Non-verbal communication is important. It is reported that up to 90% of our communication can be non-verbal through facial expressions, body language and posture. Living in an increasingly digital age, body language and visual media are used more and more to communicate ideas. Miss Winkler’s Year 2 class (2W) have been experimenting with using body percussion to help communicate a message. They have practiced and performed a piece to the song, Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie. It was written in the early 20th Century by the blues singer, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter. The song came from a time when Ledbetter was working on his farm and calling out to his wife, Sylvie, for a drink of water. Historians note that performing blues music was a way to teach people about life in the American South during the 1920s and 1930s. This song was recently adapted by singer and composer Moira Smiley to include body percussion.
Kendra Neilsen (Year 8)
Bring me a little water, Sylvie
Non-verbal communication is important. It is reported that up to 90% of our communication can be non-verbal through facial expressions, body language and posture. Living in an increasingly digital age, body language and visual media are used more and more to communicate ideas. Miss Winkler’s Year 2 class (2W) have been experimenting with using body percussion to help communicate a message. They have practiced and performed a piece to the song, Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie. It was written in the early 20th Century by the blues singer, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter. The song came from a time when Ledbetter was working on his farm and calling out to his wife, Sylvie, for a drink of water. Historians note that performing blues music was a way to teach people about life in the American South during the 1920s and 1930s. This song was recently adapted by singer and composer Moira Smiley to include body percussion.
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