National Carry a Tune Week

Apparently we are currently in the middle of National Carry a Tune Week. I really had no idea what this was, so I checked out the website to learn more about it.

The event first began in 2001 when a composer and music preservationist named Roger Hall had the idea of remember the victims of September 11th through music, asking people to select tunes for a week of remembrance in October. The event has annually been held during the week of October 7th; in part because that is the birthday of one of America's first prominent composers, William Billings.

The general idea of the event is now for people to select some of their favorite tunes that are related to fond memories of their past. All tunes must be American in origin.

These 6 categories are included:

I. Patriotic Music -- band music, patriotic songs
II. Folk Music -- traditional, contemporary singer-songwriter
III. Religious Music -- sacred, gospel
IV. Popular Music -- blues, jazz, easy listening, theater, country, rock, etc.
V. Classical Music -- concert songs, short instrumental works
VI. Film Music -- film score themes, movie songs

If you check out their website, you can see the songs that were selected in previous years.

Interesting.