I think that music teachers in schools are still quite good, but school administrators and school boards have stolen music education funding in the current "back to basics" movement that emphasized reading, writing, and sex education over a well-rounded curriculum. Those who pay the bills nowadays consider music education to be a luxury, not an essential part of education.

MMario's comment about summer camp reminds me that things might not be so bad, though. I've taken groups of Cubs Scouts and Boy Scouts to camp a few times in recent years. The camps are staffed by teenagers and young adults, and parents like me go to camp with the kids. Those camp staff members sing just as well and just as enthusiastically as I did when I was a camp counselor 30 years ago; and the kids join in very well, too. You know what? They sing the same obnoxious old camp songs, too.

Culinonn, are you dropping names? Is the Kat Eggleston with the beautiful voice this one? If so, you're right - she certainly does have a beautiful voice. Her songs are quite good, too. She's not your run-of-the mill wannabe singer-songwriter, that's for sure. She also does some good traditional songs in addition to her own creations.

-Joe Offer-