Daily Antidote | Wendy Lanxner "Singing School" - 1/9/23
Daily Antidote of Song
[{'start': '4.037', 'end': '8.107', 'text': "Hello. Hello. Here we go. Here   we go. I see lots of folks   coming into the room. So   exciting to see everybody's   faces popping up. I love it.   Hello. Happy Monday. I don't   know. Mondays I think are the   happiest days to see all your   faces popping up. It's not like   I didn't just see all of you   yesterday but I love it. Look   at all of the smiles. Hello.   Hello. Hello. Hi to everybody   in the room and everybody out   there on Facebook Live. Thank   you so much for joining us here   in the Daily Antidote of Song.   We are today on day one   thousand and 9. Thank you so   much Caroline in Boise for   showing us your sign. I'm so   glad that all of you have   decided to join. Um for anybody   out there on Facebook Live who   is new, this is the Daily   Antidote of Song. We're here   every day at noon Eastern   singing one song, a little bit   of discussion, sharing in some   community, and you can always   find us here every day no   matter what holiday or what   anything and so please jump in   today and any other day you   like and let's say hi to   everybody who's coming in here   in the Zoom room. So, first I   want to shout out Katie in   Gaithersburg, Maryland who is   running our tech today. Thank   you so much, Katie. It's great   to in here. Wendy Langsner, our   song leader for the day. We'll   get back to Wendy in a minute   and I'll tell you more about   her. Wendy is new to us today   because we are hosting New   Year, New Friends Month all   month long meeting folks who   are new to us and what a blast.   We've definitely been finding   folks who are exactly the right   fit for the Daily Antidote.   Hello to Hoda in British   Columbia. Great to see you   today. 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Everybody, let's   take a deep breath and Penny   and Ralph are just popping in   from Victoria. So, there's a   hello to Penny and Ralph.   Alright, let's take a deep   breath, gang.  What a happy happy Monday to   have such a great crowd in here   ready to cheer on our brand-new   song leader. So, Wendy Langsner   actually, my neighbor in the   other direction, Sandy's over   here. Wendy's over there. Um   Wendy Lanxner is a musician in   residence at John Hopkins   Children's Center. She is a   teaching artist for the Arts   for the Aging and for Arts   Dream and she is the lead   singer and bass player for   Wendy and the Lost Boys and we   are super excited to have this   superb song leader and singer   and musician in the room with   us today Wendy. Welcome to the   Daily Antidote of Song. Thank   you. Thank you, Joe. It's so   great to see so many happy   faces. So many happy people   ready to sing. It's awesome.   It's kind of fun, isn't it?   Yeah. So, what do you have for   us today? Well, I have a   Glockenspiel here. I thought it   would be a fun change of pace.   Um I'm sure lots of song   leaders use guitar generally.   So, I thought I'd do something   different. As you can see,   we're in my basement studio   here and there's lots of crazy   instruments everywhere. But I   thought this would be fun. So,   we're going to do a round that   I learned when I was a kid with   my family. Um I'm sure there   are some of you who also sing   rounds in the car. I'm very,   very, very long car trips and   there were seven kids. I have   six siblings. So, we had lots   of voices to do rounds. Um and   so, we're going to do this   round called the singing school   and I believe it's supposed to   be in the key of C but that is   just too high. So, we're   going to do it in the key of A.   So, there's a line almost in   the E but it's not really eat   but that's okay, alright? So,   so here's the song. I'm   going to sing the whole thing   at first and then we'll we'll   learn the different parts.  I will sing you a song of the   singing school and the sounds   you there may of the door rainy   and the ABC and the voices   ringing  Sing the song with axe  and strong  Yes, that is a round Um so, I   will sing one part of the round   and you should be able to see   it in the chat. So, in the   chat, you'll see there's   actually four parts to this   round and they all overlap and   if that's too overwhelming,   just maybe learn one and you   can just keep singing that   because it will work great. So,   here's the first part and as   you can tell, it's very major   scale based, kind of like doe a   deer or something like that.   Okay. So, here the first line   of the first part. I will sing   you a song of the singing Here   we go and go.  I will sing you a song of the   singing and then we have  and the sound you  of the try that of the  A B C and the A B C and the   last line and the voice  So, let's put that whole thing   twice.  So, jump in whenever you   want. I will sing you a song of   the singing school and  of the jewelry. I'm sorry. I'm   singing like I can't help it.   Okay, I'm just going to sing   this part like like Julie   Andrews. Okay. Of the And the A   B C and the voices ringing One   more time. I will sing you a   song of the singing  all the glory me and the A and   the voices ringing Alright.   Next part. Good? Are we ready?   Here we go.  and strong. Try that. Sing   those song with axe and strong.   And then we have full and   strong tones prolong. I never   really thought about this. But   it's kind of good to prolong   the tones of that part. So   let's try full and stronger   wounds grow long. Alright, so   that whole part, sing the song   with accent strong.  and stronger  Whoo. Let's put those first two   parts together. Okay. I will   sing you a song of the singing   school.  of the jewelry me and the ABC   and the voices ring  single song  stronger   tones  grow I know you all have   it. I can't hear you but I know   it's good. Alright, the next   part. We have to warm up our   what do you call it? Our   plusives. No, our our our   articulation for this one.  So, put on your pointy ballet   shoes, your tippy toe opera   shoes, and just lift up from   the back of your head and we're   going to go.  Huh? Try that.  And then the next one, same   words but different melody.  Try that.  Okay, those two together. Here   we go. Ready and  Alright, next part. Name  the measure Except I didn't   play that very well. Let me do   it again. Name the measure,   sound the key, all must sing   the Try with me and name the   measure, sound, the key, almost   sing the Alright. So, whoo. So,   this is the third part.   Starting with fa las. Let's do   that whole part and  name the measure, sound, the   key, all must sing the   Excellent and remember, it's   not really an E but don't tell.   Okay, last part. This is super   easy. It's just a scale.  every song Let's sing that.  One more time on that.  Very good. The next part of   that goes two beats, four   beats, three beats and then two   and two beats, four beats,   three beats, and then two. One   more time, two beats, four   beats, and the end of that   section is  are among the many things we   do. So, we have two beets, four   beets, three beets, and then   two are among the many things   we do. Yeah, let's do it.   Ready, go. Two beats, four   beats, three beats, and then   two are a moon, a mini be   Alright, so the whole last   section starting with Do Remi.  two beats, four beats, three   beats, and then two are among   the many things we  Whoo. Okay.  Alright, everybody. Man, this   is a lot. I hope you all had   your gingo biloba today or like   zombie. So, I'm glad you have   the words in front of you. Uh   let's do the whole thing all   the way through, okay? Starting   with, I will sing you a song of   the singing school. I'll do it   a little slow, okay? Just you   know. Alright, here we go. One   and we go. I will sing you a   song of the singing school and   the sound you then  of the A B C and the voice is   ringing Here we go.  full and stronger bones grow  Wait, wait, I'm sorry.  I can't say entirely   successfully but it sure was a   blast. So, yeah, I think so. Uh   I'm finding it the easiest to   hold that first verse and just   keep repeating that on top of   you. I see some nods in the   room. So, yeah, can we sing it   through maybe twice so that we   have chance to practice it?   Yes, you know, I had this crazy   thought. I've done this thing   before where I've gone like   this. Wait, let me see if I can   do it.  row your bow gently down the  I was thinking I could play one   part and sing the other one.   But maybe that's too insane.   Alright. I I will play through   the whole thing and you guys   just do the first part. How   about that? And then I'll play   through the whole thing and you   can do the second part. Or   however whichever part you'd   like to practice. So I'll do   it. I'll go through it the   whole thing twice right now.   Just straight through. Alright  Alright, here we go. One and   two. I will sing you a song of  the singing Of the joy, me and   the A B C and the voices   ringing  accent  and strong homes  those of us who are slower   learners can go back to the   livestream and actually   practice it again and I I   really I know I'm going to do   it. This is a great round. I   can't believe I've never heard   it before. Wendy, tell us about   where you found this. How did   this come into your life and   and what do you want to teach   us about the song? Well, As I   mentioned, we used to sing this   in the car. This is what we   did. You know, for most of my   childhood, we lived in the DC   area but we always vacationed   on Cape Cod which is 500 miles   away at least Um and so, that's   where I learned it. I just   learned it from I think my mom   taught it to us. She was a   voice major in college but both   my parents like to sing a lot.   In fact, there was another one   we did called Zayna Zaina. Does   anybody here know that one?   Okay, danger borning pro tip.   Maybe don't sing it when you're   driving because we were driving   and you know, we suddenly   noticed my dad was going like   80 miles an hour, six eight   hours, 8 hours, 800. Anyway,   but yeah, that that was it. It   was just, it was word of mouth.   We also did white coral bells   was another one we did in the   car. I see some nodding out   there. Um white sands and gray   sands is a beautiful slow   round. So, yeah. So, that was   my my first exposure to round   singing. It was just as a kid,   you know, trying to pass the   time. So, Wait, I can't hear   you, Joe. Yup, I know. I got   it. I got it. I got it. Thank   you. Yeah, I was going to say I   love it. We used to do a lot of   round singing in in the car too   and we, I love this actual   crazy story about what my   family used to. I don't know if   anybody else in this room did   this but you guys remember that   show called Name That Tune and   they would like give you a   couple notes and you had to so   my siblings and I would play   that in the car but you know,   how siblings are. So, you know,   I can name it in two notes or   we'd get down to the part where   like my brother would insist he   could name it in one note and   we'd go la. Yeah. So, yeah,   Cars and Siblings, so much fun.   But the music as far in my, in   my memory, the music of car   rides was like one of the most   important and most memorable,   most significant pieces of my   childhood. Like, it's a place   where we were our own unit, and   there was so much beauty in all   of that, and Wendy, did you say   you had six siblings? Yes, I   feel really lucky about that,   that my parents were so   musically oriented. I mean, we   lived in kind of a big house in   Ohio at one point that had this   front foyer with a staircase   coming down and we acted out   the sound of music with like   two neighborhood friends and   like basically for our parents   and oh no my dad was the the   guy with the colonel or   whatever with the whistle. I   forget. But you know we just   did a lot of music play growing   up. And Yeah. Very grateful for   that. Yeah that's great. Uh we   did Godspell. We had every word   of every Godspell and we all   each were different characters.   And my brother actually then   went on to actually be in God's   Be twice playing different   characters and it was just the   coolest thing about how, yeah,   anyway. I love, look, I love   all the nods in the room. This   is like a room full of people   who were, if they didn't get   raised in a musical family,   they got themselves into a   musical family, not the least   of which is right here. So,   kudos to having the music in   your life in whichever part of   your life it is that you   arrived at it and I'm glad   we're all here sharing this.   Wendy, what can you tell us   about Wendy and the Lost Boys?   Uh well, Actually, it's kind of   an exciting new year for us   because we recently added my   friend Matt Jones on keyboards   and Matt and I were in a world   music group many years ago like   in the two 000s and called   Bottomland and we're moving   into sort of a more of a new   New Orleans type feel with the   music and I love that music.   Kinda like funky, blues, New   Orleansy stuff. So, and we have   a new drummer as of like a   month ago, Carrie Perron   Slenkovich, who I don't know if   any of you are familiar with   her but she and my brother Bill   who used to be our drummer were   friends in junior high. So,   it's crazy. They just, we just   had them in the same room over   the holidays and they hadn't   seen each other in, you know,   lots of decades but yeah, So,   it's kind of going to be a fun   New Year for us. For sure.   That's that's great. Um so,   we've got two links in the chat   for you. The year, Wendy   Langsner site and then your   Wendy and the Lost Boys site   website and that's where people   will go hear about upcoming   events? Absolutely and I see   this note from Busy about   Malcolm Davlish. Busy, I just   have to tell you. My parents   were really good friends with   Garvin and Jane and that's how   we knew Malcolm and I think   they might have met them in   Oxford. I'm really not sure.   This is, I know this is kind of   off topic but I was going   through a bunch of stuff and my   very first play I was ever in   because I've done some theater   too was at Oberlin. My mom   played Madame Parnell in   Tartuf. They wanted to hire a   local person to play like the   old person in the college show   and they needed kids and I was   in it. I played a little kid   when I was like eight and   Malcolm was in it. So, I and I   saw it on the program that my   mom saved for so many years. I   was like, oh my gosh, Malcolm   was in that show as a student.   So, anyway, small world story.   That's so cool. So, for anybody   in the room who doesn't know   Malcolm Douglas is a choir   director and composer out of   Bloomington, Indiana has not   been in our room yet but we are   very much hoping he's going to   be one of our new song leaders   this month in the room and if   not then soon after. So, Wendy,   what else do you want to chat   about? Can you tell us a little   bit about your work with the   aging? Sure. Yeah, I do music   workshops and sometimes   collaborative with a dancer for   older adults in various   settings through arts for the   aging which is a DC-based   agency. Um and then I'm a music   director for Artstream which   grew out of imagination stages   access program for kids with   developmental disabilities,   mostly autism and they were   aging out and then this was   years ago but a couple of   people to start this new group   ArtStream for those people who   are aging out of imagination   stage and so they they're six   theater companies and I'm music   director for one of them. So,   we make an original show every   year and we're just starting   that process right now. It's   going to be a show that takes   place at a movie set where two   movies are being filmed, a   pirate movie, and one in the   wild west. So, I'm going to   write the music for it and I   have no idea what I'm going to   do yet. So, it's going to be   fun. It's going to be fun. That   sounds amazing. I love it. So,   we, did we mention the El   Golfo? I can't even remember if   we already said that. Well, I   see it's in the chat. Thank   you, Katie. Yeah, Wendy and the   Lost Boys will be at El Golfo   on Saturday, February 18th for   those of you who are in the   area. Um so, that should be a   fun show. That's going to be   our first show with our new   drummer. So, it's pretty cool.   That's awesome. So, I know   we've got lots of folks in the   area and we do often times run   into each other at special   things and especially our song   leaders things. So, yeah, I   actually see two people in the   room are like they're going to   be there so it's great. Um   Wendy, thank you so much. Is   there anything else you'd like   to chat about before we sing   the song again? Well, I see a   note in the chat from Sandy.   Hello, Sandy. Saying, can you   explain how you do the round   just that I will sing you a   song part? So, maybe I should   just review that one line. Just   to get the melody in there and   then. I think cool thing again.   Does that sound good? I think   that sounds like a beautiful   idea. Okay. Cuz The first   line's actually kind of tricky.   It is. So  I will sing you a song of a   sing. Whoops. Of the school of   the singing So, it's I will   sing you a song of the  school. Why do I keep playing   that sharp note? One more time.   I will sing you a song of the   singing  And the  meeting school and I found you   the of the dory B and the A B C   and the voices ring  axe and  and stronger tones bru  the measure sound the key.  doing worse in the second   round. Like I got it all in my   head the first time sort of and   then, you know, there's the   pause and everything goes start   all over. So, I'm super excited   to go back and try again. The   when when I'm getting it right,   it's so beautiful the way those   sounds are layering. It's   really, really fun. So, I hope   lots of folks will give it   another try so that when we all   do meet up in person, we'll all   know well enough to sing it   together just like on the fly,   right? Wendy hope you can come   back again sometime and maybe   do with us because that's   another reason. There we go.   Sure. That'd be really fun. But   we'll have to tell Aloysius he   can't drive when we're when   we're singing that that day.   Exactly. Um I would like to   shout out a couple of folks in   the room who dropped it. I mean   who came in after we already   said the hello. So lots of   folks popped in and a hello to   all of you. But also especially   to Alex coming one of our   singer song leaders also who's   in the room with us right now.   Hi Alex. We're glad you're   here. Um and Alex is doing a   really fabulous project with   Slash Forest and our song   leaders and we'll be announcing   more details about it in   upcoming things but also please   check your Email for the Doodle   poll on when we are going to   have our Santa Dote gift reveal   party so that everybody can   show everybody else the gifts   that they sent all around the   globe and find out who it was   that sent it to you So, check   your Email. If you're new to us   today, we have an Email list.   Um please check out our website   at Carpe DM Marts Daily   Antidote of Song and I can't   think of anything else I need   to say. Wendy, do you want to   say any parting commentary? No,   just, I think it's great that   you all sing every day. It's   it's so wonderful. So, thank   you for having me today. Thank   you for being here. Let's all   give it up again for Wendy   Lanxner. That was a blast.   Thank you, Wendy. Happy rest of   your day. Yes, happy New Year   everyone. Thank you. And a   happy New Year to you too. Bye,   Wendy. Thanks so much for being   here. It was really great to   spend time with you today.   Sure, thank you. Thanks Yay.   Let's also say goodbye to   everybody else in the room. Um   can you guys all help me wave   goodbye to the Facebook Live?   Facebook, thanks so much for   being here today and Katie, you   can actually keep Facebook   going today. We'll let Facebook   stay in on our goodbyes today   because they don't always get   to see them and everybody, can   we do that thing where you   actually look at the person I'm   saying goodbye to when I'm   saying goodbye to them so that   we all are actually waving at   each other, right? In our own,   yeah, I love it. See, I'm so   glad you guys like that too.   Alright, everybody. Let's start   with Ennis. Goodbye Kevin.   We're so glad you were here   with us today. Thank you so   much for coming all the way   from New Hampshire. Jenny in   Suffolk, UK. Thank you so much.   Bonnie in Boise, Idaho. Thank   you. Don and the Curly Tops.   It's really only Willard. And   wait, I, yeah, Willard and   nobody in the background. Cathy   and Stormy and Chico, thank you   so much for being here today   and Katie, thank you so much   for running Fabulous Tech for   us today. Always such a treat   to have you in this room with   us. That was Finda's shaking   goodbye to all of you. Uh Hoda   in British Columbia. Thank you   for being here and Caroline in   Great Boise. Thank you for   being here. And Deli and   Marilyn, thank you. Kate in New   Hampshire, thanks and we hope   to sing with you again. Uh   that's Kim. Oh no, Kim. I'm I'm   sorry, not Kate. Kim Wallock in   New Hampshire. Um and Kim is of   the Short Sisters and if you   don't know about them, look   them up. They're amazing.   Sheila in Florida, thank you so   much for being with us today.   Debra in Kentucky. Thank you.   Kevin in DC, thank you so much.   Becky in Vancouver, thank you   for being here today. Amanda   Miles in Michigan, thank you.   Christiana and Bob in Maryland.   Well, it's only the Christiana   half but we're giving lots of   loves to Bob too and Susan in   Seattle, thank you for being   here. Arlene and Soggy,   Berkeley. I guess in a way   though, the soggy is maybe   hopefully useful in the sort of   greater scheme of things. Um   Fred, thank you so much for   being with us here from Silver   Spring, Maryland. Storm in   Massachusetts, thank you. Ruth   in Birmingham, UK. Thank you.   Nancy's Irish Cow in Washington   State, Sandy Moore with a big   smile on. Nice to see you   Wendy, glad you were here   today. And Gary in   Massachusetts, thank you for   being here. And Kate in   Charlottesville, thank you for   being here. Nice to see that   big smile And your pretty heart   in the background. Busy Graham,   everybody give it up for Busy   Gram. Busy Gram, everybody give   up for Busy Gram again. Busy   Gram. Let's all do the Busy   Gram dance. Ready? Yay.   Busygram, that was for you.   Busy's like, it's a very funny   dance. Phil and the gang, it's   actually Pauline and Phil and   William. Yay. Hi, William. So   nice to see you. Love when you   join us. Thank you for being   here and Annette in California.   Thank you so much. Leah in   Illinois. Thank you. Dan in   Vienna, Virginia. Thank you.   Jacqueline in Baltimore. So   nice to see you. Thanks for   joining us today. Lots of love   to you too. Uh and since Luda   and Mark are in here, you're   taking their heart role. I love   it. Anne and Silver Spring,   thank you so much for being   here. Bob in Albany, thank you.   Bob in Massachusett Thank you   and Duck in Massachusetts,   thank you. Jim in New York   City, thank you for being here.   Great to see you. Aloysius,   thank you for being here. And   drive carefully. Sarah in   Texas, thank you for being   here. Mable and the Bears   wearing their little sweaters.   So, for anybody who doesn't   know what the Santa dote is,   what the Santa dote is, is that   we sent each other gifts all   over secretly. So, nobody knows   who got what but Mable and her   bears already had the reveal   party and Dory actually made   those bears. Dorian Rhode   Island who doesn't know Mable   and Bob made the bear's   sweaters. So, I'm sorry but I   sort of feel like that just   sums up the entire universe   right there. Thank you, Dory.   Thank you, Mable. Thank you,   Bob. And in Nashville, thank   you for being here today,   Cricket and Maryland. Dick and   Cathy and Victoria. Lovely,   lovely, lovely. They got, they   got, they got out of their   pajamas during our song today   so that they could turn the   camera on and wave. Jane in   Texas, thank you so much.   Caroline in DC, Kat in Vermont,   Alex coming. I'm imagining Alex   in the background with like and   funny makeup and like glittery   things and you know, he also   might be in his pajamas. Who   knows? Jamie and Victoria,   thank you so much. Lynn, thank   you so much. Oh, Alex turned   his camera on. Just to prove,   in fact, that he is not, yeah,   is that a bathrobe? Is it a   bathrobe or a sweater? Wait,   wait, we gotta know. Bathrobe   and a sweater. Alright. Thank   you, Kat. In Vermont. Thank   you, Jamie in Victoria, Lynn in   Connecticut, Linda, Rose in   Massachusetts, Penny, and Ralph   in Victoria, Luda in Victoria.   So, they're there and their   hearts are there behind the   scenes. I want to thank you all   so much for being here today   for bringing another great   bunch of energy, joy, and love   to a Monday. You know, Mondays   can sometimes be a little sort   of like and you guys bring all   of it just thank you. Thank   you. Love to all of you. See   you all tomorrow. We've got new   folks all week and so many   exciting new folks all week. Um   so, please join us every day   this week. We can't wait to   sing with you. Lots of love."}]