Dancing the Music by Alison Cassidy

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Dancing the Music

When I was little
I learned the piano
I didn't practise
I didn't have to
It was so easy

I played in a concert
When I was eight
I was very confident
I 'froze' half-way through
I nearly died

So I practised
Till I got very good
I was school pianist
I sat for exams
I always got honors

Then I left school
I stopped the piano
No time to practise
I bought recordings
And listened to them

When I was older
I learned to dance
I didn't practice
I didn't have to
It was so easy

Alison Cassidy

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Robert Howard (7/1/2007 9:51:00 PM)
The shift between stanzas two and three articulates a fundamental truth about performance preparation. Unsatisfactory performances motivate practice because failure is so disagreeable.

Frank James Ryan Jr. (9/2/2006 7:41:00 PM)
LOVE THE RHYTHM, ALMOST DIRGE-LIKE, AS IT SOLEMNLY CHRONICLES THE PAST IN PROSE-LIKE VERSE...VERY DIFFERENT & ABSTRACT, WHICH IS MY MAIN FLAVOUR, & DEFINITIVELY EXPRESSED....SUPERB WORK, ALLIE
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