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School of Rock for First Grade

Posted by Bad Finger (Eric) on June 18, 2012 at 10:12am

9353786079?profile=originalMy daughter's first grade teacher invited me in this afternoon to play the guitars I've made and a couple that my daughter has helped put together.

I suggested that I have a couple acoustics, but the kids might like it better if I brought an amplifier with me.  Heh, heh. The teacher agreed. . .

Let's see how it goes.  Cold Cereal Blues is getting it's Bad Finger CBG debut on the lawn at the elementary school today.

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  • Bad Finger (Eric) June 20, 2012 at 9:33am

    The kids having a great time was more than enough for it to be worthwhile.  The note from the teacher sent it over the top for me.  What a great time and I'm happy it was appreciated by all.

    I got my first round of applause and performed a couple verses of Cold Cereal Blues.  Fun, fun, fun.

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague June 20, 2012 at 6:44am
    Bad,

    That kind of feedback is what makes it all worthwhile. Good on yer.
  • Bad Finger (Eric) June 18, 2012 at 8:26pm
    Thanks Uncle John.

    Today was also camp out day so I went in early to set up our big tent for the class.

    I got this nice note from the teacher:

    Thank you very, very much for everything you did today. The kids LOVED the tent and sharing your guitars was a special added bonus for us all. You may have just lit a flame under a budding musician. You have touched their lives and for that I am extremely grateful.

    Thank you for helping to make one of our last days together as a class memorable.
  • Uncle John June 18, 2012 at 6:00pm

    This is cool as a two headed cat.  Good on you, Mr. ED.

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague June 18, 2012 at 4:46pm
    Dulci-jos. Easier to build. Ask the class to each bring in their own clean tin can
  • Bad Finger (Eric) June 18, 2012 at 4:41pm

    The teachers all freaked out when I let the guitars get passed around at the end.  I could have cared less if they came back as a combination of matchsticks and toothpicks.  I'm still singing a happy tune in my head.

    The music teacher couldn't make it due to a class scheduled at the same time, but she wants to do dulcimer music with her 5th graders next year.   So I guess I'm going to have to learn how to build a dulcimer or dozen.  I bet we could make a quick build demo by having pre-strung necks and boxes and just compare the sound of the stick alone then screwed down to the box.

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague June 18, 2012 at 4:37pm
    Way to go, Bad! Keepin' it real in school...did the same thing with 5th grade class a few years ago. It is truly a lot of fun. Your daughter just made a fantastic memory.
  • South Paw,Davey June 18, 2012 at 1:17pm

    A new genertion.Thats cool ;-)

  • Bad Finger (Eric) June 18, 2012 at 12:48pm

    Just got back.  That was freakin' awesome.  We ended the session with a 10 minute kid-made blues song.  I played a riff then picked a kid to stand up and give it a line.  Another riff and another line.  That was great and everyone had a bunch of fun.

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague June 18, 2012 at 11:44am
    Yer right, that would not play well at home. Hmmm. A custom Skewl of Rawk for teach would be better.

    Does she look anything like this (scroll about halfway down, just below Jerry Seinfeld)?:

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2845143/posts
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