I teach the middle school age girls also and I use the Britney, Christina, Mandy, Jessica karaoke as a sort of bribe. They must work on the easier and more healthful, IMO, folk songs also. The warm-ups and folk songs is where they feel and hear the progress. Some of them have difficulty finding the melody in the karaoke CDs, and if the arrangements are a bit different, they really complain. You are very brave tackling a group of preteens. It is important for them to learn all their musical skills as long as it is balanced with a "bribe." I emphasize that my concern is that they sing in a manner that is not harmful to the voice and that I want them to sing as themselves, and better than the stars do it(hopefully) I do keep it upbeat and positive. Anne
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