Client Appreciation Day at the Pumpkin Patch
Last October I had the pleasure to attend the Client Appreciation Day at the pumpkin patch in Rancho Bernardo. This was a really fun event! All of the clients from The Music Therapy Center of California were invited! It was great to see all that were able to make it! One of the things that I got to be exposed to was the singing of Halloween carols! This was a great learning experience for me! I had always wondered about what kind of repertoire to delve into when Halloween comes around. It turns out that the Halloween carols were actually Christmas carols that had the lyrics adapted to fit the Halloween spirit. I was pleasantly surprised at how much fun this was for everyone including myself. One example of these adapted tunes was “Silver Bells” being adapted to “Shivery Yells.” The participants loved it when the chorus of “Shivery Yells” came around where everyone was able to show off their spooky moans, cackles, and shrieks! This was just another confirmation to me that in music therapy, anything can be adapted with the right amount of creativity. The Music Therapy Center had also set up a lovely booth where participants could make their own corn shakers to shake to the music. Pumpkin and skull shakers were also available. I had a lot of fun at this event, and will definitely be prepared with sufficient repertoire for the next Halloween season!
-Brandon Wright
