Every class celebrates birthdays in some fashion. With this song the birthday boy or girl has the opportunity to play the special "Birthday Drum" while the class sings the salute to their honored day. Works best with children 12 and under. It was written by Clark Bell and appears on his Mixed Meters for Minors album. A fun craft project would be to make a class dedicated birthday drum.

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I have taught general music to Kindergarten through graduate music courses at 2 Florida universities.Florida State and Florida Atlantic Universities. I taught at FAU for 34 years. I am past president of the FEMEA (Florida Elementary Music Educators Association) and served on the FEMEA Board for over 6 years. I wrote the Alma Mater for Florida Atlantic University and published 3 albums of childrens songs in 1975-78. They are being used by Florida music teachers even today. I am currently retired enjoying the outdoor sports of my adopted home state of Colorado.
