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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1963—PAGE 23
Eighteen children of all ages are enrolled in the Suzuki violin program, held at Clinton
Public School every Monday night. Here 4 -year old Zoellyn Onn of Blyth plays with the
help of her Suzuki teacher. On Dec. 10 the Clinton students will perform in concert with
students from Stratford and St. John's United Church in Stratford. (Wendy Somerville
photo)
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By Wendy Somerville
Every Monday night, 18 children in the
Clinton area walk through the main doors of
Clinton Public School with small black cases
tucked tightly under their arms. The scene
resembles an old 1940's gangster movie ex-
cept the participants are about four feet
high wearing running shoes, jeans and mit-
tens.
The children are involved in a program
called The Suzuki Method, a form of
teaching music to youngsters without using
the standard theory of learning notes and
bars.
Developed shortly after World War II,
Shinichi Suzuki enforced his learning
method through the discovery that children
learn to speak their mother tongue because
of the following factors: no one tires of
repetition of a particular word when
teaching a baby speak. "Mama" is
repeated thousands of es. The repetition
Huron p1a Ouse
has new directors
The annual general meeting for Huron
Country Playhouse was held at Sanders On
The Beach Restaurant in Grand Bend on
Tuesday, November 22.
The Board of Directors for the 1983-84
year will be led by Jill Waters of Parkhill as
chairman, Adrian Bayley of Hensall as past
chairman, Dave Sheppard of Grand Bend as
vice-chairman, Dave Bannister of Grand
Bend as secretary, and Russ Lingard of
Grand Bend as treasurer. Other executive
members will be Angela Amitt of London,
Bettie Gibbs of Parkhill, Jim Kneale of
Grand Bend and Tory McKenzie of Bayfield
as the representative of the HCP Ladies'
Guild.
Returning to the Board will be Bert
Albertson of Grand Bend, Mary Fran Gaiser
of Exeter, Audrey Harris of Komoka, Bill
Heinsohn of London, Marie Homans of
Grand Bend, Email Merani of Exeter, Dan
Murphy of Goderich and Sharon Statham of
Strathroy.
New members will be Mary Alderson of
Grand Bend, Ellen Coutts of Grand Bend,
Edward Iskauskas of Grand Bend, Jack
Levie of Parkhill, Peter Phillips of Exeter
and Bruce Woodley of Grand Bend.
In addition, Mrs. Al Coo was appointed to
the Honourary Board for the many contribu-
tions she has made towards the develop-
ment of tlie Playhouse.
Nutcracker comes to The Centre
KITCHENER - The traditional version of
THE NUTCRACKER, as performed by
THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA,
will highlight the holiday season at THE
CENTRE IN THE , SQUARE from
December 13 to 17. Come share the magic of
THE NUTCRACKER...with dancing ginger -
breads, funny snowmen, the Waltz of . the
Flowers and the beautiful Sugar Plum
Fairy. It's a wonderful, traditional version
the entire family will enjoy because it is the
most popular Christmas entertainment in
the world.
Sugar Plum Fairies, dancing gingerbread
men, warrior mice - in short, THE NUT-
CRACKER contains all the magical ingre-
dients needed to make it a visually spec-
tacular ballet. A further charm, of course, is
the well-known and much -beloved music by
Tchaikowsky.
Although premiered in 1892, THE NUT-
CRACKER did not achieve popularity until
1934. Thus, this seemingly entrenched
Christmas tradition is only a scant 50 years
old! However, the 50 plus productions of
THE NUTCRACKER throughout the
western world attest to its continued
popularity.
Celia Franca's version for THE NA-
TIONAL is traditionally based. This lively,
frequently humorous and always colourful
ballet touches the heart of the child that
lives within us all.
THE NUTCRACKER has become a
favorite with children since there are a
great many children in the cast with whom
they may identify; the leading character is
a little girl, Clara; and of course, the story is
crammed with fairy-tale fantasy.
THE CENTRE IN THE SQUARE casting
for the principal roles of the Sugar Plum
Fairy/Snow Queen and Prince follows:
December 13, 7:30 p.m., Veronica Tennant,
Tomas Schramek; December 14, 7:30 p.m.,
Mary Jago, David Nixon; December 15, 7:30
p.m., Nadia Potts, Marco Pierin; December
16, 7:30 p.m., Cynthia Lucas, Raymond
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for the child's listening begins from the day
of his birth- Much praise is given the child
when he says his first word. No one ever
gets scolded for not learning the mother
tongue. Many opportunities are given for
the child to perform, no word is discarded. It
is Just added to the vocabulary. The
vocabulary grows throughout the life span.
Each succeeding word becomes easier to
pronounce, and easier to remember. It is a
long time before we learn to read and write.
We wait for reading readiness. And finally,
those who become adept in the use of the
language can become orators, but this is not
for everyone. Many things can be enjoyed
and new things learned because of their
command of the language.
After discovering those factors he went on
to use his findings to develop a method of
teaching the violin to children.
He used the idea of repetition by choosing
a familiar piece that everyone knew. Like
the word "Mama", Twinkle, Twinkle Little
Star is a familiar melody in every
household. Because of its familiarity and
the fact that it easy to sing he felt that it
would be easily played.
He believed that no child was too young to
listen to good music so he asked the mother
to begin playing recordings of good violin
music as soon as possible. When the Suzuki
method was later put in practice he made
violin a ifferent way
recordings of the music to be certain that
the child would grow up with a good exam-
ple of correct pitch and tone quality.
Suzuki believed that parents should praise
the child constantly, "Never get angry when
he cannot do it properly, but try instead to
figure out a way that will help him."
He saw need for providing opportunities
for the child to perform and stressed, "per-
formance builds confidence." As soon as the
child could play the simplest piece, he had
him play for his family.
"Even after the child has learned a piece,
do not discard it," he later wrote. "Make it a
part of his repertoire."
Memorization is also stressed in the
Suzuki Method. "If you start with an easy
piece and progress to the more difficult
literature, memorizing ability increases. As
his confidence increases he becomes more
eager to learn."
Various methods of using the child's abili-
ty to build on what he has already learnt and
postpone the learning of music theory, were
also developed.
He finally believed that those who become
fine violinists can pursue a vocation of
music, but others can better enjoy the work
of an artistic performance, or can play for
their own enjoyment. In other words, he felt
that the child does not have to feel that he
has to grow up to become the world's best
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violinist but rather someone who enjoys and
appreciates the fine art of music.
Today children in the Clinton, Seaforth
and Stratford area are putting Suzuki's
beliefs into practice. Elizabeth Fraser, a
Suzuki Method instructor travels to these
towns to spread the knowledge she has
learnt from the Japanese expert. With pa-
tience and experience she helps her pdpils
understand the beauty and skill associated
with playing the violin.
On Dec. 10, these students will all meet in
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cert is designed to prove that Shinichi
Suzuki did indeed discover a revolutionary
way of learning how to play the violin.
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