Its Friday my new blog day. Yeah! Here's the treasure I've unearthed this week...
I don't often allow myself the opportunity to hang out with a room full of 15-18 year olds on a Saturday night, to be honest the memories of my own teenage years have left me too jaded. But earlier this year, Yasmin (the 16 year old apple of my eye) had participated in a programme called Kool Skools (yes that is the correct spelling, and yes it is a lame name).
It is a programme in which a variety of state schools support their musically talented year 10 students by allowing them to experience a week in a commercial recording studio laying down tracks. The aim is to produce a cd of original works by the end of the week.
Yasmin, as an art/media student, was invited to join this adventure into the hedonistic world of music production. Her job was to help design and produce the cd cover for the finished product. Needless to say she had a blast. She arrived home every night after a long day (8am-8pm) with that special glow that people who are living there passion often have.
So on Saturday night Bailey, Yasmin, a couple of her friends and I got to go along to the State Award Ceremony for the Kool Schools programme. Let me fess up here, given the choice, I would have stayed home and perfected my Homer Simpson but responsible parenting excluded that choice. All I can say is I'm so glad it did because those kids deserved all of us who attened and more as an audience.
There was so much courage and passion in that room that you couldn't help but coming down with a case of it. Each performer worked hard for their place on stage and the quality of the music and performances was something everyone of them could be proud of. As an adult I struggle to put myself out there, so it was an inspiration to be sitting in this room full of teenage talent watching what the future has in store for us.
It was the best reminder for me that the creative spirit of this world is as vibrant as it has always been. The future looks brillant.
Did you know? - Avra Kehdabra (which has been transformed into Abracadabra) is actually and old Aramaic phrase for "I will speak as I create".
I don't often allow myself the opportunity to hang out with a room full of 15-18 year olds on a Saturday night, to be honest the memories of my own teenage years have left me too jaded. But earlier this year, Yasmin (the 16 year old apple of my eye) had participated in a programme called Kool Skools (yes that is the correct spelling, and yes it is a lame name).
It is a programme in which a variety of state schools support their musically talented year 10 students by allowing them to experience a week in a commercial recording studio laying down tracks. The aim is to produce a cd of original works by the end of the week.
Yasmin, as an art/media student, was invited to join this adventure into the hedonistic world of music production. Her job was to help design and produce the cd cover for the finished product. Needless to say she had a blast. She arrived home every night after a long day (8am-8pm) with that special glow that people who are living there passion often have.
So on Saturday night Bailey, Yasmin, a couple of her friends and I got to go along to the State Award Ceremony for the Kool Schools programme. Let me fess up here, given the choice, I would have stayed home and perfected my Homer Simpson but responsible parenting excluded that choice. All I can say is I'm so glad it did because those kids deserved all of us who attened and more as an audience.
There was so much courage and passion in that room that you couldn't help but coming down with a case of it. Each performer worked hard for their place on stage and the quality of the music and performances was something everyone of them could be proud of. As an adult I struggle to put myself out there, so it was an inspiration to be sitting in this room full of teenage talent watching what the future has in store for us.
It was the best reminder for me that the creative spirit of this world is as vibrant as it has always been. The future looks brillant.
Did you know? - Avra Kehdabra (which has been transformed into Abracadabra) is actually and old Aramaic phrase for "I will speak as I create".
way to go Yasmin..brilliant women in this family!!! love ya,
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That was brilliant writing and not a whip in sight. Love your work. You know, you're a writer!
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