It don't mean a thing...

[candyland]

Jazz Show tonight and tomorrow, whee!

What that basically means is everyone in the Vistas Chamber Choir learns jazz or Broadway-esque songs and dance routines to go with them. We perform those as a group, and then a lot of people work up solos or duets or small groups to perform as well. This year's group numbers are:

- Dancing Through Life (from Wicked)
- Gone (an awesome a cappella piece)
- Angel Eyes (the Rat Pack--a standard)
- I'll Be Seeing You (*hearts on this song*)
- It Don't Mean a Thing (classic swing-jazz number)

I'm doing a solo this year, too. It's really my last jazz show, because next year I'll be student teaching second semester. This song makes me think about my parents--I cried the first time I heard it, and begged for the music to sing it. I can't find the mp3 anywhere--if someone has it, I'd love them forever. But here are the lyrics...



My father's pride was in his hands
The piano was his soul
I watched in wonder as he played show tunes
Miles off from rock and roll

And what he loved, he taught me
Now music's what I do
And often when I'm writing
In my hands, Dad's there, too

If I sing, you are the music
If I fly, you're why I'm good
If my hands can find some magic
You're the one who said they could

When the child who's still inside me
Finds a song in empty air
When there is joy in making music
It is you who put it there

My dad grew old, his hands grew numb
And now he cannot play
I came to visit--he sat and asked me
How can it be this way?

I couldn't find an answer
I played this tune for him instead
My father sat there smiling
For he knew what it said

If I sing, you are the music
If I love, you taught me how
Every day your heart is beating
In the one (man) that I am now

If my ears are tuned to wonder
If when I reach, the chords are there
If there is joy in making music
It's a joy that we both share

I never told you
It took time 'till I could see
That if I sing, you are the music
And you'll always sing in me
Yes, you'll always live in me



It makes me think of my parents *huggles Mommy and Daddy* Hopefully, it will be a good show ^_^