Wednesday, November 15, 2006
mercer foundation speeding
Thanks to technorati, I discovered that the proprietess of Suitable for Mixed Company read and wrote about my first post on speeding and about the Johnny Mercer Foundation and its Accentuate the Positive project. I'm gratified to know that others have similar ideas but do also want to emphasize that speeding will never be platitudinous or sugary. If it starts to be, please someone slap me hard (verbally). Anyway, the main goal of the Foundation is
"to initiate a series of dynamic new fun, hands-on educational programs designed to introduce the songs of Mercer, and Berlin, and Gershwin, and Ellington and all our great American songwriters to our children quick, before their ears change"
which is an awesome and extremely speed-worthy goal. (I hope DevraDoWrite knows about this Foundation. It's right up her alley.) There was an "Accentuate the Positive" weekend last spring during which schoolchildren sang and danced by way of presenting the Great American Songbook. The site has a database of songs, a 'jukebox' with which to listen, and all kinds of other information. Pretty darn speedful!

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Blogger Kathryn Judson — at 12:05 AM, November 17, 2006:
Thanks for the link. Upon rereading my post at Suitable For Mixed Company I can see where it might be read as at least semi-snarky, but I assure you it wasn't meant to be. I just read your post and that doggone song came to mind and wouldn't go away, even though I knew it wasn't quite right for the occasion. Sorry about that. I didn't mean to equate speeding with platitudinous or sugary (which the song certainly is!).

On the plus side, that crazy song did lead me to find out about people who are teaching Irving Berlin songs, etc., to kids. I love that.
 

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