First Performance...

pektel · 06-06-2014, 12:05 PM

My oldest son got his wish on the last day of kindergarten this year. He's been asking me to come in to play/sing with him in front of his class.

I have TERRIBLE stage fright, so I figured a room full of kindergarteners is a great place to start. Alex (my son) did a short intro on what an ukulele is, how to say it properly, where it comes from, etc.

The kid is a natural performer. He's never been to a show before, but he somehow instinctively knew to get the audience involved. So by the last chorus, he had his whole class singing along!

We played 2 songs: Old Crow Medicine Show's "Wagon Wheel" and Tom Petty's "Free Fallin". We had a blast. As you can tell from the silly "proud parent" grin on my face in both pictures.

kelmac07 · 06-06-2014, 12:07 PM

Cool stuff Peter...thanks for sharing.

Good choice in songs for crowd participation.

bonjing · 06-06-2014, 12:12 PM

That's cool!

Where's the video?

Steve · 06-06-2014, 12:20 PM

Cool!

shark · 06-06-2014, 12:35 PM

Awesome!

According to the Hawaiian language, that's pronounced "oo-ke-le-le", not "yook-eh-le-le."

pektel · 06-06-2014, 12:40 PM

Yessir. That's what he taught his class.

Greg- The teacher's phone battery died after she snapped those 2 photos. I was hoping for video too. I'm going to make one at home soon.

pnoon · 06-06-2014, 12:42 PM

jjirons69 · 06-06-2014, 01:07 PM

That's very cool!

Now I have the "Wagon Wheel" earworm...

markem · 06-06-2014, 01:10 PM

Very cool. Glad you enjoyed yourself. Looks like all the kids did as well!

Dave128 · 06-06-2014, 01:51 PM

Very nice!

pektel · 06-06-2014, 03:26 PM

Thanks, gents. Mark, the kids had a GREAT time. I had also brought in a small hand drum, which another student played while we performed. He did a great job matching the dynamics of the songs too.

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pektel I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Jul 2010 First Name: Peter Location: Grand Rapids, MN Posts: 4,320 Trading: (28)	Re: First Performance... Thanks, gents. Mark, the kids had a GREAT time. I had also brought in a small hand drum, which another student played while we performed. He did a great job matching the dynamics of the songs too. __________________ The problem is not the problem. The problem is your ATTITUDE about the problem. Last edited by pektel; 06-06-2014 at 03:36 PM.