Something is definitely missing this year. For first time, I did not watch the entire "last" competition show.....! Maybe it's my "old" ears not attuned to "pop" sound of today. The sparkle and element of surprise and "you never know what this person will do with their song!" doesn't really exist with these two finalists (EDITOR's note: JORDIN WINS!), in my humble opinion. Now Melinda, THERE is a song interpreter- THERE is someone who brings her own stamp to each song. AH, Melinda! (interjected Thursday: WONDERFUL to see her and Lakisha doing it up with Gladys Knight last night in finale, and then Melinda getting her own turn w/ her two back up singer pals!!) As a fellow blogger said - AI exhaustion has set in. Time for a much needed break....and when you start having dreams about auditioning for Senior American Idol, it's time to make a break!
On that note! See you next week! SR
