Music in My Veins

Throughout my life I have always enjoyed music. From the age of ten I played clarinet and continued to play all through High School. I most likely would have continued in college, but the school I went to didn't have a band. In high school I was part of all the musicals. Boy those were fun days indeed. I now have carried my love for music over to my adult life. I was so blessed five years ago to find this really cool website where you could sing karaoke online. The name of the site is Singsnap. I'll post a link to it at the bottom of this post. Thinking about my life I realized that from a very very young age music has been woven into all aspects of my life. But when did I get such a passion for it? The answer to that question has to be when I was in Kindergarten. In my Kindergarten class at Bardwell in Aurora, Illinois..I had the best teachers. Miss Earle and Mrs. Settles. I vividly remember Mrs. Settles sitting at the Piano playing the various songs that Miss Earle would teach us. I'm sure these songs were meant to teach us something, but I just loved the joy of singing them. I think I transferred that same joy to my students when I was a preschool teacher. I would always weave music into each and every lesson. I realized the beauty of music in the sixth grade when I heard my choir teacher sing 'Oh Holy Night'. I remember being blown away by that performance and wanting to sing just like her. (Well I'm still working on that one). I couldn't write about music without mentioning Mr. Ed Nelson..our band director in High School. I loved how he would always push us to perfection. Some may of though he was mean, but I saw it as someone who was driven to make his students the best they could be. In College I took voice classes and even minored in music. Music is the main thread that is happily woven into all aspects of my life. Without it life would be quite boring. So I guess I just want to thank all of those teachers who helped to weave music into my life.

Here is the link to Singsnap...more blog posts might come later about this place.

http://www.singsnap.com/

Unitil next time..
Tas

What Fishing Teaches Kids About Life

When my son was around eight years old he became interested in fishing. So the good mom that I am, I would take him fishing. Well I eventually started to love the sport myself. Fishing can teach a child so much about life. The biggest lesson learned from fishing is patience. Ya gotta be really patient to sit around there hours on end to catch a fish. The next lesson it teaches is that some things are easier to come by than others. Those little pan fish are much easier to catch than the big salmon etc. Also fishing teaches a child how to listen..By listening to others who have mastered fishing, they are able to learn. In life you learn by listening to others. Fishing can also teach someone how to handle disappointment. There are many times you go out there and no matter how hard you try..you just can't/don't catch that fish. It can be really disappointing after you were so excited to go there.

And above all of those things that fishing teaches ..it has taught me as a parent how important it is to spend quality time with your children.

Until next time,
Tas

Welcome To Tassy's Corner

Welcome to Tassy's Corner. This is going to me my little corner of the world to share what's on my mind. It could be on a wide variety of subjects. Music, Kids, politics, sports..You name it I'll probably have an idea or thought about it. I am of Greek ancestry..so you might also hear some stories about growing up Greek.