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She came up to me after class and said. "I'm sorry I couldn't stay awake, but I was up all night last night with our cow who was having a hard time delivering a tiny calf." No problem. Mother and daughter are doing well.

The next day, a class was brain-storming rhymes for the word 'tell.' Someone said, 'Mel,' and a boy -- previously unengaged -- pipes up, "That's the name of my cow!"

Nice to work where the farm still rules!]]> http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/cows_trump_songwriting Sun, 13 May 2012 07:19:31 -0700 - David Archibald - Blog http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/titanic_in_milford http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/titanic_in_milford Sun, 01 Apr 2012 08:59:21 -0700 - David Archibald - Blog http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/terrace_bay_song__video http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/terrace_bay_song__video Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:02:39 -0700 - David Archibald - Blog http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/were_both_david_archibald
If anyone came to the performance expecting an academic lecture on global warming, they would have been surprised to see me tearing around singing on roller blades.]]> http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/were_both_david_archibald Sun, 01 May 2011 12:27:59 -0700 - David Archibald - Blog http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/musical_salsa_at_henderson http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/musical_salsa_at_henderson Sun, 01 May 2011 12:21:45 -0700 - David Archibald - Blog http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/st_charles_songwriting_with_wild_monkeys
The next day, I was in a different class of grade 3s. They wanted to know what Mrs. Arseneau's class wrote about. I said, "Forces.' I mentioned that in songs we often have to rhyme words. I mentioned that 'FORCES' -- when you put them together are as strong as a team of wild --...??? Once again, "MONKEYS."

I suppose this makes a little more sense when you know that the school mascot is a...PENGUIN!]]> http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/st_charles_songwriting_with_wild_monkeys Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:02:51 -0800 - David Archibald - Blog http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/nov_2010__superior_songwriting
A week of song-writing with students in the Lake Superior towns of Terrace Bay and Schreiber.

It was a pleasure to revisit the two schools. One of the highlights was being able to perform a just-completed song called 'Let Us Remember' for the Terrace Bay Remembrance Day ceremonies. The Grades 6, 7 and 8 students wrote the songs, and on the final day, we taught them to the younger students and performed them for the entire school and visiting dignitaries.

Thanks to the staff of Terrace Bay and Schreiber Public Schools for being so accommodating and supprtive. Thanks also to the Ontario Arts Council for making this possible.]]> http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/nov_2010__superior_songwriting Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:33:11 -0800 - David Archibald - Blog http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/adjala_songwriting http://davidarchibald.com/blog.html/adjala_songwriting Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:54:31 -0700 - David Archibald - Blog