en Page 10 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL MUSIC ALBUM always a problem for the what to do for the mu n of children. e plano have now ered a part and parcel of a education. Indeed in some age beca BY IRVEN FELL it ers, ition ons | ments of other people become [him sing, take up ginging. It may be just to see if he has a great things of the world. After stopping the child from taking piano lessons at an early se of a lack of interest, happens that when the often child gets to his teens he discoy- partly through his own intui- and partly from the com- who hear that he would like to voice worth de- schools piano tuition is now being | veloping. Then I suggest that the included in the curriculm and the | child should take up the piano day will surely come when it will again, because a ground work on be general in all schools and an [that instrument will be a great optional subject, like Latin, Home |helpy if it is only enough to be Econom French and so on.|able to get an idea of what he is Well after all, why not? There [going to sing or learn his own are many children today who songs or to be able to judge have talent whose circumstances |whether a gong is worth learning. in their home life prevent them from ta private lessons. pense for one thing, especially where there are several children in the fami However, = the average parent es to have the child take piano [can and in some casey insists |is a change of key. on it whether the chlld is inter ested or not. I believe that most do it because the child asks for them and shows some interest. The time comes, like it does to all children, that the novelty wears off. The child when first starting with a teacher will go and practice so much time a day | f and do it voluntarily. Then after | tl a while the parent has to remind |s: mental music, may ment, and using the piano tuition as = gl mendously helped mental studies. Even a year or two can give one Ex- [an idea of time, which is very im- portant, Pupils learn the sounds of chords of the various keys an when singing in a group or alone, also ideas on reading. d later on immediately tell when there This could also apply to instru- A child later on want to take up any instru- round work he will be tre- in his instru- To sum up, I would say don't orce the issue of music or any- hing else. Reason it out if pos- ible but I believe that force will the child about it and later still, | create a definite dislike and kill only as a result of constant nag- ging will the child ever practice. It seems to me that this is the time to stop forcing music on the child. Tt is definitely not inter- ested and each n: i will only increase venture to say that, at least, the child has learned one lesson and that that only by work and practice can anything be accom- plished. We only come across the one in many who are definitely interested in one particular sub- ject. When that happens we find that the child does not need to be goaded to practice or study the subject in mind. It might be the stage, languages or one of many other subjects. Most children are inclined to have a general smat- tering of interests, and are only lukewarm to any one given sub- ject. Lukewarm is the attitude of many towards music, It does mot necessarily follow that because a child does show a keen interest in music that he or she will become a professional at it. We often forget the in-be- tweens. That is, people who are not good enough to be profession- al but still are excellent musicians. There are millions of the latter in the world, and the good they do in making life so much pleasan- ter for their fellow creatures is to my mind one of the intangible is MUD YOUR PROBLEM? SOLUTION ALL WEATHER A bituminous concrete pave- ment is the economical an- swer to your drive way problem. It is engineered to give you durability and ap- pearance at low cost. ASPHALT All-Weather Asphalt pave- ment is hard surfaced, smooth and is designed to order for driveways, parking areas, service stations and industrial yards. . MIX A representative qualified to answer your questions and to estimate your job can call on you promptly with- out obligation--just tele- phone Oakville 772 All -Weather GIRL GUIDES MRS. J. F. GRAYDON With Easter holidays and rou- tine work at getting recruits ready for their Tenderfoot Tests, there has not been a great deal of news. The annual convention of the Pro: vineial Council of Girl Guides was held last Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Ottawa, with seven representatives from Halton Div- ision, including our Division Com- missioner, Mrs. H. W. Jaffray. The convention activities were brought to a close by a tea at Government House when Canad- ian Chief Guide Lady Alexander was hostess to the delegates, 'as- sisted bysher Lady-In-Waiting Miss Anstice Gibbs who Is a Guide of any later development of the ap- preciation of music Winner of the Week If W. MILLIGAN, Nelson St, Bronte, will call in at: Lofquist's Resord Bar, he will be presented with a red seal record with the compliments of the Journal. having received the Silver Fish Award, the highest possible award for good service to the Movement as a whole, and is awarded only by the Execu- tive Committee of the Imperial Girl Guideg Association. District Commissioner" Mrs. McDowell has returned from a visit to England and will preside at this week's meeting of the Local Association at the home of Mrs. Lloyd-Jones. Mrs. Jaffray recently conducted an enrollment ceremony at a meeting of the Third Brownie Pack when Brenda Baskin, Laird Campbell and Joan Seddon were accepted into the pack, Mothers of the new and one grandmother were Fi of the pack to witness the ceremony. Brown Owl Mrs. Broadbent was assisted by District Brown Owl Mrs, Lillian Browne, and there were refreshments for all, follow- ing the meeting. Third Guide Company received two new members when Captain Marjorie Ling enrolled Barbara. Lawrence and Helen Shand who had passed their Tenderfoot Tests. The remainder of the meet- ing was spent in Semaphore practise and Guide Games. 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