Posted by: Cathy Portele on: Sunday, December 31, 2006
I just wanted to write a quick note on the last day of 2006 to let all of you know how thankful I am to have you in my life. Without you and support, I wouldn’t be where I am today. 2006 was the beginning of Kindermusik with Katy and Cathy here in Columbus, and [...]
Posted by: Cathy Portele on: Sunday, December 31, 2006
What a wonderful time we had at our Winter music and story time! Thank you to all the moms and kiddos who came out to sing, dance, and play in the snow. While we may never see real snow here in Columbus, Mississippi, we sure had a great time pretending!
We had such a great response [...]
Posted by: Cathy Portele on: Sunday, December 31, 2006
What is Music?
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Music is a Science.
It is exact, it is specific and it demands exact acoustics. A conductor’s score is a chart, a graph which indicates frequencies, intensities, volume changes, melody and harmony all at once and with the most exact control of time.
Music is mathematical.
It is rhythmically based on the subdivisions of time [...]
Posted by: Cathy Portele on: Monday, December 11, 2006
Christmas 2006
Dear Santa,
I’ve been a good mom all year. I’ve fed, cleaned and cuddled my children on demand, visited their doctor’s office more than my own doctor’s, and sold sixty-two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a shade tree on the school playground.I was hoping you could spread my list out [...]