Good Beginnings....

The kickoff for Make Me an Instrument was Wednesday night, January 23. Wow!! Seventeen young and eager future musicians joined seven teachers for a few minutes of get-to-know-you, get-to-know-your-instrument, and have-some-fun-with-music. As expected, a few bugs need to be worked out, but overall, the night was a success!

This blog is for kids and parents to read and comment and ask questions about Make Me an Instrument. Feel free to offer your suggestions. The goal of this 9-week adventure is to start kids on a worship journey....enjoying music, making friends who enjoy music, gaining confidence in their abilities to make music, and eventually becoming an instrument of worship to our Heavenly Father.

Changes for next week:
* We are going to move the 4 guitar groups into their own areas...using the small upstairs nursery, the HS Youth room, and a preschool room downstairs. This should help alleviate the noise distractions in the auditorium.
* Guitars: Try to come at least 10 minutes early to get tuned up. Tuning took a long time last night....so if we can do that first, then we can start on time at 6.
* If you have a "toy guitar," and you are sure you will stick with this process, you may want to consider buying a better one. The toy guitars don't really stay in tune and the sound production is limited. If you do not want to spend the money, that's ok......we will work with what we have knowing our limitations.
* Next week, we will have a familiar song to work toward. ...not sure which one yet....something using G, C, D...open to suggestions.

If parents or kids want to make comments or ask questions, just click on the word "comments" below on the right. This is our first experience with something like this, so we are all learning together. Oh, and DON'T FORGET TO PRACTICE....even if it's just a few minutes each day. Get that instrument out and play everything you practiced on Wednesday night. Our prayer is that God will BLESS YOU for it!