During my practicum we had two cultural presentations that involved music that the whole school participated in. Michael Mitchell (who I refered to earlier because I liked his Canada In My Pocket song) came into the school and performed some of his songs for the students. All the children really seemed to enjoy the performance and most knew a lot of the words already. Even the grade 7s were involved and singing along. The same was true for the HOJA group that came into the school. The HOJA group consisted of three members and no musical instruments. One member mainly provided the beat while the other two did the vocals. I thought that they did a great job and the students also really enjoyed it. The group used a lot of familiar songs as well as some more recent songs that the students would really relate to. I thought that having these guys in was a great idea becuase they provide the students with role models in the arts. The group members were all young adults (20s) and it showed the students that they could be successful if they practice and have a passion for music and the performing arts.
I also loved when the one group member serunaded Sarah C! It was very entertaining ;)
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HOJA came to my school (Westwood) one MOnday morning. It was a great way to start the school week although, not surprisingly given that they are very energetic and upbeat entertainers, an early recess was called by the principal to get all the energy used up. They left three CDs at the school, and these were used to great advantage during DPA.
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