Didn’t get to sleep in at all this weekend.  : ( Yesterday was Certificate of Merit testing for MTAC, so I was up and at it bright and early. Many keyboard, string, voice and woodwind students took a written theory exam and performed technic and performance pieces for an evaluator. In the morning, I was monitoring the theory testing room and ( Read more... )

I got this idea from another teacher and it was a hit with my students! Friday's class was small with 3 of my high schoolers and we had great discussions and sharing about their instruments. One brought her french horn and another brought her clarinet ( Read more... )

The OHS choir concert was Thursday evening. It went well.

Yesterday, I went to Sacramento to the 3rd Annual Ragtime Competition. Two students of mine had registered, but one cut his thumb (all the way to the nail, ouch!) and I recommended he sit this one out. I hated to do it but he couldn't play through his piece at his lesson last week, and it ( Read more... )

 I'm at my aunt's house borrowing her internet connection. I love family with broadband! I hate the phone company that won't offer it in my area. Grrrr!

I was at my sister's last night and we were goofing around on her computer. It was taking forever to do the task we were asking it to do and I told it to "hurry up already!" to which my sister ( Read more... )

Saw this on
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Saturday was my sister’s birthday. We celebrated by going to a baseball game and the whole family came, even grandma! She is almost 90 and it is great that she is still able to get out and have some fun. We arrived at the stadium an hour early. The weather was perfect. I snuck down to the information booth to fill out a birthday announcement so ( Read more... )