Sedina's update

So,

Things went very well on Tuesday. As Adam said, we did a quick game, a vocal warm up of "somewhere over the rainbow" and then for both classes, we dived right in.

Sona's class worked on the basics of song writing with great instruction from Adam and Mubeen's & Amanda's classes finished up their story presentations. Sona's class did a great job finding parts of the story that they would like to highlight and some expressed interest in doing rap which I wholly embrace. (Word!) When I see what they have come up with, I will incorporate into the piece.

For Amanda and Mubeen's classes, after hearing their stories, we did a brainstorming session where we came up with the following elements of the story: it will involve a food fight, incited as a result of a stolen item and involve the following gods and goddesses:

Hera
Zeus
Cupid
God of Fire
God of War

It struck me when I was watching Mubeen's & Amanda's classes that having the students present their stories is a very important part of the process. Basically, we have to get them performing so they get used it. I feel a little dense for not seeing the importance of the presentation of the stories before as I just viewed them as a way for us to hear the stories.

Next week for Sona's class, we will going right into creation. So this is the homework for Sona's class:

-Finish writing the lyrics for the songs as assigned
-Break the group down in terms of:
who would like to work on music
who would like to work on movement/dance
who would like to work on text

We will be breaking into three groups. Adam will continue to work on the music, I will work on movement/dance and Sona will work on text (i.e scenes for the piece). Next week, we will put it all together.

-Also, we would like to know:
who would like to play the djembe in the final piece
who would like to act/sing
also, any other talents the students would like to showcase

We need for Sona's class:
-Chart Paper & Markers
-Djembes

For Amanda & Mubeen


-Finish the story, Amanda's class has to write the second half and Mubeen's class has to write the first. Please coordinate so the two halves match up and send to us by Monday if possible.

-Break the group down in terms of:
who would like to work on music
who would like to work on movement/dance
who would like to work on text

We will be breaking into three groups. Adam will continue to work on the music, I will work on movement/dance and Mubeen or Amanda will work on text (i.e scenes for the piece). Next week, we will continue our work, possibly rotating and by the end of next class, we should have the beginnings of a piece.

Also, let us know who has a talent they would like to share (e.g djembe playing or break dancing)...We can't accommodate all the requests, but we will definitely keep it in mind.

Okay, that's it!

Sedina