Friday, September 25, 2015

Tiny Starman


My Little fella, Joe, performed with his prep class at ACMI last weekend as part of the David Bowie exhibition performances.


His wonderful prep teacher Emma (that's her above) is one of those extra special teachers who not only imparts wisdom but who also imbues her classroom with a magical atmosphere. She is a huge Bowie fan and has taught the children to sing "Starman" 

Melbourne is awash with Bowie fever right now and it was HUGE for the prep kids to be part of such an amazing event. They arrived early Saturday morning for face painting ...
 and posing ....

and warming up...
 
And then they were on!
 

Joe had a special part. He played the lead break on the melodica. Too cute.


After the song there was a game of Bowie musical statues to "Golden Years"! BEST BOWIE DAY EVER!

ALL PHOTOS BY SAMARA CLIFFORD PHOTOGRAPHY


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7 comments:

  1. MelanieSeptember 26, 2015 at 3:57 AM

    AWESOME event!! This post really put a smile on my face - best way to start off my day. Thank you! And thank you to Emma for being such a cool teacher. Joe looks like a rock star in the making.

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    1. sister outlawsSeptember 26, 2015 at 8:21 AM

      I love that the kids appreciate Bowie in all his glam rock! There's a few rock stars in the making in that class Melanie but I was proud he taught himself the riff on the piano. Not bad for 6 years old.

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  2. KylieSeptember 27, 2015 at 3:00 PM

    Wish I could motivate the teachers I work with to do something like this! Our theme this term was insects - my plan for the kids to sing Jonathon Richman's I'm Nature's Mosquito fell on deaf ears - instead they sang The Ants Go Marching and Here Is The Beehive, Where Are The Bees...seriously BORING!!!
    On another note dear J, are you frocking up this year?

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    1. sister outlawsSeptember 27, 2015 at 7:10 PM

      Those teachers are living in the dark ages Kylie. They should hand over all decisions to YOU! Don't think I will frock up this year. Too much other stuff on my plate....but might have a few fundraising EVENTS instead.

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    2. KylieSeptember 27, 2015 at 7:49 PM

      Oh that's a shame J, but I totally get it.
      On school hols now so I've got time to post that little thingy I mentioned a while ago - sorry for the delay.
      (I was actually embarrassed about the above - it was just so lame)
      Take care x

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  3. Richard Morden illustrationOctober 1, 2015 at 2:28 PM

    Look at all those young dudes having fun. And what a cool song for them all to be singing. Let all the children boogie!

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    1. sister outlawsOctober 1, 2015 at 2:43 PM

      I know! I'm sure it was a melodica Bowie was thinking of when he wrote "Let the children use it Let all the children boogie"

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