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I Believe, in Music and In Life

April 28, 2013 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Music has played an important part in my life and I have been blessed that my children have participated and enjoyed their scholastic music careers. My son sang at Carnegie Hall in New York City, and both he and my daughter have participated in numerous honor choirs across the state.

With each experience comes an increased appreciation for music and how it impacts their life. Each clinician and conductor teaches the students an improved breathing technique, a new warm up routine, or even how posture and carriage affects the sound and tone.

Choir Concert and Competition

My life as a choir and band Mom is ending with the close of my daughters senior year in high school. Last week was the Nebraska district music contests across the state and I made the trek down to Nebraska City to listen to the band and choir perform. I have been honored to be a part of a program where 75% of the students participate in either band, choir, or both. What other high school can make that claim? I’d challenge any school in the country.

The first song the choir sang at the District Music contest was Ani Ma’amin and although the students could say it and sing it they couldn’t spell the title.  They could tell me it was a Jewish Hebrew song sung during the Holocaust. During the warm up director Betty Colbert recited the translation before they started. What a great way to teach multiculturalism, and history.

English Translation: 

“I believe with complete faith in the coming of the Messiah, and, though he may tarry, I wait daily for his coming.”

Hebrew:

“Ani Ma’amin be’emunah shlaima bevias haMoshiach, ve’af al pi sheyismame’ach im kol zeh achake lo b’chol yom sheyavo. Ani Ma’amin.”

It is not unusual for our choir selections to be religious or in another language, but I had not heard Hebrew before and the history of this song interested me. Ani Ma’amin is a song created and sung in the horrors of a cattle car full of Jewish prisoners. In one boxcar the sound of singing could be heard and it spread throughout the whole train.

The history of this song is stirring, inspirational, a song of faith and hope. From the Chabad.org website I learned the full story and it’s worth a visit.

I am partial to the choir, only because I sang in choir in high school and was the piano accompanist for several years, but I will post  the band performance later this week.

The day was especially moving for the seniors who will be graduating in just a few weeks. Their graduating class is only 32 students and in this small community most have been together since preschool. Out of the eleven students below eight of them started in preschool together. At this point it’s almost their whole lifetime.

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Filed Under: Family, Small Town Living Tagged With: Ani Ma'amin, Carnegie Hall, choir, chorus, culture, entertainment, Hebrew language, history, Holocaust, multiculturalism, music, Nebraska, Nebraska City, singing, video, World War II, WWII

Jazz Hipster

March 28, 2013 by info@3QuartersToday.com

I’ve been brought into the world of Jazz, smooth jazz that is by Steve Raybine. Steve is a very accomplished musicians in many areas and has recorded two albums on Chrysalis Records which are played in over 150 radio stations world wide. He has played with the jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, and Michael Feinstein and his resume and accomplishments are just too numerous to list here.

Here are just a few of his singles and CD’s available for purchase on Amazon, click on any of the links and get a musical preview before your purchase.

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Coffee and Jazz- music single to downloadCoffee and Jazz- music single to downloadStep It Up- Jazz single by Steve RaybineStep It Up- Jazz single by Steve RaybineStormy Jazz single featuring. Jeff Scheffler, Steve Gomez, Joey Gulizia, Elaine Stoner & Anthony TurnerStormy Jazz single featuring. Jeff Scheffler, Steve Gomez, Joey Gulizia, Elaine Stoner & Anthony TurnerBad Kat Karma JAzz Music single by Steve Raybine (2005) Audio CDBad Kat Karma JAzz Music single by Steve Raybine (2005) Audio CDBalance Act- jazz single by composer Steve RaybineBalance Act- jazz single by composer Steve RaybineSugar by Jazz musician Steve RaybineSugar by Jazz musician Steve Raybine

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If you are a musician, a music teacher, or a lover of jazz, head over to Steve’s website, it’s packed with all kinds of information on practicing, and teaching tips. Guarantee if you are a student of music you will spend hours reading.Original digital art created by Steve Raybine, d/b/a SAR MUSIC, LLC. Director of Musical Arts, Performer, Composer, Instructor, and Artist in Omaha NebraskaSteve has now branched off  and is now creating digital art in coordination to his musical art. Just like his music, the art ranges from abstract, to surreal,  provocative, and just down right “groovy”.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Steve at Hamilton Color Lab and printing over 100 different pieces of his digital art. On a personal level we have been creating a video to an upcoming jazz piece.  Can’t give any more information than that yet, but I promise an update when the sneak peak is released.

The “Jazz Hipster” was created by Steve Raybine and and and available for sale as signed  8×10 photographic print, matted to  an 11×14″ frame.

 

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Day 288-290: High School Football

November 10, 2011 by info@3QuartersToday.com

High school football, the central point of every fall Friday night in a small town. It’s the center of the social scene, the place to be seen and to see people and watch some football. Elmwood-Murdock high school has been conference district champions for the past 13 years and make the state playoffs every year I can remember.

Nebraska, High school football
Nebraska, High school football, obviously doesn't want me to take his picture
Class C2, Nebraska Football
Class C2, Nebraska Football
High School Football Cheerleaders
High School Football Cheerleaders

Filed Under: Project 365, Small Town Living Tagged With: 365project, cheerleaders, Elmwood-Murdock, entertainment, fall, football, high school, Nebraska, project365, rural town, small town, sports, tradition

Day, “Who Knows What”, of My 365 Project???

October 25, 2011 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Ok, I’m officially lost. I took pictures throughout my absence from this project, but for the life of me I’m sure I can’t figure out what number is which. All I know is I should be on Day 329 and I left off on Day 243 with a few in between thrown in for good measure.  That means I’m 86 days behind. Which in reality I’m not going to be able to make up. So I’m going to post my photos in groups and maybe number them.

Enjoy catching up with my life the past few months.

Here are a few snapshots of August.

Welcome Home sign greeted me on my return from Connecticut
Welcome Home!
Cass County Fair, Nebraska
Cattle in all the Colors of the rainbow at the Cass County Fair, Weeping Water Nebraska.
Pig Dog at the Fair, Super Friendly pig, loved him
Super friendly pig at the Cass County Fair, Nebraska. He acted just like a dog and loved the attention, even rolled onto his back and woofed like a dog.
Cass County Fair, Nebraska
Midway at night, Cass County Fair, Weeping Water, Nebraska

Now I’m four less behind, how many more left to go? I’m trying…but might not make it.

Filed Under: Project 365, Small Town Living Tagged With: 365project, 4-H, Cass County, cattle, country, county fair, cows, Elmwood-Murdock, entertainment, fair, ferris wheels, livestock, Nebraska, Photography, rural, show cows, summer, sunset

Bohemian Rhapsody, Glee Style

May 11, 2011 by info@3QuartersToday.com

Bohemiam Rhapsody Glee style
Bohemian Rhapsody Glee style

The television show Glee has made show choirs popular and during last weeks Elmwood-Murdock spring concert the high school choir broke away from their traditional style of robes to give us a Glee or show choir rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.

I talked to Mrs. Colbert, the vocal director, on what prompted her to try this and she actually had to be convinced by her friend Noelle, who is a choreographer at The Lofte Theatre.   Noelle had a goal to do such a project and was very convincing.

The students really wanted to sing Bohemian Rhapsody and had been requesting it for several years. The song was a reward for a good years work, yet Mrs. Colbert wasn’t convinced if the students would embrace dancing and adding movements. Remember, no one auditioned or signed up for a “show choir” and these students represent about 50% of the student body population.

Show choirs normally are not this big, and with the various personalities in such a big group there might be some ruffled feathers. There was, but their choir director diffused and redirected to create an overall positive attitude that thoroughly impressed.

This was the last concert for the seniors and they really went out with a bang.

To watch and listen to this choir that earned superiors at  districts visit my YouTube Channel

Filed Under: Project 365, Small Town Living Tagged With: choir, Elmwood-Murdock, entertainment, music, Nebraska, singing, videos

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