Thank you!

Our performance last Sunday of America the Beautiful was suberb! Teacher had many compliments on this unique rendition. Several people have asked about our Fiddle Program we do at the end of summer. We are scheduled for August 31st, a Monday evening at 6:30. Many students have been out of town this summer and missed lessons, so we need to keep working hard on our fiddle numbers, especially the new ones. We will put our program together at our July Group Lesson the last Wednesday of the month. Happy practicing. Don't forget to mark your 10-Minute Practice Cards.

10 Minute Practice Cards

Teacher has some cards made up for 10 minute practice sessions. For every 10 minutes you practice you mark off a 10 minute square. When your card is all filled up, you get a prize! The card must be signed by a parent when it is filled up. (There are 48 squares on the card so that totals 480 minutes of practice.) For example, if you practice 30 minutes a day, six days in a week, that is a total of 180 minutes for the week. By the end of the month you should have WELL over the 480 minutes. You may only mark the card if you practiced a minimum of 10 minutes at a time, not 5 here and 5 there. If you practice for 20 minutes at a time, mark off two squares. Good luck, and happy practicing! The more you practice, the faster you learn your songs.

10 Minute Practice Sessions

We are trying a new way to practice this summer. So many of you are busy, going on vacations, etc. so this is what we will do. I would like you to practice one song, such as a fiddle song (Devil's Dream is a good one!) for 10 minutes in a row. Then take a break and do whatever you need to do. Then do another 10 minute practice session working on a different song. Do this three or four times during the day until you have all your songs worked on. I think we will see some great results!! Repitition is the key to success!

We have our previously learned fiddle music to review and some new ones to learn. The more you practice, the faster you learn your pieces. Our fiddle music is very very fun to play and teaches us some good violin playing skills at the same time. August 31st is the day for our Fiddle Fest. Invite your friends, neighbors, and relatives.

June Group Lesson

This month's Group Lesson is on Wednesday, June 24th at 4 p.m. We will be going over our violin arrangement of "America the Beautiful" to perform on June 28th and July 12th. Also we will also work on our new fiddle song, the Irish Washerwoman Medley. Summer is the time to review all the fiddle tunes we know.

Summer Fun

We will be preparing this summer for our Fiddle Program scheduled for August 31st. Any student who would like to practice hard can learn extra songs and play a solo or duet. We are sure our audience will be happily entertained.

We have two performances scheduled for America the Beautiful. The first is June 28 at 10 a.m. for the Legacy Sacrament Meeting. The second is July 12 at 10:50 for the Parkway 8th Ward (2700 W 9850 So). What better way to celebrate America than in music!

Congratulations on a great Spring Recital!

Our Spring Recital was superb! Enjoyed by all who attended. (That would be your parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, and an aunt and uncle and maybe some cousins.) We play quite a bit as a group so it was a very good opportunity to hear each student play a solo. We will now be working on our fiddling for our end of summer program and America the Beautiful which we will play in July.

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.