Dahl and HP Soundtrack

[Ebony Elizabeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 444

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Rob Usdin" <robusdin at h...> wrote:
> It makes me think back to when I saw "Willy Wonka and the CHocolate 
Factory" - which happens to be my all time favorite movie.  While 
some license was taken in bringing the movie to life in a "pseudo 
American/ENglish town" with AMerican actors, it absolutely is a 
wonderful interpretation of the book.


Yes, it is.  Gene Wilder was *fantastic*.

I remember now that first author that came to mind when I first read 
HP was Roald Dahl.  I loved reading his books as a child and can 
still remember the school librarian reading "The Twits" to my first 
grade class.  I'd like to do some Dahl this year, but the fourth 
grade teachers pretty much cover him.

(Sidenote--a little announcement I'm sort of proud of--I just learned 
today that I've been appointed as a lead teacher at my school, fifth 
grade team leader to be exact!  As this is my second year of contract 
teaching, I am quite pleased.  It'll mean some extra work, but I'll 
have an administrative voice in how the district's Grade 5 curriculum 
is interpreted at our school, what themes we cover, what field trips 
we take, etc.)

I *still* think that any vocals on the HP soundtrack should appeal to 
a wide range of listeners.  If that means "pop", so be it.  I don't 
discriminate against an entire category of music just because it 
isn't my cup of tea.  The Lion King soundtrack, Rice, and Elton John 
were a perfect combination IMO.  You don't have to be eight years old 
to appreciate that.

How can we as *Harry Potter* fans turn up our nose at something just 
because it's popular?  Just like Harry Potter would be good reading 
if one person or one billion people read it, good music is good music 
no matter whether it lands on the Billboard Top 40 or not.

Ebony AKA AngieJ