If you said, "My Way, Frank Sinatra, 1969," you get 100 bonus points. If you said, "Lyrics written by Paul Anka," you get 500 additional bonus points.
We are gearing up to head to school today. No scooter riding. Today is the school competition for the Gravity Cruisers; Joan will be the official score keeper/tallier, I have been tasked with getting the teams ready for the starting line. The GM guys will be measuring and officiating.
In the past, the kids have been fired up for this; expecting more of the same this year. The competition and awards presentation will likely last until school is out. Then, the anticipation of seeing who did, and didn't, practice for the guitar class.
Updates later.
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And, they're off! Some faster and further than others. The top 8 teams get to compete in the finals (2 from each class). The crowd is fired up...
The cars are ready...
Let the competition begin.
In the end, a team from Steph's class took top honors...
I could say it was probably because of the excellent volunteer coaching they had. But, I'd only be saying that because it's true. ;-)
Since the kids weren't hyped up enough, there were cupcakes and juice for the celebration...
And, a folder with about 50 or 60 thank yous for Joan and me, from Steph's classes...
After school, another guitar lesson. Apparent that only one kid actually practiced. So, we went over how to tune a guitar (again) and practiced playing some chords (again). And played part of one song (again). For most of them, this class time is the only time they pick up their guitar. It hit me that maybe they don't know how to practice... "Play this "e" chord, then switch to an "a" chord. Let's do it again. And, again. Do you feel it is coming together any faster? Good, now strum faster. And switch. And switch. This is how you practice!"
"Tired of playing these two chords? Let's throw a "d" chord in there! Listen: we're making music!"
Or, noise. There's a lot of noise. 😁
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