Well, BK asked me to tell you what I have been up to, so I shall do so.
Over the last few weeks, I have been occupied with showcase preparation at my place of employment. You see, about five weeks ago, Boss Man could no longer tolerate the creative differences he had with the voice teacher, so he fired her, and I was asked to replace her. Basically, he had marketed the program as one in which children would sing solos and duets within group numbers to instill confidence and prepare them for future experiences. One week, the voice lady was sick, and I subbed with Boss Man in the studio as I am only 18. (He had to be there for legal reasons.) He assigned the kids solos, and they were asked to rehearse them. Well, the next week, the voice teacher reverted to her old techniques, which included spending 45 minutes out of the hour class to do one warmup and to chat about packaged performers. Then, when the one kid told her that the boss assigned solos in the one song they were learning, she said something along the lines of, "Well, he doesn't know your voices, so I'm throwing them out." At this point, I could no longer take it. She had spent nine weeks on one song, out of the 14 weeks of the session. I have this thing where I am afraid of confrontation, so when she blatantly disregarded the boss's requests (and btw, he did a nice job selecting solos for each person), I was really upset. It got to the point that I either wanted to lash out at her or cry because sll she was really doing was wasting these kids' time and mine, too. I talked to the boss about it, and I said that if she was staying on (which he considered letting her do), I would not be able to assist with voice classes anymore. I just couldn't bring myself to let my name be tied to the program when I *knew* the kids weren't making the most of their time, and the parents weren't getting the right amount of quality for the money they spent.
More will follow.
