Yea! Memorial Day is over!

It is time for our Spring Recital on Monday, June 1st. Please invite friends, family grandma/pa, parents, siblings, cousins. Well, anyone you can think of who would like to be entertained by our fantastic students. Please remember to use your Book 2+ skills on your Book 1 review songs.

I encourage all of our students to participate in their school talent shows. Be prepared to play for your family reunions and church functions this summer. Ty, Brak and Tia invited their cousins Ashlie and Katelyn to participate in their school talent show. (hint: you might get a sneak preview at the recital.)

Group lesson is this Wednesday, May 27th at 4:00 p.m. Be prepared to perform your recital songs with/for the group. We will also review America the Beautiful, which we will play in Angelica's ward on July 12th.

In the summer we prepare for our fidding program we do in the fall. We would be happy to perform for any other functions during the summer that may come up. Just call teacher. Our fall fiddling program for the fantastic fiddlers is scheduled for Monday, August 31st.

Spring Recital

Our Spring recital will be held on Monday, July 1st at the Sandy Library at 6:30 p.m in the Large Meeting Room. The Sandy Library is located at 10100 South Petunia Way. Directions: Go East on 10600 South to 1300 East. Turn North (left) and go to Buttercup Drive (10075 S.) Turn right on Buttercup and you will see the library on the right.

Our recital will consist of a few group numbers and a solo number presented by each student. It will not be a very long recital, so please invite your family, friends, Grandmas and Grandpas, and anyone else who would love to hear you perform. Thank you to all of you who kept practicing while teacher was sick! Because of that we will have a great recital!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Ty. He earned his First Degree Black Belt in Karate this past Saturday. His mom, Laura, earned her Second Degree Black Belt. It was a lot of work. Congratulations to them.

Thank you for everyone's understanding when teacher was sick. We have missed some lessons so need to practice even harder to be ready for our Spring Recital. Remember to work on May Song, Perpetual Motion, Minuet 2 (all from Book 1) and Witches Dance for Group Numbers. Each person will also have a solo to play.

Fiddle Contest

This would be fun to watch!

The Utah Old Time Fiddlers and Country Music Association holds its annual May Day Festival Fiddle Contest & Variety Show. Families can attend the Fiddle Jam Friday evening, the fiddle contest during the day on Saturday, and the Fiddler Variety Show Saturday evening. Players of all ages are welcome to enter the fiddle contest; a small entry fee is charged and cash prizes are awarded to the top three winners in each age division. Contest registration begins at 8am Saturday morning.801.968.3974http://www.wheelerfarm.comOngoing Daily 5/8/09 - 5/9/09; check with location for exceptions.Ages: All AgesTime: Fri 5pm-12pm; Sat Contest 9am-3pm, Variety Show 7 pmCost: Jam & Contest free; Variety Show Adults $4, Seniors $3, Children $2
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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!