Music – Family Locket

Family History Music with Janice Kapp Perry at BYU Education Week

Aug 24, 2018

Dallyn Vail Bayles and Tammy Simister Robinson performing Teach A Child / I Love to See the Temple at BYU Education Week 2018 Janice Kapp Perry and her son and daughter, Steven Kapp Perry, and Lynne Perry Christofferson, shared their temple and family history music at BYU Education Week on Wednesday. It was a spirit-filled hour with experiences about temple work and uplifting lyrics sung by the talented Dallyn Vail Bayles and Tammy Simister Robinson. Many...

Family History Songwriting Activity: Reunion Fun

Aug 23, 2017

My Grandpa Two years ago, my Dad’s family gathered for an epic reunion. His parents, their 10 children and spouses, and over 50 of their grandchildren convened for several days of activities and evening programs. One evening included a songwriting activity that turned out to be entertaining and storytelling-inducing. Each family was given a piece of butcher paper and an assignment to re-write the lyrics to a familiar song to be about my dad’s...

I Wonder Who Is Santa Claus – A Christmas Song Tradition

Dec 23, 2016

“I Wonder Who Is Santa Claus” is a traditional children’s Christmas song that has been sung in my grandfather’s family since he was a boy. His mother, Irma Henrie Elder, sang it every year to her grandchildren at her annual Christmas gathering. Irma’s mother taught her this rare song when she was a girl. When she was older, Irma wrote down the lyrics to the song (right). I haven’t been able to find the author of...

Life in the Key of Family

Aug 11, 2016

I’m happy to introduce a guest blogger today. Mike Gibson is a singer/songwriter who grew up in East Tennessee. As a young boy he discovered an old guitar tucked away in the back of a closet. Influenced by such artists as James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg and Jim Croce, he has been playing, singing and writing for over four decades. He will be sharing his experience writing a song about his grandparents in conjunction with a...