GROwing together
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what to expect today:
drawing by the numbers (literally)
Rockin Robins
signs of
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The genesis of “Rockin’ Robin” was a rock ‘n’ roll story of legend. Leon René wrote the song after his wife complained about a bird keeping her awake at night.
“She asked me to chase him away so that she could get some sleep,” Leon explained. “I told her I couldn’t unless I threw a rock at him. But the next night the bird flew into a tree outside my window and woke me up…and about 2 a.m. every morning thereafter.” (The culprit was actually a mockingbird, and not a robin.)
René was a university-educated, middle-aged musician whose songwriting credits included the classic “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano.” When he decided to turn his nocturnal annoyance into a pop novelty, he started with the term “mockingbird,” which morphed into “rockin’ mockin’ bird” and, finally, “rockin’ robin.”
The song proved a godsend to Bobby Day’s career (whose real last name was coincidentally Byrd).
René, though, would later admit, “I thought so little of the song that I decided not to put my name on it. Instead, I gave it to my wife, Irma, and she put my mother-in-law’s name down as the writer—Jimmie Thomas.”
René never renewed the copyright and no doubt lost a fortune in royalties when Michael Jackson sold a million copies of “Rockin’ Robin” in 1972.
https://www.beaconseniornews.com/2022/08/01/407632/behind-the-beat-of-rockin-robin-#:~:text=Behind%20the%20beat,Randal%20C.%20Hill
René was a university-educated, middle-aged musician whose songwriting credits included the classic “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano.” When he decided to turn his nocturnal annoyance into a pop novelty, he started with the term “mockingbird,” which morphed into “rockin’ mockin’ bird” and, finally, “rockin’ robin.”
The song proved a godsend to Bobby Day’s career (whose real last name was coincidentally Byrd).
René, though, would later admit, “I thought so little of the song that I decided not to put my name on it. Instead, I gave it to my wife, Irma, and she put my mother-in-law’s name down as the writer—Jimmie Thomas.”
René never renewed the copyright and no doubt lost a fortune in royalties when Michael Jackson sold a million copies of “Rockin’ Robin” in 1972.
https://www.beaconseniornews.com/2022/08/01/407632/behind-the-beat-of-rockin-robin-#:~:text=Behind%20the%20beat,Randal%20C.%20Hill
Spring Robin
mixed media
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MATERIALS NEEDED:
watercolor paper 8x8" watercolor brushes blue liquid watercolor paint facial tissues (1 per artist) Bird drawing guide salt brown tempera paint small portion cups watercolor paints scissors blowdryers glue sticks 
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easy as 1..2..3..
what to expect next session:
another pollinator - the butterfly
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