I grew up hearing my mother singing all the time. She would sing in the church choir, lead the junior choir at times, and sing solos too. She once told me that she used to sing on the radio but I haven't heard that complete story. As we started to get older, my sister became the SINGER of our household, heralding the most powerful high notes and being asked to sing around town. At times, our high school teacher would ask her to lead the choir so he could accompany us on piano. She was the star singer of our high school and went on to be a star singer at MUN School of Music in Newfoundland. Dayna was not just an accomplished singer, but a theorist and musician as well. One time, while we were both still living in Alberta, I witnessed her playing two trumpets at the same time - one playing the melody and the other playing the harmony. NOW THAT'S TALENT! Dayna has since gone on to teach private music lessons to young children, including her own 4 year old daughter. Gabrielle, my neice, can play the c-scale and find any "c" on the keyboard just by looking at the pattern of keys. And she is just FOUR years old. Apparently she has been heard singing the harmony to a couple of songs too. So it looks like my sister's musical abilities have been past down to yet another generation.
Perhaps you are wondering what happend to ME and my musical abilities. Maybe I was just not as interested in music as much my sister was. Maybe I just let other events get in my way of learning musical theory. Whatever the case, I now wish I had stuck with it. I wish I continued to play my flute after College or the piano after I was 11 years old. I wish I listened more at music camp when my teachers were trying so hard to pump musical theory into my brain. But most of all, I wish that I could have somewhere to sing. I have been involved in worship teams throughout my adult years, but I need more. I WANT more. One of my favorite past times when I lived in Calgary was going to karaoke nights. It was a place where I could sing and not be judged. That said, I guess I would never do well on American Idol because I would fear the rejection. I hope and pray that I can help Maya and Declan grow up to be confident people. And if they decide to use that confidence to embrace a musical career, I will be one proud mama.
And now I pass this musical torch on to my children with all the confidence that they will learn to love music as much as I do now.
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Tammy, Tammy, Tammy, why do you put yourself down so much? You are a BEAUTIFUL singer. I really mean that. You have blessed so many people with your singing. And if I'm not mistaken, didn't you get an award every year that you went to music camp? Besides that, you won the talent contest in High school and was picked as lead singer in some of the Etcetera productions AND church stuff. While I think that you should have continued on with your music, I also realize that you have sooooooooo many talents outside of music that other people wish they had. God has really blessed you. That's to say nothing of your BEAUTIFUL family. You are a gift from God. Don't forget that!
Love you lots! Mom
You are my mother, you are just bias. But seriously, I was hoping you would share your RADIO experience with us;)
It was just a one-time thing (well, kind of). I was only a teenager. Someone asked me to record some songs for a thing that used to be on radio at that time called "Hymns for everyone." People would write in to the radio station (no emails at that time)and request hymns to be played for other people. One of my solos was played a few times. I don't remember which one it was. I was considered a good singer in my day, but that was before music came into being - HA! And by the way, I am NOT BIAS. If I am, then there are a lot of other people who are bias too.
I would love to have half of your musical talent. I dream of playing the piano and wish I could sing. I so admire people with that abilty! Maybe I will hear you sing one day. Looking forward to meeting you. Do you mind if I share you blog with some of the other moms so they can get to know you? Kim
No problem! I have already read and added some MOPS moms as links on my page. Thanks for everything Kim.
Hi Tammy, I wanted to say thank you for visiting my blog and leaving such sweet comments. They are very much appreciated.
It sounds like you are an amazing mom who loves her children dearly. I will look forward to browsing through your posts to get to know you a little better. I wish there was room in our MOPS group for you to join...do come back next year!! I'll look forward to meeting you at Kim's house for the play date she has set up next week.
It sounds like we have children close in age with each other. My daughter was born in April '06 and my son was born 17 months later in September '07. It will be fun to have the kids play together.
Hope you continue to visit my blog and I will enjoy coming back to visit yours. See you next week!
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