How The Song was Born

As noted a few days back, Linda Book introduced her performance of the Fairfield School Song at the 150th birthday celebration by talking about how it was born. 

Note how the school students contributed to the lyrics - that's cool. 

Also, there were two songs in the running and she convinced my Mom to go with the the ballad over the upbeat "pep" song. 

A song is born

A Teacher Like You . . .

Speaking of Linda Book, as I told her last weekend, her song for Mrs Neu has taken on new meaning for me . . . 

. . . especially since the Memorial Video (see below).

Again, thanks Linda!

Linda Book with Barbara Neu

Fairfield School Song on Its 150th Birthday

Linda Book sings the Fairfield School song she wrote in 1993 on the occasion of Fairfield's 150th Birthday last Saturday.

Most future recipients of the Barbara Neu Memorial Scholarship should know this song (and its signs) by heart. 

As Linda explained in introducing the song, Mrs Neu (it was written during her tenure at Fairfield) was not in favor of a ballad at first and wanted her to do something more upbeat. However, Linda convinced her in the end to go with it. As the song has endured, I think my mother would agree it was the right call. Click here for the full song. Thanks Linda!

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