I don't think I mentioned it, but about 2 weeks ago, Noodle came home with a note from her Japanese Culture teacher. It was a call-out for any 3rd-6th grader to audition for a "temporary" choir for a special event. The kids were offered the opportunity to participate in recording a CD of 2 songs written by a famous Japanese jazz musician, Sadao Watanabe, for the 2005 World Exposition, to be held in Aichi, Japan. Those who made it would have 2 weeks to prepare for the recording session and would have to practice for almost 2 hours every day after school.
Well, she tried out, she made it (along with 23 other kids) and today we rode a school bus for the 2-hour trip up to Tokyo to record the songs. They were AWESOME! It's an incredibly difficult song, almost entirely made up of impossibly high notes. They recorded a slow version and an up-tempo version.
Getting ready ...
There were 8 of us moms there, and they let us watch the recording of the slower-tempo version through a sound-proof window. About half-way through the 2nd take, another mom looked over to me and said, "Is Mackenzie ok?" She looked like she was about to cry. It was really hot in there, she's exhausted by her Brownie, and singing, and ballet schedules, and she's been fighting a cold for a while, but she looked way worse then she should have, even considering all that. Then, after the 3rd take, the Japanese Culture teacher (who's been the temporary choir director) ran over to her and pulled her out of there just in the nick of time. She was about to faint. Poor thing. She started crying and crawled up on my lap. No one ever told her not to lock up her knees. So they did the 4th take sans-Noodle, while she and I rested outside in the cool breeze for a bit. We got a rice-ball and a juice, I gave her the scoop on the knee-locking-up-situation, and I made a deal with her: If she went back in there and recorded the up-tempo song, then she could skip CCD (Catholic Religious Ed) tomorrow AND, I'd take her to buy doughnuts.
WHO says bribery is not a good parenting tool???
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