Hi. I’m Jenny. I’m the one who used to blog here, but lately found life a little too chaotic to visit frequently. But I’m back now. I fear that those who follow me on Twitter or are friends with me on Facebook may find some of my posts redundant, but thems the breaks.
We had a very, very busy week, and I won’t attempt to tell you all about it in one blog post, so we’ll start with the boy. The rocker boy. The boy returned to School of Rock for April vacation. And, oh, did the boy have fun. Last time when I sent him, I was so nervous about my little baby amongst all those great big rocker types. This time, I had less concern, although that the program grew from 7 kids to 21 kids had me a little worried. Don’t know why. I walked him in the first day, and the minute the door opened, a group of kids called out, “Doodles! Hey, it’s Doodles!” One of the boys turned to some new kids and said, “That’s the little dude I was telling you about!” That boy of mine was pumped. Although he did inform me later in the week that the reason he was so popular was that he was the only seven year old they knew who could swear. I’m shepping naches, I am!
The boy continued his drum lessons there, but ultimately decided he wanted to just sing vocals, and sing vocals he did. When he got his song list, I saw he had Bon Jovi’s “Runaway.” “I have this somewhere!” I said, but I searched my CD collection and couldn’t find it. This bugged me for a while before I remembered I did have it. I bought it when it first came out. On 45. Hmmm.
His band decided on the name WTF. He came home and told me, “The band teacher said we had to say it means ‘What to Find.’ No one would tell me what it really means though. But I’m pretty sure I guessed it right.” Yes, he did. See note above about swearing seven year olds.
His show was last Friday. He did an awesome job—sang nice and loud so we could hear him well. The band wrote one original song, for which the boy’s primary job was a “metal scream,” which you can see below. Note, while there is nothing inappropriate in this video, it is loud!
(Want more? I have video of him performing Bon Jovi’s “Runaway” and Soundgarden’s “Fell on Black Days;” if you’d like to see it, e-mail for the link and password.)
Rock on, friends!
