Born to Groove | Applied groovology is a group effort! |
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Thank you, Charlie, Pat, Carl and all the others who have (or will) share and inspire us in the field of Applied Groovology! We are in our 6th year of working with public school teachers (some classroom teachers, some music teachers) in building small rhythm and dance ensembles in the south Puget Sound area. We have catalyzed over 25 of them, most performing in our community's springtime Procession of the Species, seen by 20,000 folk. We draw mainly upon Brazilian and Afro-Cuban rhythms and moves. This year we are going narrower and deeper, working with fewer schools (4), all of whom have been with us for several years. We hope to make a video that any teacher could use, from the point of view of our teachers. It will be our public school teachers basically demonstrating other would-be teachers watching the video, "This is what I do on day one" and go through about 6 sessions, in the classrooms, with their kids. If we can pull this off, we would love to offer it to Born to Groove's tool box for applied groovologists! Can you veterans of Applied Groovology think of particular questions you'd like us to think about? Again, thanks so much for adding cheer and sustenance to all of us who know this is important. Becky Liebman, Olympia, WA |
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Hi Becky, and thanks for jumping in with a report. I wonder if there is way to update your Ch. 48 from time to time, evaluate each "season" of what goes on leading up to the Species parade. The video tool sounds like it would be excellent for helping other teachers, other schools. Maybe we can find a way to keep a raw footage archive of your 4 school effort this year, and then a polished or edited "How to" to an ensemble in 6 or 7 or 8 or however many sessions. Question that might guide making videos, especially making an edited video that shows teachers how to solve problems that arise: What are some strategies for keeping the most children fully involved without muddying up the "groove"? For example, I try to put very uncertain, or uneven, drummers into the singing or dancing roles more of the time, keep them away from loud bells or hi-frequency instruments that can most quickly damage or destroy a groove. Any other tricks of the trade? that we can highlight or pass along to people? |
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Hi Becky, Pat, Carl, Bill Benzen, Dick Blau, et all i think i'm getting back into the BTG groove, now that I have an uptodate computer that lets me look at all the double dutchers and twinkle stars, messages that came in a year ago. Thanks for participating! Still trying to figure out how to get into the flow of the BTG website. |