Halloween Scarols!

All of our music can turn from happy to scary and today it did in honor of Halloween. Everyone won prizes for beautiful ghost tones, creepy spider crawls up the bow, the spider walk on the violin, watching the pendulum move back and forth (with our elbow and fingers), and we even stirred the witches brew! Playing "hide the spider" was great fun, giving clues if you were close or far by playing forte or piano. The only time it couldn't be found was when it was in teacher's hair!

October Group Lesson

Get ready for the spiders! October Group Lesson is coming up and we need to be prepared. Practice your spider crawls up the bow, spider walk with the left hand, the pendulam (swinging left elbow), Stir the witches brew, Ghost position, Harmonics (spook tones), Bell Tones (sympathetic ghosts), Spook songs (Book one songs in a minor key), and review Witches Dance. See you there. Ha ha ha ha ha

Fiddle Program

In spite of the rainy weather, our fiddle program was well attended. We put up a few canopies, huddled together and played. Too bad the August weather was not as beautiful as the September weather. We played some new numbers we had learned over the summer which were enjoyed by our audience. One of our favorites was the Swallow Tail Jig. Tyrus learned a new instrument this year, the mandolin. He played a break on the mandolin in Red River Valley.

We were fortunate to have Clifford Washburn and Stacie Bailey accompany us on the guitars. Awesome!

Every group lesson we will review some of our fiddle songs so we don't forget them! We never know when we will be called upon to perform them.

Welcome Summer!

In spite of all the vacations, missed lessons, illnesses, girls camps, family reunions and school projects, WE WILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL SUMMER FIDDLE PROGRAM the end of August. We are working on four new fiddle numbers this summer for our program. These are Ragtime Annie, Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Wake Up Suzie Reel, and Swallow Tail Jig. We are really enjoying learning these songs. We will play some of our old favorites as well. So reserve August 30th for our Fiddle Program.

Congratulations on a great recital! I think our audience really enjoyed it. We learned a lot from doing our duets and ensemble numbers. Thank you all for your hard work! Alto thanks to the Piano Gallery for use of the wonderful Recital Hall.

We are now working on our summer fiddle program. We love to fiddle! It is so good for our finger dexterity and rhythm.

Spring Recital

Our Spring Recital is well underway! We have a very good variety of music prepared and are anxious to share it with our families and friends. The date is Wednesday, May 19th at 6:30 p.m. sharp. The place is The Piano Gallery that is just off 10600 South and 300 West in South Jordan. Here is Ashlie, Jordan, Tyrus and Katelyn preparing Canon in D by Pachelbel.

Congratulations Again!

Melissa once again received a I rating, this time at the State Music Festival. She received a scholarship to a music camp in Park City this summer featuring Jenny Oaks Baker. Nice going, Melissa!