So much of what I do in a day is making students feel welcome and appreciated. One thing I sorely lacked in over the years was birthdays. I never remembered them, and I never had something ready. I am now very honest with my students that I want to honour them and their birth (which is weird when you say it like that), and yet I forget, and need to do something. When I am told it is someone's birthday we usually sing "Happy Birthday" and it often sounds terrible. I got tired of that quick, so what I have started doing is singing a "version" of Happy Birthday to them in a genre. Any genre of their choosing. So far to date I have don't Elvis, the Biebs, Heavy Metal Opera, Country, and today was Gregorian Chant. I did videotape it, and no you do not get to see it. Not because I am embarassed (I am totes proud of my awesome pipes), BUT it has student names and faces, and I don't feel comfortable with that, but you can just imagine how awesome I am. Just think Boccelli meets Bon Jovi. You got it!
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