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Important Information about Performance Classes, Christmas Break and New Years Break

By | December 8th, 2015|Announcements, Events, Parents, Students|

Performance Classes!

Christmas Performance Classes replace regularly scheduled lessons for the week of December 12-18, 2015.

The Giordano family has graciously offered to host our Christmas Performance Classes this year at their home located at 8650 Knox Rd., Clarkston, MI 48348.

Student have signed up for class at one of the following dates/times:
Monday, 2/14/2015, 4:30-6:00 PM;
Tuesday, 12/15/2015, 6:00-7:30 PM; or,
Thursday, 12/17/15, 6:00-7:30 PM.

Please note the start time of the class for which you have signed up and be aware of the travel time to our special destination and respectfully arrive on time.

Students should bring one dozen treats to share. These treats will be divided into individual gift bags and sent home with each student. I will also have a small gift for each student.

Performance Classes are always a good time, especially when we get to share our Christmas songs. The Christmas songs do not need to be memorized, so you may bring your book.  Also, we are also going to do our Rhythm Cup song together as a group!!!

Thank you! Miss Kristi

Christmas Break, New Years Break and Saving $$$

No lessons the week of Christmas!

December 21-25, 2016

Merry Christmas!

Don’t forget your Friends/Family Concerts for Perfect Practice Achievement!

No lessons the week of New Years Day!

December 28, 2015 - January 1, 2016

Happy New Year!

Don’t forget your Friends/Family concerts for Perfect Practice achievements!

Want to save $10?

Avoid a late fee! Make your payment on or before January 1st, 2016!

Please make your January payment on time. If it is more convenient for you, you may make your payment at the Performance Class next week. You can always make your payment online, as usual. If you have any questions or need to make special arrangements, please let me know right away. Thank you!

Are You Enjoying Your Advent Calendars?

Have you decorated the tree? Made your own customized snowflakes? Completed a puzzle or two?

Perhaps you have missed a day or two. No worries! You can just go back to any date in the past to see what the animation was for the day! Look for the Green colored ornament with the date number and click it! Today’s ornament is Red. Future dates are in Gold colored ornaments.

Didn’t activate your code yet? You can do it now. If you can’t find the emailed code I sent you, please text me or send an email and I will resend it. I don’t want you to miss out! It is SOOOO awesome!

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Welcome, Recital Details & Etiquette

By | November 9th, 2015|Announcements, Events, Parents, Students|

WELCOME NEW STUDENTS!

I would like to welcome all of the new students who have begun lessons at Kristi Balding’s Music Studio since our last post: Linsie, Emily, Megan & June! We are so glad that you have joined our studio group!

OUR RECITAL: ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF LEARNING AND AWARDS CEREMONY

In my last post I asked you to add the Annual Celebration of Learning and Awards Ceremony (Recital) date to your calendars. I wanted to share the information again with even more detail as we are rapidly approaching the exciting event!

Our recital is on November 21, 2015 at 3 p.m. at Maranatha Baptist Church, 5790 Flemings Lake Rd., Clarkston, MI 48348.

PERFORMER’S ETIQUETTE

1. Please arrive at least 20 minutes early (by 2:40 PM)
2. Please wear your dressy best. Students should test the modesty of their clothing for bowing/curtseying, as well as sitting and standing.
3. Fingernails should be trimmed (not extending beyond the tip of the finger) and neatly groomed. Please do not come with dirty fingernails, or with chipping fingernail polish.
4. Students with long hair or bangs should pin their hair back so that their faces can be seen while they are performing. The right side of the face will be toward the audience (and the photographer).
5. Performers will sit in assigned seating. Older students may be interspersed amongst the younger students to remind and assist them in sitting quietly and still. If you have younger students, please let them know that they are to follow the example and listen to the advice of the older students near them.
6. There will be a treat given to each person in attendance as you exit the building. Please take the treat home to eat. Do not eat in the building.
7. Applaud for all participants. When you are not performing, you are in the audience and should follow all rules for “Audience Etiquette” (next article).

AUDIENCE ETIQUETTE

1. Show respect to all performers by listening and looking at them.
2. Do not talk or whisper during a performance.
3. Do not make noises with programs, shoes, or anything else.
4. Do not chew gum in the auditorium. You may not have any food or drink in the auditorium, other than water, if required.
5. If an audience member needs to leave the room, do so only in between performances. Do not walk in or out while a student is performing.
6. All guests should plan to attend the entire recital and should not leave after their child has performed unless prior arrangements with the teacher have been made for extenuating circumstances.
7. Applaud for every performer. Shouting and whistling is inappropriate for a formal setting.
8. There will NOT be a nursery provided. It would be best if babysitters were obtained for infants and very small children. The performance will be lengthy.

Keeping these courtesies in mind will help our experience to be a pleasant one for students and guests.
I look forward to sharing this celebration with each student and am anxious to meet each guest. It is my desire to make this a memorable experience for all.

I’m so thankful for each student and his/her family!
Miss Kristi 🙂

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Welcomes, Recital Details, Challenge Stats and Bonus Points!

By | October 16th, 2015|Announcements, Events, Parents, Practice Plan, Students|

WELCOME NEW STUDENTS!

I would like to welcome all of the new students who have begun lessons at Kristi Balding’s Music Studio since our last post: Lorelai, Randy & Olivia!

RECITAL DATE ANNOUNCED

I would like to ask you all to add the Annual Celebration of Learning and Awards Ceremony (Recital) date to your calendars. We will have our recital on November 21, 2015 at 3 p.m. at Maranatha Baptist Church, 5790 Flemings Lake Rd., Clarkston, MI 48348.

PERFECT PRACTICE CHALLENGE STATS

The weekly and challenge to date scores are updated on the Students page. I would like to especially congratulate Team #1 for 100% achievement of 5 or more days of practice by every single member of their team! This week, Team #4 has achieved 100% Perfect Practice of 5 or more days by every single member of their team! WONDERFUL WORK!!! Best of all, your smiles and your music prove your successes!

SCAVENGER HUNT BONUS POINT

Only 15 students and their parents have completed the IMakeMusicFun Scavenger Hunt for an extra team point per individual. If you complete the Scavenger Hunt THIS WEEK, you may still earn a team bonus point. Here are the Scavenger Hunt instructions: Each website page will have one thing to find and reference in your answer.

1. HOME – Fill in the blanks from the home page: “My students and their parents are _______ _________ part of my business.”
2. INSTRUCTOR – What did my sisters do to make me sing louder? ______________________
3. FAQ’s – What is the procedure for scheduling a make-up lesson? ___________________________________________________________________________
4. PARENTS – Did You Know??? What does POPS stand for?
___________________________________________________________________________
5. PUBLIC STUDIO EVENTS – Name one way your parent might benefit from looking at the Public Studio Events Calendar.
___________________________________________________________________________
6. STUDENTS – Find the link to the online metronome. Click the link. What is the default tempo (speed) setting? (Push start to begin and see the dot that is highlighted.)
7. NOTEWORTHY NEWS – What is the third major heading in the blogpost dated September 11th, 2015?
_________________________________________________________________________
8. CONTACT ME – Now complete the contact page form and put your scavenger hunt answers in the “YOUR MESSAGE” field and send to Miss Kristi for an extra point for your team!

I am so very delighted to do what I love for a living!
Miss Kristi 🙂

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GREAT first week of September lessons!

By | September 11th, 2015|Announcements, Events, Parents, Practice Plan, Students|

THANK YOU!
I want to thank each student and each parent for a great first week of September lessons. Many of you have begun school this week and keeping your lesson on track was probably a challenge, but I appreciate your effort.

WELCOME!
I want to give a big welcome the newest students to the studio: Anna (piano and voice); Dana, Brendan and their mom, Carrie (all piano); Kristin (piano); and, Kayla (piano). Additionally, some of my current students have added another instrument: Lauren (added flute to piano); and, Sofia (added voice to piano). Welcome to one and all!

PREDICTABLE SUCCESS AND REDUCED STRESS
Who wants predictable success and reduced stress? We all do! The student, the parent and I, the teacher, do!

I know that adding piano practice to your school and home routine is very important to helping reduce stress in your home. To give a little incentive to “getting off on the right foot” for the school year, I have introduced a team Perfect Practice Challenge. I know that if you make practice a predictable part of each day, success will be the result. Each student will practice better, perform better, be happier about piano all around, and tension will be reduced at home.

Have you ever noticed that the nanny-type programs always make scheduling and planning a main part of the solution to the chaos and anxiety that is present in the homes televised? It is because children like to be able to predict what their scheduling will be and know what is expected of them. I encourage each family to put down on paper, or a calendar, what the scheduling will usually be for each child. Then, the stress will primarily come from the “unexpected events” that life brings us (and we know there can be plenty of those).

Having a “Team Challenge” encourages students to meet one another, cheer for one another and realize that their decisions have individual consequences, as well as affect others on the team.

For additional ideas for making practice and lessons easier, visit the Parents page!

PERFECT PRACTICE CHALLENGE DETAILS
The Perfect Practice Challenge is a team competition. The four teams are listed on the Students page. I will keep record of each students practice score for the previous week, then post the weekly results on the Students page. The Perfect Practice Challenge will run each week from now through the recital and awards ceremony in November (exact date of the event will be announced soon). The winning team will be announced at the recital and a party will be given for one winning team.

An individual will earn points for the team only when “Perfect Practice” is obtained. Perfect Practice is a minimum of five practices, following the printed practice plan instructions. Bonus points may be earned for specific “extra” opportunities. More details about those opportunities will follow.

Music Money will still be earned by the individual students for every practice they complete. I know how much they each enjoy being able to spend or save their money for items at the “Studio Store.”

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Instead of waiting to gather several ideas or announcements together and producing a newsletter, I am going to try to give information more frequently on this new blog page. I know that communication is important and I am going to try to be faster at delivering information that you might want or need through this avenue with links to/from Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. As always, if you have questions or comments, please contact me!

Warmly, Miss Kristi 🙂

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