Last week we had some unexpected surprises. We started out
with a small group, two regular members and a new Japanese man, however after
awhile two other new people showed up. One is a Japanese man and the other is
an American woman. It was nice having a few new people! It seems each week is a
new adventure… Some regular people aren’t always able to make it, but then
sometimes new faces show up and that’s exciting!
Each week I realize more things about how I’m leading
Global Voices... Even though the main idea is to sing multicultural music, I
haven't implemented any multicultural music yet - only American peace songs. Oh
dear! So, I need to work on this, and get feedback from the members. Our German
member suggested we sing multicultural winter holiday songs when December
comes. This is a good idea. I'm realizing that we should do more lighthearted,
familiar songs more often - for fun - so it's not always about world peace and
other related topics, as that can get pretty heavy at times. And of course we
should be singing more than talking...I’m still working on this! :) We get into such neat
discussions about the lyrics and the meaning behind the songs etc., that I
sometimes don’t devote enough time to singing.
Last week we had a vocal warm-up time. I decided to
implement this to help us warm up our voices and avoid causing any damage to
our vocal chords while singing. This is a typical practice for most choirs.
Even though I don’t consider our group to be a formal “choir”, we are still a
singing group and it’s important to make sure we don’t cause our bodies’ any
physical harm.
My goal for this week’s meeting is to continue to focus on
more singing than talking, and to look for some multicultural songs for us to
sing, as well as more familiar, lighthearted songs.
I’d like to reiterate that this group does not belong to me –
it’s our
group – so I always welcome feedback and suggestions, as I
know you all have a lot to share about things I don’t know about! :) An important goal for
this group is to share our countries, languages, and cultures with each other
so that we can build a caring, supportive community and create greater
cross-cultural respect and understanding in our group and our local/global
community.
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