Pam, my Sister Ant

Today I am sharing an email I sent to my dear friend, Pam, in Canada:

Believe it or not, I was thinking of you the other day, during camp.....yes, we are still running our Summer Music Camps..... just wondering what you were doing and how you were.... so happy to hear from you and what great timing, too. August 5th is our 15th wedding anniversary AND the release date of my new English album!

First of all, it's great to hear you are working with passionate artists!

Congratulations!

I want to hear more about your show.

I only just figured out and told Andreas a couple days ago, that only after 40 years in this business, with all the performances and experiences, that finally, I am satisfied and happy with my new album! Isn't that crazy?

The design and colours are great, the songs are great, just little things added up and you know, it's the people around me, that have inspired me, the right people!

For the past 12 years of teaching and performing, my family, my students, my friends, with living in Missouri, Canada and returning to HK, has been an amazing journey for me.

The influences from living there and teaching the kids, my girls, meeting new friends and getting to know them, is much more precious than just being on stage.

Even though the stage is the icing on top of the cake, everything else before that moment, makes the performance so perfect!

Of course, without the support of Andreas, his neverending patience, his strong will, his persistence, his love, his great food! All this couldn't have been possible. I do believe God is on my side and I am so thankful. =)

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." ~~ Mahatma Gandhi

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God." ~~ Leo Buscaglia

This is exactly what we both do!!!!

How I miss you, Pam, your talent, your love and most of all your passion!!! =)

One day, a couple months ago, I gave the True Love Concert DVD to my nail artist and while having my nails done, they put in the DVD and I got to watch the show. And you know, it is a great show and made me miss our working together! You looked so gorgeous and so angelic in that BLUE cloak!! You made that look so good! =) What great times!

Yes, this little Ant on this side of the world is still working hard, climbing up that mountain and hopefully will get to meet you, my Sister Ant and have some time to reminisce, or work on a project together to get us going up higher!

Summer camps this year is going very well! Adee has worked hard the past year to bring more students in, through helping me write my column (in Chinese, of course) in a free paper, Take Me Home, getting our bus ads out, pushing Alexias and Andreas in getting the ads done =) Actually Adee is our supervisor!!! He pushes me too, in getting my music tracks done, but of course, with all the other little things that are happening at the same time, my music is the last thing on my mind...

But, with God's Grace, and my willingness to wait, it is all happening now.

Yes, during camps, I am in my room, making my music and so excited to have it released soon.

I have been performing here and there but not as much as I want to, so teaching is now really taking up most of our time.

Alexias and Serena are a great team! Gosh, can you believe it? Already 16 & 13! Aunty Flora and Keiffany both came to help and participate in the camps and doing great! Keiffany is already 11 and having a great time working and learning alongside her sisters! Flora helps with the yoga and student supervisor, and also became a first time lyricist! =)

Flora helped with our new song 'I Like My Brain' but I had to use a different melody, and the kids loved the songs!! I'm so thrilled!! =)

The Chinese version is called 'Adorable Me' =) Flora translates the English version and adds more of what the body parts do and I try to put those words into a melody. Adee and Clement helped alot too as they can tell which notes would make the words sound better. You know, the Chinese words are turned into foul words when sung in a different tone!!!! so we had to make sure!! =)

I had taught a class a month ago to the little ones on Saturdays, 3 -6 years old, and I asked them which part of their bodies did they like the most and the first girl offered a 'I LIKE MY BRAIN'!!!! She is 5 years old and the next girl, yelled ' I Like My Smelly FEET!!!!' She's 4. I gently told the little girl that I will try to think how I can incorporate smelly feet into the song..... and all the other kids chose the usual, I like my hair, my eyes, my ears..etc....Those kids are so cute!

So I wrote the first part of the song and TV (yes, she was here for 6 weeks June/July) helped me finish the song in 20 minutes!!!! TV also wrote it in Spanish, AND did another version in Spanish with a Salsa beat and dance too!!!! WOW!! I had promised to get the video uploaded and will do when the kids have their Summer Music performance Aug 19th at the Shatin Town theater, the smaller theater which seats 300.

I am staying home again today due to my bronchitis.. I couldn't believe it! I have not had bronchitis in maybe 10 years?? And I have a performance promoting my new CD TOMORROW!!! hahaha.... So I am resting at home, and diligently drinking my lemony drink which Andreas bought for me last night. I am getting better and need to sleep more.....

Andreas and the girls went off to the studio and today they will be revising the songs the kids have learned in the past 4 days, practicing their exit and entrances and finishing off their photo frames. The kids in each camp gets a photo frame, we have red, yellow, blue, green, white and sometimes black, photo frames which they decorate on their own. We provide all the materials, like little puffy balls, the folded stars, stickers, markers, feathers, etc... and a group photo is taken either on the second or third day of camp and given to the kids to put into their frames.

After each camp, which lasts for 5 days, the kids get to perform on the 6th day (Saturday) for their families. All the students get to perform together on the same songs and the little ones perform their songs which they know while the afternoon class would sit and watch. But sometimes everyone decides to join in, =) The Entertainers would perform their songs and finally, the TCI kids will perform the Salsa version of 'I Like My Brain' - Me Gusta Mi Cerebro!

The little ones - the Little Musical Stars - starts camp at 10am until noon. The afternoon camp -The Entertainers, start from 1pm -6pm.

The TCI kids, Anson, Audrey, Kelly and Vanessa, Nancy (from Vancouver, 2nd year at TCI camp and Regina, also from Vancouver, help to teach and work on other songs with me or Adee and Clement. Blossom left near the end of Nov 2008 to study in Australia but came back for one week of camp this year. We were so happy to see her again!

This is our 4th week of camps and there are kids who join the whole 4 weeks or first and last week, or just one week. We do have one more week for a performance camp, open only to kids who have joined any of our camps and personally invited by me, but not guaranteed to perform on Aug 19th. =)

Adee has a new buddy working with him. Clement Lee. He is one of my very first student from Toronto back in 1998 and he's great! Clement also teaches singing, translates my songs into ping yin in almost no time, and sings very well, too!! Last year he was our main guy performing with Liat, my God Daughter, also from Toronto. Liat & Clement, they should record together=)

Love you and miss you! Thinking of you when the kids are singing and dancing! your sister Ant Teresa =)

Clouds & Moon

The wait is worth it! Even after 36 years, that is.... Thank you, God

Yes, after 36 years since my first English album was released in HK, my very first USA recorded CD has finally arrived!

And, it's the best! I love it! Looks AND sounds GREAT!!!

Hallelujah and Praise God!

Of course, I do believe all of this was planned and nothing is coincidence. =)

Meeting Michael T., working with him, my trips to LA for recording, TV being there to help with Ooh Child, an original song by Reeve Carney 'Think of You", singing 'You're still the One', which I would NEVER have dreamed of singing, but the song described how people used to think about us, Andreas and I.

Yes, honey, we made it!

And.... Hello.

The song I used to sing when I was working in the clubs, and had always wanted to record it and now, I have, thanks to Michael.

Michael's arrangement is so good, so perfect for me, the way his guitar sang and cried, wow!

Did you know MT also played for Mr. Richie?

I am at lost for words, I want to sing more! =)

I thank my Dad, for his love, his adoration, his neverending support, in making sure I sounded good, always there to remind me of my responsibility in doing my best, no matter what!

Somewhere... Andreas' favorite. =)

Memory.... one of my favorite songs, but never could bring myself to record as it's such a classic and so hard to make the song my own. With MT's guidance and direction, I am proud to say this version is mine =)

Even after taking 18 months from beginning to the last recording, the songs still feel as if I had just recorded them yesterday, so new, so exciting, YEAH!!

It Must Have Been Love: MT's guitar soars!!! California and blue skies!

Dave Rideau: You are amazing!

Your work on all the mixes are fantastic and I am so grateful for your friendship and talent!

Thank you!!!

My darling Daughter,TV. What a gift she has, creating and making "Ooh Child" sound like it's ours! Honestly, it was the hardest song for me to sing, believe it or not. =)

Much love to my three beautiful girls, TV, Alexias & Serena. Thank you for loving me and making me so proud to be your Mother!! =)

Finally, my heart, my love, my soulmate - You're Still The One, Andreas!

Happy Anniversary, Darling. and Thank you for the Special Gift, my new CD!

It's so beautiful! I LOVE it!!!

Happy Anniversary, Darling!

Even though it's our 15th wedding anniversary today, Andreas darling, and because it's Typhoon no. 8, we may have to spend our anniversary at home..... I just want to let you know, how thankful and grateful I am for the CD design you did for my new album. For putting the whole project together, for getting the CD its release and promotion. It's the best gift ever, honey! =)

Love you, my Dearest, for your love and for always being there for me and our girls! Thank you for the happiness you've given me, for marrying me, for loving me no matter what and for being the best Father to our girls!

Happy Anniversary, Darling!

Another rainy day, another typhoon no. 8.

Yesterday was the 2nd day of Week 4 for our Summer Music Camp. Alexias wasn't feeling good, but still came in with Serena & Keiffany. I wasn't feeling well either and managed to rest up a couple of hours before finishing off the music for 'I Like Colours/Colors'. Happy about that.

Aunty Flora and Adee Gor Gor taught the morning class, and it seemed the kids had a great time. The little Musical Stars revised on the songs and worked on their picture frames, for their group photo which would be taken today. Always great when a child gives you a hug for no reason, like little Eily. Thank you for your love! =)

Clement taught Nancy and Regina a new Mandarin song, while Alexias helped with the Summer is Fun choreography, and teaching the song, Asereje! =) Another favorite for the kids. TV choreographed and taught this song 4 summers ago! I have to post the video soon as with other videos, hahaha... ! Thank you, Clement, Alexias, Serena, Aunty Flora. Adee Gor Gor & TV, for making all these kid so happy, learning music! =)

So excited to speak to Michael Thompson today, on the phone, as it's been awhile since we last spoke. What a thrill and a joy to know our CD is finally being released! Hallelujah!!

Wishing everyone the joy in music....

Weekend in Macau at the new Lan Kwai Fong Hotel

August 1st 2009 - After our TCI Summer Music Camp performance at the studio, Andreas, Adee, Clement, Aunty Flora, Alexias, Serena, Keiffany and I prepared for our weekend trip to Macau, to attend the opening of Lan Kwai Fong Macau Hotel. It was in a way, a short holiday and a little work for me. =)

By the time we arrived at the hotel, we were a little hungry and tired but anxiously waiting for our dinner at the Brazilian restuarant, Fogosamba, at the Venetian. Our reservation was for 6:30pm, so Andreas and I went to get our hair done and to meet the gang at the restuarant later.

Dinner was just a bit rushed, and most of us became quite full just a little too fast, even though it was good =)

Managed to walk out of the restuarant without feeling ill, and got back to the hotel to watch some TV and rest up. =)

August 2nd 2009 Sunday

I can't believe we were without the internet all weekend long and actually wasn't too bad. I could have written some, but just with the impending work and having to perform just with Joey and the one man Band -Ben, was just a bit of concern..... =) yes, I wished I had stuck to my guns in bringing the whole band, but sometimes, things don't turn out the way you want it to.

The whole performance still went very well, and everyone had a great time. =) So I am happy about that. So thankful, too, for Flora's lovely, bright, TC's LV- like blouse/top, which was a lifesaver!!! I was 'told' it was very casual, 'everyone' who wants to sing can just get up on stage and Ben, the one man band/Ben, can accompany them..... but I am sooooo glad I insisted on bringing Joey! =) He was great, of course!

Adee, Clement, Flora, Alexias, Serena & Keiffany left around 9:45pm, just as I started to sing, to catch the 10:30 pm ferry back to HK, as they have camp the next morning.

Andreas and I managed to hang around and felt like groupies, (especially me), having photos taken with all the celebrities...... =)

Everyone seemed to be having a good time, and it was good all in all.

August 3rd 2009

Our Summer Music Camp started its 4th week and we see some more new and old faces! I managed to work a little on 'I Like Colors' and it's sounding good..... =) The kids did great and revised on some old songs.

Oh yes, Andreas received two more mixed Kids songs today from Dave R. and 'Twinkle Little Star' and 'Three Blind Mice' sounds absolute wonderful!!! Spoke to Dave and I was so touched and honored he liked my arrangements and the girls' singing plus my first kids' composition of 'The ABC Song'! YEAH!!!

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A IS FOR APPLE

B IS FOR BABY

C IS FOR CAT AND

D IS FOR DOG

E IS FOR ELEPHANT

F IS FOR FOX AND

G IS FOR G-O-A-T GOAT!

H IS FOR HIPPO

I IS FOR ICE CREAM

J IS FOR JAM AND

K IS FOR KANGAROO

L IS FOR LION

M IS FOR MONKEY

N IS FOR NOODLES AND

O IS FOR ORANGE

P IS FOR PAPAYA

Q IS FOR QUEEN

R IS FOR RABBIT AND

S IS FOR SNAKE

T IS FOR TIGER

U IS FOR UMBRELLA

V IS FOR VI.....O.....LIN....... AND

W IS FOR WATERMELON

X IS FOR X-RAY

Y IS FOR YO YO

Zee IS FOR ZEBRA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! *

2nd time

Z (British pronounciation - ezed) IS FOR ZEBRA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!

Written : Teresa Carpio & TCI kids Arranged: Teresa Carpio Vocals: Alexias & Serena

Thankful! for my BRAIN!

Today is another good day! =) How was yours?

Spent the morning working on cleaning up the vocals for B-I-N-G-O which were recorded last week, but I didn't get to finish it as I wasn't feeling well all week..... So it was good I managed to get it done today. Did I mention I had been trying to release a TCI kids CD for 4 years???

Well, I think this is the year which the first CD will be released!

Alexias and Serena's voices have matured abit but still sounding cute and fun! Gosh, listening to my very first composition of ABC, their voices really sounded so young and so sweet! I am glad our sound engineer, Dave, LOVES...... our 'Three Blind Mice!!! =) We've sent three songs to be mixed. ABC is done, next will be TBM and the third one is Twinkle Little Star! Did you know originally it has 7 verses? Well, it's not that long and Alexias did a great job singing it, 4 years ago!

The past few years I had been teaching and rearranging the music for some older classic pop songs, like Everyday People, Happy Together, a couple of Canton pop songs, like, I Really Love You, A Thousand Suns, which needs to be redone and vocals added. I still liked the arrangements for the English songs, but the Chinese ones need some more work.

In the meantime, I do have 3 new songs which were written just the past 2 months and I am so excited to work on the music! I Like Colours, Adorable Me and I Like My Brain!

I LIKE MY BRAIN!

One day during the younger kids' class, I asked the kids which part of their bodies do they like the most and the first kid quickly said 'I Like My Brain!' and another kid followed with ' I Like My Smelly Feet!' Of course I said it's hard to think as quick as they can, on how to incorporate 'smelly feet ' into a song..... mmm....

So, right there and then, I started to play the notes to 'I Like My Brain!'

I LIKE MY BRAIN, I LIKE MY BRAIN

I LIKE MY HAIR , I LIKE MY EYES

I LIKE MY HANDS, I LIKE MY HANDS

I LIKE MY MOUTH, I LIKE MY EARS!

The kids loved it!! I went back and asked TV, my oldest daughter, who was visiting last month, to help me finish off the song, with notes which Serena wrote down from the kids on what they said during class!!! =) So much fun!!

When we got back home, TV said it was so easy, she wrote the song in 20 minutes!!!

continued from above, by TV:

EVERY FINGER EVERY TOE

EVERY TOOTH, AND YES, MY NOSE

BUT ONLY MY MOMMY LOVES MY SMELLY FEET!! =)

I LIKE MY BRAIN I LIKE MY BRAIN

I LIKE MY CHEEKS I LIKE MY TUMMY

I LIKE MY KNEES I LIKE MY KNEES

I LIKE MY ELBOW I LIKE MY CHIN

BUT MOST OF ALL I LOVE MY MOMMY AND DADDY

AND THEY LOVE ME AND MY HEART

BUT MOST OF ALL I LOVE MY MOMMY AND DADDY

AND THEY LOVE ME FOR MY HEART!

Thanks to my lovely TV, not just for this song, but for the Spanish version to the same melody AND another Spanish version with a choreographed DANCE!!!! YEAH!! Will post the video of their rehearsal and the lyrics to the Spanish version soon!!! TV is a genius!!! =) And also much love to my little TCI kids for their inspiration! This song is for you all.

So thankful!

I remembered someone told me a long time ago..... when you are looking for answers, you don't have to look very far, as it's really so close that sometimes you don't realize it's right in front of you! ^ ^

Have a lovely day and keep smiling! =) Someone out there loves you!

A Better Tomorrow

Even though I had gone out to town with the family, I wasn't feeling too good today so I returned home on the train today, Andreas taking me back....so that was nice,

But then, the kids at camp were learning 'A Better Tomorrow', a popular Mandarin song from the 80's and I thought I would try to do the music track on my Logic and ended up on the computer for 5 hours!!!! my eyes are kind of blurry now... but the music is almost done even though I used a midi file from Adee, which had so many wrong notes!!!! That's why it took so long.... anyways, the music is sounding abit more updated =) so I am happy.

Yeah, Alexias and Serena were quite happy when they got home as their day with the kids turned out pretty good! Especially the workout!!!

It was so funny when the girls told me they could go on and on and on with the jumping jacks, push ups, sit ups, etc....without feeling tired, BECAUSE, quote ' Mom used to work out THREE times a day and TV used to work out everyday, so that's why we feel we can go on and on!!!!'

So cute, my beautiful girls!

Alexias and Serena are still so young and innocent. ha ha ha ha ha ha.....

So glad, Alexias, Serena and Keiffany finished 'The Muffin Man' & the 'Bingo, AEIOU song'

I still have a few more songs to do for the next two weeks of camp! So excited for the kids' CD to finish! YEAH!

Have a great day!! Love & Music always!

HELLO TERESA CARPIO NEW CD

Release Date August 3rd 2009

Songlist

Somewhere Memory Goodbye Yellow Brick Road All Around The World Hello

La La La Means I Love You Ooh Child You're Still The One It Must Have Been Love

Rainy Days And Mondays I Think Of You

Sharing Good News!

Hello, dear friends!

Yes, I have good news!

My new, long-awaited, exciting, amazing, beautiful, precious, wonderful, fantastic, special, first ever recorded and mixed in the USA studio album, is finally being released on August 3rd 2009!!!! Yeah!! Thanks to Michael Thompson, yes, THE Michael Thompson, for arranging, for choosing the songs, for being my vocal producer, for introducing his friend, Dave Rideau, to mix the songs and for being there to make it all happen!

Of course, thanks to my dearest husband, Andreas, for getting the CD released. We waited almost 2 years and now, it's here. I am so excited and so happy! Thank you, GOD! =)

Andreas also posted the ads on facebook, and it looks great! =)

Today at camp, our TCI team and the kids all did great.

The morning class had started to learn our new song ' I Like My Brain', both in English and Spanish and the TCI kids performed the dance version of it and the kids loved it! They revised on Summer is FUN!, I Like to Teach, and the kids song, ABC.

In the afternoon, the class all started to decorate their picture frame to get ready for our photo shoot tomorrow. We usually have group photos taken and to give them to the students as a souvenir from the camp, plus the decorated photo frame.

Alexias made some changes to the Summer is FUN! dance and it really looked and sounded great!

Alexias, Serena and Keiffany also finished recording the two songs "The Muffin Man" &

B-I-N-G-O (AEIOU Song) after class. The girls were so cute and funny! Alexias and Serena had to control their laughter, which was easier said than done, and some of it was recorded too! =)

Looking forward to tomorrow's classes and wishing everyone much love and God's Blessings!

Great DAY! at TCI Summer Camp 3rd week

To say it is a great day is an understatement =)

I am thankful to be teaching kids and to have such loving and caring friends and family all around, to help kids find their voice, whether in music or in their daily lives. To have the courage to speak up and express themselves, and to communicate without fear.

Today, my thought of bringing a happy and positive energy to the kids, I suggested Serena's favourite song, Happiness, from You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. When they were younger, Alexias had to take away the song from Serena as she was playing it so much, over and over again! =)

Even though we had never taught this song before, the universal message in the lyrics, the spirit of the innocence of Charlie Brown, the positive sounds of the melody, creates an instant connection with the kids and thus, makes learning the song so much easier and faster! Yes, it sounds great too!

This week is our 3rd week of our Summer Camp and we see a few more new students join up plus some of our regular Saturday classes students. =)

Aunty Flora began the classes with an half hour of beginners yoga and Alexias presented our new Summer camp theme song 'Summer is Fun' with the class.

SUMMER IS FUN!

Summer is here Summer is FUN

Summer is Love for Everyone! repeat 2 x

When the music starts to play

We all want to sing right away

Dance to the rhythm of the beat

Come On Everybody Move your feet!

Keeping it together Loving it forever

We can all have fun, under the sun!

Keeping it together Loving it forever

We can all have fun, cos You're the one!

The song was written three weeks ago by Alexias, Serena and TV, while I arranged the song and managed to get it ready for Camp! Hopefully before the end of Summer camp. I can get the kids to record the song. =)

Will be back later! Happy thoughts everyone!

Teresa Lo_C

Cloud photo

My favorite hobby - taking photos of the clouds in the sky in a moving car...... This was taken July 25 Saturday morning from Taipo.

TCI Summer Music Camp Week 2 Performance

It was almost 9am when we arrived at the TCI studio. Alexias, Serena, Keiffany and Aunty Flora were getting ready and changing into their TCI tshirts. Andreas came in soon after parking the car and it seems everyone knows their part in our Musical Journey today.

The Little Musical Stars students are coming in one by one and looking like they had just woken up. In the meantime, our own TCI Kids (students who have been coming to TCI for over 2 to 4 years) are also arriving in time to look after the little ones. The afternoon class, The Entertainers, are also starting to arrive. Most seem like they are still not fully awake at 9am/930am, and just sits down in the studio awaiting for someone to come over to welcome them.

We start welcoming each student with a happy greeting of 'Good Morning!', and introducing The Little Musical Stars (morning class) to the Entertainers (afternoon class). We proceeded with the Energy Circle, for a little warm-up. After warming up, we get the kids to go through the positions for each of the songs.

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, which would be the first time for both classes to join up to perform our school's theme song. I was so touched to hear them trying hard to make sure the words 'FURNISH IT' is separate and clear =)

Sing - another song which both groups will sing together. This is sung with me playing the piano. I had previously assigned the 4 groups into A- B - C- D group, as I wanted to challenge the kids' focus. awareness and memory skills when singing the song. For example: After the intro, I will call out group A and they will start singing until I call out another group or two to continue the next line or verse. I have found this method an excellent way to get everyone to have their turn to sing the song where they can practice without having pressure to remember all the lyrics at one time and still enjoy the learning process =) It is really amazing to listen and watch how the kids connect to each other and to the song while performing! And, of course, it's a great song!

Chai Sum Yat Ji (All Hearts Unite as One) Cantonese

Yoong Yo Yi Gur Jia (We Are One Family) Mandarin

This was originally called the Toronto SARS song as it was written by a Canadian group in Toronto, (sorry I forgot exactly which band that wrote it and it was called You Belong Here) and it was back in 2003 during SARS that I was asked to sing in Chinese for the city of Toronto.

I asked my students, Bonnie and Shelley to help write in Cantonese and Mandarin respectively, but only the Cantonese made it for the commercial release all over Toronto on television and radio, to promote unity among the people, especially the Chinese.

All the kids were so energized and I could feel the power each time they sang 'Chai Sum' - Hearts Together, Yat Ji - United as One! Yoong Shin - Use Our Hearts! Yoong Yo Yi Gur Jia - We are One Family! This song is a favorite of mine and hopefully we can get to record it soon as it can be such an uplifting song for any occasion.

Seasons of Love - Another favorite song of mine which I have been teaching for almost 8 years! The kids just picked it up so naturally and I wish you could see how united their voices sound together, much more like an ensemble than a choir. Gosh, it's incredible how these young kids learn so fast! What a joy! =)

I Really Love You - the Chinese song by Beyond. Another favorite as there are additional English lyrics written by my daughters, Alexias and Serena. Giving thanks to their Mom for the support she gives to the children in learning music and giving them unconditional love.

'When you hold me in your arms, I feel so safe and warm. Let me say to you 'I really love You!'

So sweet. Always brings tears to any mothers' eyes.

Summer is FUN!!! - A new song for our Summer Camp this year. I had really wanted to have an original song especially for our kids and with the help of Alexias and Serena, we got it! It is a happy, energetic, fun, danceable, funky and POP song! =) Alexias helped choreograph the song and the kids really had so much fun! It's wonderful!

And finally the last song : A Thousand Suns/The Body Electric

I had taught this song a few years back and always loved Body Electric, but did not know there was a Cantonese version of it. It was so well written by Uncle James Wong that it was a breeze teaching it to the kids. Of course, the kids made it their own and really packed the power behind it when the line 'When I shall become one with the SUNNNNNNN!!!!!' At the end, there would be the English and Cantonese singing together ' And in time and in time, and in time and in time, we will all be STARS!!!' Cantonese: Boon Ngo Hung, Si Yau Yee, Yeet Ngo Sum, Si Nay Yat Gor, Mo Yan Hor, Chui Duk Sik, For Tai Yeung Cheen Gor.........!!! =) Fantastic!!!

Summer Camp at TCI cast:

Little Musical Stars: QQ (3 1/2), Melanie, Audrey, Ophelia, Ying Ying, Yu Yu & Eily

The Entertainers: Curtis, Camilla, Zoe, Chloe, Jade, Jasmine, Sam, Ho Ming, James, Yvonne, Gillian, Chin Chin, Chien Ning, Nicole Tong, Nicole Ng, Keiffany,

TAs: Nancy, Regina, Aunty Flora, Alexias, Adee, Clement, Serena, Keiffany, Audrey, Kelly, Anson, Vanessa

TCI Kids : Anson, Audrey, Kelly, Keiffany, Vanessa, Alexias & Serena. Our new TAs are Nancy & Regina, both from Vancouver and joining the full program for 5 weeks! Adee Wong, our Camp Director, informs us that, we will be having over 50 students for the performance!!

Little Musical Stars' Songs performed:

1. I Like to Teach the World To Sing!

2. Sing

3. ABC - TCI's new version

4. Three Blind Mice

5. Wheels on the Bus

6. I Like Colors - New TCI Kids song

7. The Muffin Man

The Entertainers' songs:

1. I Like to Teach the World To Sing!

2. Sing

3. I Really Love You

4. Chai Sum Yat Ji

5. Yoong Yo Yi Gur Jiah

6 Seasons of Love

7. Summer Is Fun!

8. A Thousand Suns

TCI Kids : Me Gusta Mi Cerrebro Dance - original song by TV Carpio. Choreographed by TV

It was a great performance and the kids gave their best! Thank you all for making another week at TCI a memorable week! Thanks to all the parents who supported their kids! A thousand kisses and hugs to our TCI Team: Andreas (my hubby) Alexias & Serena (my lovely daughters), TV (my eldes daughter), Adee Wong, Aunty Flora, Clement and all TCI Kids & TAs and their parents.

Looking forward to our next week of great fun, music, dancing, laughter and singing! Happy weekend everyone!

With Love in Music,

Miss Carpio & TCI Team

TCI Summer Music Camp 2009

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