Chance and his brother have chorus together at school. They are having their first concert of the year this coming week.
Last week, Chance's brother missed two days of school which left Chance to sing solo. (OK, there were all of the other kids in the chorus class singing along with him, but his brother was not there).
After school Chance proudly annonced to me that during class that day his chorus teacher had told the class that the only one singing loud enough was his friend Chance. Chance told me that he and his brother usually are the ones that sing out like their teacher wants the boys to.
My boys like to sing. This is good. The key is to keep them interested in singing through that award stage when many of the boys their age are declaring that singing is for sissies.
Chance's brother held on last year when several of the boys in the class transfered out of chorus as soon as they could since they said,"My mom made me take this class."
Chance and his brother really like singing together in class and it is fun to hear little snippets of songs escaping their lips that I had no idea they knew. Such as "Earth Angel."
Exposure to songs and learning to sing is fabulous for Chance and he really enjoys it. I hope he has a love for singing forever.
I think junior high will be when we face the biggest opposition. But his brother has held strong, bucking the trend of boys fleeing chorus. Chance can do it to:)
2 comments:
I love how he's so into music! I think it's amazing! Keep it up Chance!
I hope he keeps that enjoyment too. I've always loved music, even when I didn't hear it well before implantation. I never had the confidence to sing in public, so I think it's wonderful that Chance does. I think it would have been a different story if I'd had cochlear implants when young, and could take chorus type classes too! :)
Post a Comment