Categories: rejoice-with-me
Date: 29 November 2008 17:42:06
Have spent the day (rather unexpectedly, as I wasn't originally planning to go) at a 'day retreat' run by a music therapist friend, in which she got us to express various emotions, hopes etc by using simple musical instruments - mostly percussion but of many kinds and even a few you could blow into. It was great fun and very relaxing (though the church it was in was cold), and it was remarkable how a bunch of people who arrived quite wound up and initially made very noisy and aggressive music, gradually calmed down into gentle, happy sounds. And the gluten-free brownies were pretty nice too. A pity there were only six attenders* as it was planned for 15.
*this is the proper word for someone who attends. An 'attendee', if it existed, would be someone who was attended. Nah, nah, nah nah nah.