Living in These Star Wars

In 1977 Star Wars hit the world. George Lucas had no idea where it would take him and other creative people. Dan Whitley had never seen the movie and his friend, Dr Waite, from Las Vegas, Nevada, was doing a recording with Dan and had written a vocal parody to the Star Wars theme song that John Williams had put to the film score. Dan went to the drive-in theater with a cassette player on the speaker and recorded the entire movie not realizing that within the month he would be approached by Purdy Productions to produce Children's Comic Character Songs to go along with "Star Wars guys" which didn't even hit the shelves for that Christmas. But Lucas and 20th Century Fox sold tickets with promises for delivery by Feb. Dan's kids, now old enough to be crazy about the characters, and his team of writers took each key character and wrote child-oriented songs in tribute.

 
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Children under 12 who learn voice have a tendency to raise their chin and yell their music. Amateaur music teachers in elementary schhols and church groups tend to tell the kids to sing louder. The focus should be on keping your chin down, open your mouth wide and use plenty of air, but don't yell. And of course, come to the 7 a.m. Saturday vocal class and get one of Dan's Notable Youth singing books.