People really enjoy that. Holiday shoppers who are normally in a hurry, stop and listen to the carolers. It has a hypnotic effect on them. There is nothing more enjoyable than to hear a person's voice develop. While his last official day of teaching is Friday, it is likely the things he's left with his students will endure long after he is gone.
Music is a great release.
The lyrics have to be poetry in a solid, quality form. I tell them to watch for the message of the music. My tool was music and my job was to reach the kids. My absence creates a new opening, a new beginning for someone else. You know you're going to miss the relationships.