Re: [Harp-L] harmonicas and underprivileged kids

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 28, 2009, at 7:57 AM, Bill wrote:

> "First thing I noticed?..................My clothes aren't as nice."
>
> My aren't either, I have a sneaking suspicion that expected  
> standards of school attire might be higher in Cuba than in  
> wealthier more liberal countries.

I suspected the same. Look into one of OUR school yards. There are  
some creepy kids there. BUT, they are our kids after all, and we  
still love them  :)
> Also I know we generally think of harmonicas as inexpensive  
> instruments but because of Cuba's historic economic isolation, I  
> bet they're quite expensive and hard to get hold of over there.   
> That's not to disparage this work which is excellent methinks.

I would sooner give to a program like these than what we have here. I  
never believed in shoving harps on kids just to make a point. I mean,  
how many stay with it. In these clips, it looked as if these  
youngsters actually wanted to be there. I always felt that it was the  
child who should make the decision of IF they were interested. And I  
think in lesser economies, they WOULD be more interested.

smo-joe
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "joe leone" <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Mick Zaklan" <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Harp L Harp L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] harmonicas and underprivileged kids
>
>
> > First thing I noticed?..................My clothes aren't as nice.
> >
> > On Dec 25, 2009, at 9:28 PM, Mick Zaklan wrote:
> >
> > >    Nice to see a guy using harmonicas to work with  
> > > underprivileged  kids. As
> > > we've seen, the inexpensiveness of our instrument can be both a   
> > > blessing and
> > > a curse.  In this case, it allows someone access to people who   
> > > probably
> > > wouldn't be able to afford any other kind of instrument.  Kids  
> > > that don't
> > > have video games, cable TV, and a slew of other stuff competing  
> > > for their
> > > time.
> > >    The first clip takes place in Cuba, a country where the harmonica
> > > has almost been extinct for many years:
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-avUD3FlRYo.
> > >    The second clip is from Argentina, same harmonica teacher:
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux2g_gPTcV8&feature=related.
> > >    Happy holidays to all my fellow reed players!
> > >
> > > Mick Zaklan
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