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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\nMagical Musical Moments happen every time I share music with our friends at GiGi\u2019s. I teach ukulele to our adult friends and general music and movement to our littles. Each week I am asked to write down a special moment in class. I can never just write one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are so many special moments to share! Here are just some of my favorite experiences whilst sharing music with my friends at GiGi\u2019s. First is the sheer joy that not only our GiGi\u2019s participants experience, but also volunteers, GiGi\u2019s staff and program leaders! If only this joy could be bottled up and spread throughout our world! Our world would surely be a better place. Every time I leave GiGi\u2019s I feel as though I have been given a big hug and extra dose of love – in fact I actually have, as our GiGi\u2019s friends are some of the most loving, caring and \u201cthere for each other\u201d people that I have ever met. So much laughter accompanies this joy – and laughter is indeed the best medicine. With the laughter sometimes come tears – but tears of joy! This happens when music helps in a social, emotional, linguistic or cognitive breakthrough! When one student encourages a fellow student with a \u201cyou got this”, or when reluctance to join in, turns into full, joyful engagement, or when a student who normally struggles with communication sings along or creates their own song, or when a friend finally feels comfortable joining the dance or song circle, when a joke is is greeted with much laughter and understanding or a little one laughs at Peek a Boo! This is where the magic happens! Being a program leader at GiGi\u2019s is a blessing in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n