- Peter Hiett
As the celebration of Catholic Schools' Week continued today, we had the opportunity to attend a performance held at school by three incredibly talented musicians skilled in the art of drumming. They played drum sets, but they also played drums from around the world, including Brazil, Western Africa, Northern Europe, New Orleans, and the Caribbean. (Some of the students even played some additional percussion instruments in a conga line!)
The greatest thing about it - for me, at least - was that the music and rhythms spoke right to my heart. I honestly can't even express how I felt. It was so uplifting - such a great middle of the day (on a Wednesday!) activity. I could have listened all day without becoming bored. Seriously.
As we conga-lined back to class, it hit me how hard it was going to be for the students to refocus after such an activity - especially for math. But, they managed to pull it together, and we learned all about graphs (and counted a bunch of change they brought in for the Pennies for Patients project - that's another story) before lunch.
So wonderful. So beautiful. I am still in awe. Music is amazing - it is beyond words yet it touches into the depths of our souls.
Wow.
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