Christine wrote: << I enjoy watching people develop from shy, mousy junior high students into confident and brave young adults>>>> Me too! Me too! I think it’s the only reason I like teaching voice lessons sometimes. But SOME of my adults like to act too!!! At my recital last weekend I was so tickled and surprised when two of my most soft spoken adults actually acted out practically without rehearsing the gestures.... the “I Remember You” duet from the Bette Midler “For The Boys” movie… in lessons they would stand as stiff as boards while singing.. “I remember you… “you’re usually,dead, without a head..”.. and I kept laughing at the lyrics while they would sing but they were so shy I was afraid to push them too much (by suggesting blocking and gestures) since I actually talked them into doing the recital, I felt lucky.. but then they totally got into it and were so cute as well as sounding pretty good. So, I like it when my adults step out of their 9 to 5, fighting traffic and bills shells and be silly too. But you’re right, it’s far too rare!
I like the idea of what you said you did for your recital, doing scenes… can you post your recital program? Deanna
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