Here's what we have scheduled....

Here are a few dates to look forward to if you want to hear our "fiddlers" perform. Monday, June 1st will be our Solo and Ensemble Recital at the Sandy Library. (We have an alternate date of Friday, May 29th at the River Ridge Stake Center if the June 1st date doesn't work out.) After our recital, we will begin working on our fiddle music with our "Fiddle Fest" scheduled for Monday, August 31st. Sunday, July 12 we will play our arrangement of "America the Beautiful" in Angelica's Sacrament Meeting. We will have to do a little "tweaking" to perform it without the children's choir. In the fall, we will begin working on our Christmas Program and will do performances at Care Centers. We love to play for people and enjoy seeing their happy responses to our music. Everyone is invited to all our performances!

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Upcoming Events

This is what we have planned in the near future:
*We are having a solo/ensemble recital either Monday, June 1st or Friday, May 29th, depending on when I can arrange a room. Each student will play a solo and we will do a few group pieces.
*Ty, Brack and Tia are trying out for their school talent show the first part of May and invite the Fantastic Fiddlers to join them in performing a fiddle number. If accepted, they will play in the talent show the end of May.... exact dates to be announced later.
*The 2nd Sunday in July, we have been invited to play our arrangement of "America the Beautiful" at Angelica's sacrament meeting. We will need to make a few changes to perform it w/o the singers.
*We will have our annual "Fiddle Fest" either the last week of August of first week of September (before it gets too cold) in the back yard. Invite all your friends, relatives, etc. We are learning new fiddle numbers as well as new arrangements of the songs we already know. It is always good to be prepared. You never know when a performing opportunity will come up!

March Group Lesson

This month we focused on some of the new rhythms we are finding in our songs. We used these new rhythms to make up some new variations to "Twinkle". We found that "counting is as easy as pie". Each rhythm was a different kind of pie that will help us play the rhythm correctly. We also learned a new time signature that The Irish Washerwoman is in - 6/8. We played a Bingo game (that we call MUSIC) to help us learn the new values of the notes when the eighth note gets one beat.

Bringing Music to Life #5

Making music is good for the social life.
Does this one really need an explanation? No matter what your age there are a variety of musical activities to help you get started. Join a group in your age category. If you are not a musician already, you may feel a little embarrassed to get started. But the next time you're at a party and people start picking up instruments, you'll feel embarrassed not to. And remember, there are many things around the house that can become musical instruments (the people in the olden days did just that), not to mention clapping your own hands or using your singing voice. Just find someone to make music with, even i f it is your own family!

Bringing Music to Life #4

Making music is good for the soul.
Everyone knows that music is beautiful. And beauty helps your peace of mind. But did you know tht benefits of music on well-being have been scientifically measured? For example, older people who make music show reduced levels of anxiety, depression and loneliness. Among younger people, those who make music together are less likely to use drugs or get in other kinds of trouble.

Bringing music to life #3

Making music is good for your body.
Did you know that making music is a proven stress reducer? And stress on the body has been linked to the performance of the immune system. Studies show that people who make music have had higher levels of melatonin, a revitalized natural production of Human Growth Hormone-even an increase in the immune system's natural "cancer-killer" cells.