Judy Domeny Bowen - Teacher Therapy

Media:	Audio CD
Record label:	Round Top Barn Music
Release date:	26 October, 1999
Our price:	$15.99

Teacher Therapy

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Teacher Therapy - Hits Your Funny Bone and Heartstrings

Judy Bowen's "Teacher Therapy" is a must for all who have ever taught or been taught! Judy Bowen portrays the sense of humor that teachers use to survive daily routines, trials and frustrations in songs such as "Faculty Meetings," "So You Want to be a Teacher," and "February Blues." These songs will have you in stitches. But beyond the surface level of humor in Judy Bowen's songs, there is a consistent message that she, like teachers everywhere, truly loves working with children. This presents itself in "A Million Things," worrying that too much time is being taken away from the children for other tasks, with "The Letter G," with its heartfelt optimistic feel, and in "Gray November," which, as one of my personal favorites, paints the warm, safe and accepting sanctuary that schools hold for children despite what may be going on outside its walls. But most of all, the compassion and empathy that teachers feel toward their students, that made those dedicated people want to be teachers to begin with and has kept them coming back year after year, is superbly written into Judy Bowen's "Brandon Moved Away." There is not a teacher that can walk away from that song with a dry eye, for every teaher has had children that have left the emotional impact on their lives that Judy Bowen has so excellently captured. Make sure that Judy Bowen's"Teacher Therapy" is in your collection!

A teacher you might be.........

I first heard this CD in November and couldn't wait to share it with other teachers. It seemed so appropriate to call the teachers to the next faculty meeting by playing "Faculty Meetings" over the intercom. I even caught my principal after school one day and made her listen to a bunch of the songs. She too was impressed and is looking at the possibility of have Ms.Bowen join us on a professional development day. I loved the songs, the lyrics and the genuine "truths" of teaching that Judy Domeny Bowen has captured on this wonderful CD. Whenever I need a lift or had a hard day with my students, I play a song or two and immediately get to smiling, foot-tapping and singing along. I know, too, that there are others that understand and see the humor in the trials and tribulations of a teacher's day and it is pure enjoyment to hear it from one of your own. I think my favorite humorous song on this CD is the Schoolteacher Stampede. It really hit home with the holidays this year. As the musician herself might say about this CD, "its a keeper!"

Sing it again, Judy

As an ex teacher I was amused, entertained, educated, and touched by Judy Domeny's original songs about teaching, from the fun to the tragedies of teaching young children, Brandon's song pulls heavily at the heartstrings. Judy's voice is experienced in all the old ballads giving her an extra edge for this one. She has emerged suddenly as a songwriter too. Mostly the songs are riotous fun and hilarity sending you skipping to the teacher's workroom for some of Cheryl's cooking or a chocolate fix. I got copies for all the teachers I know who have a good sense of humor. This is a CD every teacher of children needs. Need excuses for being late again? Judy has answers; and plans for snow days. We have worn the grooves off our CD from playing it over and over.

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