This morning I broke a personal rule to not go to school and work on the weekend. But it was for a very good reason: Operation Glockenspiel.This was no ordinary mission. So many different components had to fall into place but thanks to supportive administrators, understanding committee members, my good friend Jenny and my awesome husband the mission was accomplished!
In October, I applied for The French School to "host" a classroom set of 12 Orff barred instruments (mellophones, xylophones and glockenspiels) We borrowed our friend's SUV to pick up the instruments from a storage facility and then transported them back to the school. I breathed such a sigh of relief when the instruments were safely in the classroom and we had returned our friend's car!
Now I have a classroom set of instruments! It is worth over $8000! I get to keep them until next November when the national conference will be held in St. Louis. I am really looking forward to teaching the students how to play songs with such cool instruments! A retired music teacher from the St. Louis AOSA chapter is going to come help me teach the first lessons after Christmas too!
I can't wait to see the looks on the students' faces when I tell them we have more than just tambourines and rhythm sticks to play now. I'll keep you posted on the final results of Operation Glockenspiel!
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