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Hi everyone,
Thanks so much for your hard work last Tuesday! I certainly have been keeping your noses to the grindstone lately, but you must know I'm going to work us hard (is that a proper phrase?) as we increase our knowledge of this music so that we'll be in a position to enjoy ourselves and not panic once we turn the calendar to April.
Coincidentally, two new portions we'll be looking at next Tuesday will both ultimately pop along pretty fast! We will certainly learn them at a snail's pace, though, so don't worry.
Might I suggest that you spend some time between now and Tuesday, reading over the following passages?
Stories, pp. 53–61, in a rollicking sailor style. It's the Dad's recollection, and along the way you can see that you'll have some weary responses because you've heard that story a million times. Then read your own material pp. 59–61. We'll also revisit the material we worked on last week: letters H to L, and C through F, working especially hard on the bizarre key change when the mother drives up onto the sidewalk.
"We Beheld," p.8, m. 42. Read your own parts very slowly but with ominous energy. Make a stab at the words! You'll be mostly right. That section goes all the way to p. 15, m. 87, repeating all the way. Of course you'll want to indicate your part with arrows—there's a lot going on, on each page. Don't panic...we've got lots of time to absorb and enjoy this part.
On Tuesday we'll also work on "Alway Something Sings," so you might want to take a look at it.
That's all for now—see you on Valentine's Day!
Solveig
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