enjoyWordsAndMusic.com Vol.1 No.3
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Welcome to the Festive Season issue of the Enjoy Words And Music Newsletter.
Please feel free to pass this on to your friends! If you missed the first
or second issues you can get your copy at: http://enjoyWordsAndMusic.com/newsletters
- Ruth Bonetti

CONTENTS:
1. This Month's colours: Red and Green
2. The Season to be Jolly - Power Tip Number 1
3. Joy To The World! - Power Tip Number 2
4. The Healing Power of Music - Power Tip Number 3
5. Testimonial
6. Coming up
    New Publications
    Trans-Australian Tour
7. Seminar
    Seven Habits For Successful Presentations
8. Special Offer! Two For The Price Of One!
9. Green Faces and Red Faces
10. Free downloads
11. Contact us!


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1. THIS MONTH'S COLOURS: RED AND GREEN

Even without holly, sub-tropical Australian nature is bright with greens
and reds.
Our suburbs, national parks and rain forests are lush with colour. Though
our pointsettia trees, several metres high, (known as Christmas Star in
Europe and Christmas Flower in America) shed their mid-year blooms, the
poinciana, flame and bougainvillea trees are equally brilliant.
How many of us feel green with nerves before giving that Christmas party
speech or toast? Or red-faced when we stutter or drop a clanger? Relax.
We're normal!
(See a list of famous stutterers in the Red Faces section below.)


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2. THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY *** Power Tip Number 1 ***

The Power in a Smile or a Laugh

When paralysed with nerves, we need to keep a sense of humor. As Buddha
said "Nothing is left to you at this moment but to have a good laugh."
Ancient Chinese medical texts vouch for the healing effects of laughter.
A physician in Classical Rome noted that women who were "melancholy" were
more likely to have "tumours in the breast."
"A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the
bones"
says the Book of Proverbs.
Being gloomy is hard work! We use 13 muscles to smile, but 72 to frown.
Laughter is a powerful medicine. When Norman Cousins was diagnosed with
severe spinal arthritis and doctors gave him a one in 500 chance to live.
He hired bulk comedy videos, thought positively - and laughed his way to
health. See his book "Anatomy of an Illness." (Norton, NY, 1979)
Smiling is even a brain-tonic! For when we smile, our zygomatic muscle
contracts, sending increased blood to our brain. As blood pressure
consequently rises and falls, the brain receives an oxygen bath similar to
that from a short exercise work-out.

Let us be sensitive, however, to many struggling, underprivileged people
who are depressed and pressured by the festive season. Media saturation
which depicts "happy families" receiving lavish gifts creates high
expectations and alienates the lonely; gourmet over-indulgence is obscene
in a world where many starve. Social workers see more family stress,
argument, violence and break-down in the Christmas season.
A challenge: Let's bring smiles to sadder faces this season.


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3. JOY TO THE WORLD! *** Power Tip Number 2 *** LET'S SING!

Singing or humming elongated vowels for extended periods
* oxygenates the body
* deepens breathing
* relaxes muscles
* stimulates energy flow
* balances brain flow
* reduces the heart rate
* imparts a feeling of well-being.
(Source: Don Campbell, The Mozart Effect , Hodder and Stoughton)
So - let's go sing carols!
Especially those rich in vowel sounds, like "Silent Night, Holy Night."
Or Gregorian Chant. "Chanting is akin to having a brain massage," says
Campbell, for the vowel sounds' reverberate in the skins and bone, so their
vibrations stimulate the frontal lobes of the brain."
We can improvise our own chants whether the text be Alleluia, Om or Shalom.
Singing and chant can boost our immune system -- actor Henry Fonda used
them to recover from vocal problems.


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4. THE HEALING POWER OF MUSIC *** Power Tip Number 3 ***

* Listening to Music Can Relieve Pain:
Patients in critical care in a Baltimore hospital listen to Classical
music. Says Dr. Raymond Bahr: " Half an hour of Classical music produced
the same results as ten milligrams of Valium." (Campbell)

* Listening to Music to Unlock Creativity
French actor Gerard Depardieu was thought a dunce and could barely complete
a sentence. His incoherence was cured and his creativity unlocked by
listening to Mozart and Gregorian chant. (More information in Taking
Centre-Stage and Campbell)

We wish you joy, peace, blessings and love this festive yule!


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5. TESTIMONIAL

"What helped me the most was the realisation that all who perform in one
way or another have the same anxieties as I do -- or should I say did. I
now feel more in control of the situation and this is reflecting in my
performance. Thank you for the lecture, and I have found 'Taking
Centre-Stage' very helpful."
Roger Richardson, Geelong, Australia

* More testimonials are here:
http://enjoyWordsAndMusic.com/testimonials.html


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6. COMING UP

a) *** NEW BONETTI PUBLICATIONS ***

Ruth Bonetti was invited to select and edit material for
four new music publications for developing clarinetists:
CLARINET; SERIES 2 for Grades 1-4,
published for the Australian Music Examinations Board by Allans Publications.
*** Release date will be February 12th, 2001.

b) *** TRANS- AUSTRALIAN TOUR ***

Seminars and Presentations for Publication Launch
In conjunction with the launch, Ruth will tour most Australian states
performing excerpts and discussing content.
There will also be opportunities to present
"Nerves are Normal! - Here's Solutions" seminars and keynote addresses
around Australia.
If you would like to book Ruth during the months of March-April-May,
please contact her at email: bookings@enjoyWordsandMusic.com
or tour organiser, Jodi Clark:
+ 61 (0) 3 8415 8024 or
email: jodi.clark@allanspublishing.com.au


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7. Seminar

SEVEN HABITS FOR SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATION

Wednesday, 21st February, 2001
Topic: 7 (Easy) Habits for Confident Performance
Date: Wed. 21st February
Times: 3 - 4.30pm OR 6 - 7.30pm
Cost: $59 - includes copy of Ruth's book "Taking Centre-Stage"!
Venue: Brisbane - see our web site for more details.


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8. ** SPECIAL OFFER! ** TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!

The perfect gift for performers and presenters!
Buy one copy of Taking Centre-Stage and receive one free!
See http://enjoywordsandmusic.com/books.html to order.
(Courier postage is also available, add $7 extra in Australia).


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9. GREEN FACES and RED FACES

Our regular e-zine section:
==== Green and Red Faces who Survived their Fear and Embarrassment ====

++ Famous Stutterers ++

-Sir Winston Churchill
-Bruce Willis, actor: He joined a high school drama group and found that
his stutters disappeared whenever he
spoke in front of an audience.
-Charles I, British king, on ascending the throne in 1623, told Parliament:
"I am unfit for speaking" and sat down.
- Marion Davis, actor, worked with coaches to improved it, eventually
becoming a star
-Charles Darwin became a scientist because he stuttered too badly to become
a politician
- Charles Lamb, writer

Send your stories for
WHITE FACES and RED FACES to
ruth@enjoyWordsandMusic.com


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10. FREE DOWNLOADS

Free extracts of Ruth's book are available for reading online
or to download!
Please point your browser to:
http://enjoyWordsAndMusic.com/books.html


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11. CONTACT US!

If you would like a keynote or seminar presented for your organisation,
please contact:

Ruth Bonetti - Words and Music
Email: ruth@enjoyWordsandMusic.com
Web site: http://enjoyWordsandMusic.com
Tel: +61 7 3300 2286
Fax: +61 7 3300 5786
Address: PO Box 422, The Gap, QLD 4061,
Australia

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