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This week’s adventures have been plentiful – the last few weeks of school are very busy with my husband’s job, field trips, award assemblies, etc – plus my daughter and I are going to be in another community theater play in July. We auditioned for “A Little Princess” through one of the local community theaters and I got the part of the mean and nasty Miss Minchin – my daughter will be one of the Pupils (Ermengarde). We laugh because we’re both playing opposites – my character is mean to little girls and my daughter’s character hates to read and is horrible at spelling. My daughter took 3rd place in the county spelling bee! Seriously, though, another adventure we started this week was voice lessons. My daughter is very musical (wonder where she gets that?) and she’s been singing in the choir I direct at church. She has good tone and an ear for pitch..she also has a 2 octave range! She’s thought about playing the violin (like me), but I can attest that it is not a skeleton-friendly instrument. When we went to do our week with the Schroth therapists in Wisconsin, she said that one way to prepare a younger child for Schroth is to encourage them to play wind instruments. Of all the instruments I’ve played, I’ve never played ANY wind instruments – Except for the wind instrument that is always handy – the voice! Since I know a wonderful voice instructor in the area, I proposed the idea to my daughter and she loved it – her first song selection will, of course, be by Taylor Swift. During her first lesson we learned about the anatomy of the windpipe and vocal chords, she spent time thinking about and discussing proper posture, and started breathing techniques. All of this was masked as FUN! So, I’m really excited about her being able to partake in an educational, fun, and Scoliosis-friendly activity like this. And, sitting in on the lessons is educational for me, too. I would encourage everyone out there to take a minute to think of how you can bring the fine arts into your already hectic lives – not only does music build mathematics competency, but there may be physical benefits that you’ve never considered! Plus, singing a great song just makes you happy! Have fun singing this week.

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