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By BETTY DEBNAM
.'Tis the Season to be Singing!
The Children's Choir
A School Choir
Director Carol Kempske leads singers at a community tree-lighting.
The choir at Carrollton Elementary School in New CarroUton, Md., is typical of many
elementary school choirs. The
choir practices two times a
week for 45 minutes. It sings
at school and community programs, and for PTA meetings.
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This is the busy season for children's choirs as they put on their
holiday programs.
A choir or chorus is a group of
singers who sing together. Some
choirs have sections or parts that
sing in different voice ranges. The
music is written so the parts blend
together to ~ake the songs even
prettier.
Since children's voices are usually high, they sing the highest
parts, the soprano or alto.
Some children sing "by note."
They know how to "read" music,
so they know what pitch the notes
say they should sing.
Others learn "by rote." They copy
the sounds and words and practice songs until they know. them.
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. A Church Choir
A church choir of boys
and men is a custom going
way back in history.
The Washington Cathedral Choir of Boys and Men
is made up of 20 boys and
20 men.
The boys are students at
St. Albans School located
on the cathedral grounds.
The boys practice daily.
They perform at five services a week, singing in
Latin , German, French,
Hebrew and English.
It is quite an honor to be
selected and so the boys
work very hard.
"They are treated and act
just like pros," assistant
choirmaster Doug Major
told The Mini Page.
The boys in the choir, like those in other
choirs, have b een practicing their Christmas music for months.
Boys march in a Christmas service at the Washington Cathedral.
The Washington Cathedral Choir
for Boys and Men can be seen on
NBC-TV when services from the
cathedral in Washington, D.C., will
be broadcast on Christmas Day.
Check your paper for time and
station.
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The National Children's Choir sings at a Christmas program at the
The National Children's Choir
The National Children's Choir of
Washington, D.C., is made up of 60 to
80 boys and girls.
They come from many different
backgrounds and schools and are
from 6 to 18 years old.
Each summer, the choir packs up
and goes off to camp for a month.
Choir members get to know their
music and one another better.
The music camp is a part of the
choir's heavy rehearsal schedule.
Back in the city, the singers practice
six hours after school each week for
11 months out of the year.
MINI PAGE classics are ideal
Christmas gifts for the kids in your
family or sch__ . .~_ _ _---.
Practice makes perfect. The group
has sung at the White House and
before many other important groups.
It even made a European tour.
The choir's director, Judith St.
Aubin, believes any child can learn
to sing.
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A musical staff has five lines and four spaces.
The lines and spaces mark different pitches.
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It's fun to make words out of these lines and spaces.
Using the staffs above as a guide, work the puzzles
below. Find the note's name, write it down, then figure
out the word. We have done one for you.
These four books and the map provide a wealth of activity, fun
and information for the whole family. And they will keep your
children entertained and delighted for months to come.
ORDER NOW FOR CHRISTMAS!
Please send:
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Send your check or money order to: The Mini Paae c/o This new.paper, 4400 Johnson Dr., Fairway. Ks. 66205
On the staffs below, draw in the note that matches
each letter. We have done one for you.
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Christmas Morning Casserole
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The Mini Page Map of the U .S .A. is a colorful 23-by-35-inch map that
includes state capitals, state birds and state flowers . For your copy,
send $3.00 jJlus 75 cents (postage and handling) to: Mini Page Map,
Universal Press Syndicate, 4400 Johnson Drive, Fairway, Kan. 66205.
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The boys live together in a palace in Vienna.
The Vienna Choir Boys
The Vienna Choir Boys consists of four
groups of24 Austrian boys ages 8 to 14. They
are famous worldwide for their beautiful
sIngIng.
The choir was formed almost 500 years
ago, just six years after Columbus discovered
America. In 1498, Emperor Maximilian I
wanted a choir to sing both at his banquets
and in church.
Every year thousands of boys tryout for
the choir, but only a few are chosen. Each
boy must have a good voice and natural
musical talent. He must also be able to play
at least one instrument.
Classes are held in the morning. Rehearsal
and playtime are in the afternoon.
I t costs the boys nothing to be in the choir.
After the age of 14, they can stay at the
palace to finish high school and study music.
There are really four separate choirs taking
turns touring around the world. Usually two
choirs tour while the other two stay at home
to study, rehearse and perform in Austria.
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NOTES
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Written music is called "notation."
Music is written on five lines called a staff.
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or sound. The lines and spaces have letter names.
The shape of a note
tells how long it lasts,
or its time value.
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Cover the notes above and see if you can
identify these.
Written music has been described as the
road map for sound. It tells you when to
speed up, slow down, and which direction
to go in, up or down.
"Mixed" choruses of men and boys, men
and women, or men, women and children
usually sing in four parts.
- Soprano (highest), sung by women and
children.
- Alto (next highest), sung by women
and children.
- Tenor, highest male voice.
- Bass, lowest male voice.
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Rhythm and Melody
The two most important things about music are rhythm and melody.
Rhythm gives the pattern or the beat.
This is the rhythm to a popular round. Can you clap it?
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Melody puts the notes on a staff and tells you when to go up or down. It gives you the tune. This is the
~melOdY for the same popular song. Can you figure out what the song is?
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N Alpha Facts
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Newspapers
The Romans were the first ta
have a daily newspaper. It was
a hand-printed sheet called the
Acta Diurna and it started in
59 B.C. The Chinese produced
the first printed newspaper in
the A.D. 700s.
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Nests
Not all birds build nests.
Parrots and owls don't, for
Instance. Some birds use holes
in trees, grass , sand or the
ground. Others use nests already built by other birds.
North Pole
The North Pole is a part of the
Arctic Region. Although this
is a cold part of the world, it
has more plants and animals
than the South Pole at the
opposite end of the world.
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An alphabetical guide to your newspaper.
This week's letter is T.
Tabloid: a type of newspaper with
pages that are one-half the size of a
standard newspaper page. The Mini
Page is often printed on a tabloid page.
Typo: short for typographical error. It means a mistake
made during the printing of the story rather than by the
reporter in writing it. Newspapers try very hard to
avoid these.
• Circle the typos on this line:
Teh boy aws the irfst to get othet fire.
Want ads: another term for " classified ads," or short
ads bought by the word or by the line.
• Look through the want-ad section of your paper. Do
you see any pets advertised?
• Write an ad for a job you would like to have.
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Teacher's
Guide
For use by teachers and parents at home and
at school.
For use with issue: The Children's Choir
Main idea: To inform readers about choirs and music. The following
is a list of activities to be used with this issue. The activities are listed
in order of difficulty, with the easier pre-reader assignments listed
first. Ask the children to answer the following questions or do the
following activities:
1. Name some popular Christmas carols.
2. Talk about any choirs they may have heard or been in.
3. Circle all the words on Page 1 that have to do with singing.
4. Practice drawing a staff and treble clef as seen on Page 4.
5. On Page 4, find one example of a long vowel for each of the five
vowels.
6. Name the four parts of a choir and give their descriptions.
7. The letters CH can make three sounds: CH as in " children," K as
in " chord" and SH as in " chef." Circle the CH words on Page 1.
Discuss the sounds you hear. Make a list of the different CH words.
8. Define the following words: melody, staff, notation and pitch.
9. Cut out the notes on " Notes to Note" on Page 4. Mix them up and
show them one at a time to a classmate. Have this friend name each
note.
In your paper:
1. Look for announcements about choirs performing at Christmas.
2. Look in the TV section for Christmas specials.
(Note to Editor: Above is the Teacher's Guide for Issue 50.)
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Words about choirs are hidden in the block below. See if you
can find: notes, music, choir, sing, song, choral, harmony,
director, alto, soprano, tune, tone, carol, instruments, hymn,
robe, book, scale, staff, chord, group, solo, voice, perform.
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used in place of ad if desired.)