Good Stuff and Worries

Patti keeps saying I only post once a month. Well, here's another one, making about 5 this month....so there.

So, the budget was approved for me to do a weekly singalong at the Children's Museum. Yay! Now I just have to figure out scheduling. And possibly how to set up my speaker so that I don't have to be so careful about where I stand.

Had another Musicare demo last week, too - this one just for one big class instead of four smaller ones. It was just as lovely and fun as the first one, although bigger classes are always a challenge as far as control goes. So far, at both my demo sessions I've had the classroom teachers in the room, which helps. Although I have found that the teachers tend to micromanage a bit -

"Play the drum like this, Johnny."
"Susie, she said put your sticks this way."
"Quiet drums while we're passing them, Sammy."

Which is fine, and it does help me to maintain order. But being the worrywart that I am, I become self-conscious and wonder if they think I can't control the group on my own. And I can't exactly tell them that I'm giving the kids a minute or two to see what the group is doing and mirror it. I also worry that the teacher presence will become a crutch and I'll actually forget how to steer the ship on my own.

Then again, maybe they're thinking some of the same thing - guest in the room, gotta show that our kids behave.

Oh, well...gotta focus on the kids. If they're having fun, our grownup insecurities matter very little.