N.C. State grad teaches through song
THE BELL IS RUNG AT MIDNIGHT ON
NEW YEAR'S EVE.
ALL OF ARROGATES TODAY ARE
LOCAL MUSICIANS -- ALL OF OUR
GUESTS TODAY ARE LOCAL
MUSICIANS.
>> LYNDA LOVELAND STARTS OFF
LIVE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH WITH
DR. LODGE MCCANNON.
>> Reporter: OUR FIRST GUEST
ISN'T YOUR TRADITION MUSICIAN,
AND AFTER TALKING WITH HIM, HE
IS NOT TRADITIONAL AT ALL.
WE'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME OVER
HERE.
HE IS AN EDUCATIONAL MUSICIAN.
DR. LODGE THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US.
YOU'RE AN NC STATE GRAD.
GO PACK.
UNFORTUNATE LOSS BUT GO PACK.
AND YOU LIVE IN RALEIGH.
>> YES.
>> Reporter: AS A KEYNOTE
SPEAKER.
WHAT GOT YOU INTO THIS WHOLE
THING.
>> WHAT GOT ME INTO MUSIC,
MUSIC FIRST, THEN EDUCATION
NEXT.
I STARTED PLAYING VIOLIN WHEN I
WAS 2 YEARS OLD AT A MUSIC
SCHOOL IN CHICAGO THAT MY MOM
WAS THE DIRECTOR OF, AND THEN
MY DAD HAD RECORDING STUDIOS IN
CHICAGO AND SO I GREW UP IN A
TRADITIONAL CLASSICAL MOSTLY
SUNNY SCHOOL AND ALSO -- MUSIC
SCHOOL AND ALSO UNTIL THE
RECORDING SCHOOL.
THIS COMBINATION OF BIG MUSICAL
INFLUENCES IN MY LIFE, AND
AFTER I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE,
I WANTED TO ATTACH.
I LOVED THE CLASSROOM.
I LOVE HELPING KIDS.
I LOVE WATCHING KIDS LEARN.
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT, SO
CONNECTING THOSE TWO IS A
NATURAL FIT.
IT'S A VERY POWERFUL WAY TO
TEACH.
>> Reporter: WE HAVE VIDEO OF
YOU DOING ONE OF YOUR SPEECHES,
SO LET'S LOOK AT YOU AS A
KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
>> C3PO, GET IT.
>> Reporter: VERY NICE.
YOU TELL ME YOU ARE WRITING
SONGS ABOUT ALL 50 STATES, IS
THAT RIGHT.
>> I AM.
I FINISHED 23 OF THE 50 STATES
SO FAR, AND I'M CALLING IT THE
50 STATES ALBUM, AND I'M
WORKING ON IT LARGELY WITH MY
PARENTS, SO I HAVE PULLED THEM
BACK IN, AND WE'RE RECORDING
THIS TOGETHER.
BOTH MY PARENTS ARE MUSICIANS
AND WE'RE WORKING ON THIS 50
STATES PROJECT TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: AND YOU HAVE ONE
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
>> I HAVE FINISHED THE NORTH
CAROLINA SONG.
OF COURSE IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST
STATES I DID.
>> Reporter: EXCELLENT, CAN WE
HEAR IT.
>> YOU BET.
IT'S CALLED THE OLD NORTH STATE
THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE
ORIGINAL 13, PARTS OF CAROLINA,
CHARTED TO SERVE IN RALEIGH,
THE LAST TO SECEDE, COUNTY THE
MANY WHO DIED FROM LINCOLN
SOUTHEAST.
THE OLDEST STATE IN THE
SOUTHERN WAY.
WE WERE THE OLDER CAROLINA
DURING THIS LOOK BACK IN THE
DAY, AFTER SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S
LOST COLONY PHASE NORTH
CAROLINA WAS MADE THE 12th
TARGETED STATE.
THEN WE GRABBED THE WRIGHT
BROTHERS AND THE FIRST TO FLY
AWAY, HEY.
THE POPULAR PIEDMONT MOUNTAINS
AND COASTAL PLAINS, HOME OF THE
OUTER BANKS, GRAVEYARD, AND THE
ATLANTIC HOLDS BLACK BEARD'S
FAME, THEN GO WEST TO CLIMB
BLACK MOUNTAINS, AS HIGH AS THE
EASTERN RANGE.
THE OLDER STATE IN A SOUTHERN
WAY, WE WERE THE OLDER CAROLINA
DURING THE SPLIT BACK IN THE
DAY, AFTER SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S
LOST COLONY PHASE NORTH
CAROLINA WAS MADE THE 12th TAR
HEEL STATE, AND WE BROUGHT THE
WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THE FIRST
TO FLY AWAY.
ALL ALONG, THE DOGWOOD AND THE
CARDINAL HEADS, TO MOUNT
MITCHELL OUR HIGHEST PEAK.
HEY. OLD TOBACCO, AND COT
COTTON, TOURISM SHOWED BEACHES
AND THE 1990s, THE OLDER STATE
IN A SOUTHERN WAY.
WE WERE THE OLDER CAROLINA
DURING THE SPLIT BACK IN THE
DAY, AFTER SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S
LOST COLONY PHASE, NORTH
CAROLINA WAS MADE THE 12th TAR
HEEL STATE, THEN WE GROUND THE
WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THE FIRST
TO FLY AWAY, HEY
>> Reporter: ALL RIGHT.
VERY NICE.
VERY NICE, EVERYONE.
YEAH, I LIKE THAT.
NOW, IF PEOPLE WANT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR MUSIC
WHERE SHOULD THEY GO.
>> GO TO LODGE MCCAMMON.COM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.
>> MORE GREAT GUESTS AND
MUSICIANS TO LOOK FOR IN 2014.
THAT'S COMING UP IN THE NEXT
HALF HOUR ON WRAL.