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My older sister was the 'Thinker' so I got stuck being the 'Stinker'. Example: My sister took piano lessons(then went on to play the organ at church) ~ me.......I hid in the cherry tree so I didn't have to go to piano lessons. My dear Mom went to my piano recital and was rather upset that I didn't show :)
 
I did a bit of hiding when I was taking trumpet lessons too, but I wound up in the band anyway. I have felt bad about the way I did that though. The teacher was the high school band director and he was really pretty good to me. I found out years later about something that I really admire about him. I was not have been in the band that year, but it was during the early years of WW2. The family next door to us had two sons in the marine corps. One of them (Jack) was one of the defenders on Midway Island during the Battle of Midway. Jack was home on leave and it was football season. He came to the football game and during the halftime band show, Mr. DeOrville stopped the band in front of the bleachers and had Jack stand up. He then led the band in playing the Marine's Hymn. The rest of the people all stood up and cheered after the playing. The Battle of Midway was the turning point of the war and Japan lost 4 aircraft carriers in that battle and were never again on the offensive for the rest of the war. We lost a carrier too in that battle, but the Saratoga was already pretty beaten up in the Battle of the Solomon Islands. Maybe it was the Lexington, I'm not sure now.
 
What a sweet story, Randy. When speaking abuot your trumpet lessons....I didn't WANT to know how to play the piano....I just wanted to sing. I have no guilt. Parenting is a tough job but really....let your kids show you what they are good at. A square peg really does not fit into a round hole. We may try but then there are the triangles and the rectangles....... :) I do believe music is the universal language ~ Curbie
 


Our son said he wanted to learn ow to play the piano, but when he found out he had to practice, he didn't like it anymore. The two daughters stuck with it though and did pretty well. Fiona also went on and learned how to play the flute and Chrissie (older daughter) also learned how to play the guitar.
 
I had a friend (who died at an early age) who could pick up ANY stringed instrument and play it ~ never had a lesson in his life and could not read music. Amazing the gifts some have ~ Curb
 
Our David is a drummer and he has dabbled with playing the guitar, but didn't dabble long enough to get good at it. But he is an excellent drummer and picks up a few extra bucks giving drum lessons. But he decided several years back that he wanted to learn how to play the keyboard and he has done it and he does quite well with it.
 
Although Christmas gifts will be scarce, I ordered my husband (who I am trying to teach how to sing) a PlaySkool keyboard. I swear he cannot hear in his head, what he is trying to sing. If it keeps us busy in the car driving to Pittsburgh all the time, he will practice. I can see it all now,"Can I listen to a football game?" Lecture will follow.....) ~ :)
 
Poor guy! I used to believe that a person could do anything they set their minds to do as long as they were willing to do wahat was necessary to learn. But I changed my mind about 30 or 35 years ago when I tried to teach a young fellow some basic physics (refrigeration). I am still convinced that most people can do anything they set their mind to do if they are willing to give it all they've got. But I have heard some singers that I would not encourage.
 
I truly do believe he COULD sing but I agree ~ some people just aren't meant to sing (or hum or whistle). I always know when hubby is angry~ he tries to whistle. One of my best friends when teaching could whistle like a pro. It was always a plesaure to hear Ray whistling down the hallway. He passed along about 20 years ago from cancer. ~ Curb
 
Randy said:
But I have heard some singers that I would not encourage.
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like the saying goes.."You can tune a piano..but you can't tuna fish"! :D

I have met people through out my life who swore they could sing like an angel...
but they couldn't carry a tune in a 55 gallon trash can!! :rolleyes:
 


I'll have to remember that one. We are around singers quite a bit, but for the most part, they are really good. My wife tells me I had a good voice, but I always looked upon my voice as mediocre but adequate for chorus work. Past throat surgery though pretty well ended that even.
 
I don't know how Randy's singing is.. but his wife is awesome. Thanks again for the CD Randy.
 
We all have our .....oh no...assets... some folks really like to be competitive but a voice is something that those of us who have the ability to sing, simply entertain ourselves. I love to whistle too. How nice that Fiona has such a lovely voice and I hope she continues to sing for many years ~ :) Curb
 
You are welcome, Gloria. She mentioned to me just a few days ago that she wants me to put all of her old records on to CD's. I have done some of them, but I missed some of them. Those records are some of her early songs before I met her.
 
I put a CD together several years ago with some of my favorite Christmas music on it and I think that is the one I sent to Gloria. I believe the one MF was singing on that particular CD was "I Wonder As I Wander". I have been working on another disc but I need to finish it. It will play on our DVD player in our bedroom and I can load the disc with MP3 files and put a lot of music on it. I think it amounts to about 4 or 5 hours. I have so much of the old Christmas music though from records that we bought many years ago and I have made digital files for all of them. I have mentioned before, but I have about 130 gigabytes of music of many kinds.
 
That last post didn't really answer your question though, did it? How about I send you a disc and you can hear what she sounded like. I have another disc that I made from a tape of a recital she gave quite a few years back where she also sang at least one aria from the opera "Madame Butterfly". It's a classic and the name of the aria is "Un Bel Di" or in English, it is "One Fine Day". It is the aria Butterfly sang about Lt. Pinkerton returning to Japan 'one fine day'. The term 'butterfly' is still used extensively to describe a man that leaves his love for another, and this opera is the origin of that.
 


Now see, I was reading that and got confused with the titl b/c I know "Oh Happy Day" but I do know "One Fine Day" but clearly not from an opera. I bought a car from this salesman (and I would not test drive it so he got in the car to drive it) and he began to tell me all the features of the car. I said,"James, turn on the radio." but ma'am, you should learn about..see the steering wheel..and see there's this feature and...... "JAMES PRUDE! YOU turn on the RADIO and >>>>> I <<<<< will tell you if I BUY THIS CAR" but ma'am...i need to tell you something. once i turn on the radio, we will drive for a VERY long time b/c i used to be a drummer and travelled the country and music is the heartbeat of a human. James and I rode for quite a while, singing and playing the steering wheel~ I didn't care how the car handled etc but we talked music and had a great time. Yes, I bought the Jeep. My husband said,"you did WOT???" but see....James and I had a great time.
I send James CD's all the time. There is more to life than meets the eye. :p
 
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