Along the trails of
Tennessee, tomorrow morning at 10:30 I will share my award-winning song Be
Like Abigail (Ode to Abigail Smith Adams) with a delightful class of third graders at
one of Nashville's premier elementary schools. I was invited by a teacher
friend of mine to share Abigail with her students. How fun!
As you may know, women
of Abigail's generation - The Revolutionary War era (1776) - were denied formal
education in favor of domestic responsibilities. Among her plethora of honors
(one being the wife of John Adams, first vice-president and second President of
the United States) I know Mrs. Adams would be pleased to be heralded as a
patriotic woman of valor, and heroine of The American Revolution to a wide-eyed
group of seven year olds. What a wonderful opportunity to plant patriotic seeds
into the hearts and minds of our children.
I will include
pictures of "Abigail Adams Goes To School" after tomorrow's
adventure. Stay tuned...which, btw, is the mantra of any self-respecting
musician :)
