Last week our class participated in two more group presentations: Music/Rhythm and Journaling! During the Music/Rhythm presentation the class was split into "bands" for two performances. The first presentation was each band performing/playing a song using Rock Band (an electronic game with one guitar player, drummer, and singer)! The next performance was a Battle of the Bands where groups were assigned to a particular population (i.e. youth at risk, geriatrics, etc.) These populations then wrote lyrics to sing to instrumental versions of popular songs. During the Journaling presentation, our class made altered books! There were different stations such as creative writing and cover making!
What I learned about myself this week was that I take my art pretty seriously! I have a hard time just throwing something together! In order for me to be satisfied with something creative that I have made, I have to have time to "perfect" it. I think this feeling is something good to keep in mind when scheduling programs as a future CTRS. As I develop professionally, it is important to make sure that each activity is able to be satisfactorily completed in the amount of time given. This will help prevent participant and facilitator frustration! What I did to strive for excellence during this class was to get out of my comfort zone by singing in front of the class not once, but twice!
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