Jimu News reporter Sun Tingting
Intern Shu Jing Pan Jiajun
html At 6:30 pm on March 26, under the night, the sound of "Doremi is making a shuilaxi..." came from a pavilion. Dongxi, who lives in Wuhan City, Huang Cuihua, a resident of Xinhua Community, Zomaling Street, Lake District, straightened her body and practiced seven notes carefully word by word. Her voice floated throughout the alley. Not long ago, she joined the community's "Qiao Sunset" choir and became a member of the community for the first time. Music "trainees", on March 15, Xinhua Community established the "Qiao Sunset" choir, with a total of 26 members, with an average age of about 66 years old. "You will have fun if you learn. Life becomes more interesting after joining the choir." 68-year-old Huang Cuihua said with a smile on her face.
Huang Cuihua said that on February 19 this year, she learned from Xinhua Community Secretary Wang Heng that the community was going to set up a "Qiao Sunset" choir, so she took the initiative to sign up and volunteered to organize other residents to join. She went to the community elderly recreation room to lobby the residents who came to play, telling everyone that the community would set up a free choir and everyone was welcome to sign up. It was with Huang Cuihua's encouragement that 70-year-old Liu Lanzhen joined the "Qiao Sunset" choir.
Liu Lanzhen said that her children work out of town and she usually lives alone. When she has nothing to do, she likes to play cards with her friends to pass the time. When she learned that a choir was going to be set up in the community, everyone could sign up and learn a skill. Very heartwarming. "I'm really happy. I can learn singing from the teacher. I can also participate in chorus activities in the future. I have something to do every day." When Liu Lanzhen said this, she sounded very excited.
spread the word to ten, and more and more residents asked to join the choir. In the end, 26 residents were selected. However, the choir lacks professional instructors. Wang Heng, the community secretary, said that they contacted the Veterans Action Group of the Dongxihu District Related Work Committee and expressed the community residents’ thoughts and wanted to invite professional teachers from the group to guide the chorus. "Most of them are retired soldiers, and some members often participate in various performances and have rich experience." Wang Heng said. The two parties hit it off immediately and invited Zhao Bing to serve as the vocal teacher of the "Qiao Sunset" choir.
"This group of students has never learned vocal music before. Although they don't know how to do it, they still cooperate with my guidance and work hard to practice chorus." Zhao Bing said that she gave everyone a simple test at the opening ceremony and found that everyone I have almost no basic skills, and I don’t know anything about pronunciation, luck and other skills. I just sing at the top of my voice. "Following courses will start with simple lessons. We will select appropriate songs to practice singing according to the members' preferences, and we will also teach them some basic singing methods." Zhao Bing introduced.
In addition to the choir, Xinhua Community has also formed a "Grandma Nursing Team" in which many community elders volunteer. They are mainly responsible for escorting children to and from school near the primary schools under their jurisdiction. Huang Cuihua is also one of the volunteers. "There are many activities in our community to make our senior life more exciting, and also allow us to contribute and deliver some positive energy." Huang Cuihua said cheerfully.
(Source: Jimu News)
