This week, I found myself describing how children’s voices should sound as ‘angelic.’ The children that sang in the Cleveland County Elementary Honors Chorus event were the perfect representation of those heavenly sounds. In case you didn’t make it out to the concert last week, you can listen to it online! If you go to my website, www.SongHarper.com, click on the picture of the choir. There you will find a link to a FREE DOWNLOAD of the songs recorded from the night of the concert in both .mp3 and .mp4 format! Please share this with any young person interested in singing. Moreover, if you knew someone who sang in the concert, please share it with them or burn it to a CD and they can cherish it forever.

If you have a child who likes to sing and is too young for this opportunity, they can sing in public at an event that happens twice EVERY MONTH. Open Mic Night has been a great addition to the entertainment at Shelby’s favorite burger joint, Newt’s. On the 2^nd and 4^th Thursday’s of each month, musicians and singers from all around flock to play or listen to live music. We have had people from all walks of life join us in making real music for real people, no CD’s or iPods. So your 3 year old doesn’t play guitar? It’s ok, I have a plan. If you get up there and sing with them and hold the microphone to their mouth, they will have the confidence to get ‘on stage’ and the assurance of knowing that they are singing the right notes and words because Mommy (or Daddy) is right there. The musicians are happy to help and accompany on a verse of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star or perhaps any song… It starts at 7pm, let’s get Cleveland County singing!