NEED TO KNOW
Blue Bugs #9: Hooray for Let's Play Music Spirit Week!
LET'S PLAY MUSIC SPIRIT WEEK: Let's Play Music Spirit Week is all about sharing, and this year I have requested specifically that you share with adding a Google review to my business listing. THANK YOU to those already submitting Google reviews. I am so grateful, and so humbled by your kind words!
* Here is a link to share FAQs of the program and my studio with your local friends. Your not-local friends probably have a Let's Play Music teacher by them, so share with them too!
* Use the hashtag #WeLoveLPM2026 to see what other folks are sharing on social media.
* The LPM corporate office is hosting giveaways all month long. Check out their IG (@letsplaymusic_official) or FB (Let's Play Music - Making Musicians) for details on how to enter.
REGISTRATION FOR FALL: Register for 2nd Year! Thank you to all those who have already registered! It makes it so much easier for me to have the "paperwork" part be done! If you haven't done it, here is a link to all the registration information. Also, if you have students who will be 4 before September, they can start 1st Year! And if you have friends with littles who are interested, send them the link from above!
END OF YEAR RECITAL: The End-of-Year Recital will be on Saturday, April 25 at 5pm at the church at 5900 Castle Drive. Get it on your calendar now! And if you can't make that date, it will be just fine. The growth and magic of Let's Play Music happens in class. The End-of-Year Recital is just a bonus.
TUITION: Thank you for getting tuition in! If you didn't get it in, I'll send a reminder/request.
GOOD TO KNOW
JUNGLE RHYTHM: We introduced a poster chart for our Jungle Rhythm chant. Seeing the chart visually divide space while hearing the song aurally divide time helps to introduce the student to subdivision of notes.
CAN'T BUG ME: Your students are getting more and more familiar with the bugs and the notations of the rhythms. They clapped the notes today without the bugs to guide them. They're so smart! They each left today with a set of bug cards to be able to play Bug Memory.
FUN TO KNOW
Our new puppet show was written by Giaochino Antonio Rossini, who was born on February 29 (leap day!) in 1792. His father played the horn and his mother was a singer. When he was six years old he joined his father's band as the triangle player. When he was ten, he was often asked to play the piano and sing at church. He began composing and soon became the most celebrated composer of Italian Opera. Our puppet show "The Fox Hunt" is from the William Tell Overture, and originally had nothing to do with horses, but was used in The Lone Ranger which added to the fun. This famous piece has been adopted and adapted by musicians around the world. Take a gander at few fun ones! Here is the link to the printable mini puppets and the link to the coloring pages.
