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Winter Festival 2010

Information and registration materials are now available through your studio teacher or at Winter Festival 2010.

Please give registration forms and payment to your studio teacher by November 21, 2010.

November 21 String Group Class Walking Tour Rehearsal

Note the changes in our typical string group schedule just for 11/21/09

Please leave extra time for parking, walking, and unpacking.

CELLO SCHEDULE:

8:45            Tune in Burke Rehearsal Room

9:00            Rehearse in Burke Rehearsal Room

10:10            Rehearse with violins in Burke Rehearsal Room

11:00             Rehearsal is finished!
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VIOLIN SCHEDULE:

8:20     Tuning for all groups in their 8:30 class location (except Herrick Hall)

8:30     Advanced Group Class Prep (GCP) in Burton Hall 301 with Mrs. Kirsh           Book I in Burke Recital Hall with Miss. Robin
            Book II in Burke Blackbox Theatre with Mrs. White
            Books III & IV in Burke Lower Lobby with Miss Sue

8:50     Tuning for Herrick Hall group in Burton 14

9:00     Adv. GCP & Books I – IV combine in the Burke Recital Hall
            Herrick Hall group rehearses in Burton 14

9:50     Snack in Lower Lobby – All violins

10:10    “The Big Rehearsal”
               All violin groups combine with cellos in Burke Rehearsal Room

11:00     Rehearsal is finished for everyone except Herrick Hall group

11:30     Rehearsal finished for Herrick Hall group

Photos from last year’s rehearsals and performance are posted in the photo section. Families who have not yet experienced the Walking Tour may want to see the spaces where we will be rehearsing and performing.

Kirsh Piano Group Class at 2 p.m.

On Saturday, November 21, the Kirsh Piano Group Classes will combine and meet at 2 p.m. in Burton 301.

WALKING TOUR 2009

FINAL REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
CENTENARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
102 E. BROADWAY, GRANVILLE, OHIO 43023

* STRING ENSEMBLE & GROUP CLASS PREP B*

Rehearsal
Friday, December 4, 2009
Strings: 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Gather in Shepherd Hall (east side of building)
Enter quietly through the west entrance, piano rehearsal in progress!
Get a nametag and wear it on your upper right side.
If you are in Herrick Hall Group, bring a music stand.
Get tuned.

After tuning in Shepherd Hall, we will go into the sanctuary and get organized into rows. Next, we will practice walking into the sanctuary
from Shepherd Hall in a calm and orderly fashion.
Finally, we will rehearse.

Group Class Prep B: 6:15 – 7:15 p.m.
Meet Miss Kristen in Shepherd Hall (east side of building).

Performance
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Strings: arrive and tune in Shepherd Hall at 2:30 p.m.
(Quiet, please – Performance in progress!)
Line up and go into Sanctuary at 3:00 p.m.

Group Class Prep B: arrive and check in with Miss Kristen no later than 3 p.m.

Performance time: 3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Wear your red Denison University Suzuki Program polo shirt
black pants or skirt, and black shoes and socks.
Do you need a larger size shirt?
If you do not have a Denison Suzuki Polo shirt,
contact Gail Hubert immediately!
hubertg@denison.edu

* FLUTE, PIANO AND GROUP CLASS PREP A*

Rehearsal
Friday, December 4, 2009
Flute and Piano: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Flutes meet in the Shepherd Hall (east side of building)
Pianists meet in the Sanctuary

Group Class Prep A: 5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m
Meet in the back of the Sanctuary

Performance
Saturday, December 5, 2009

Flutes: arrive to tune and line up at 1:30 p.m.
Eric and Brynn, and adult group: bring music stands.
All: bring tuners and start tuning in Shepherd Hall.

Pianists: arrive to sit with their families at 1:45 p.m.

Group Class Prep A: arrive and check in with Miss Kristen
in Shepherd Hall no later than 1:45 p.m.

Performance time: 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Herrick Hall Ensemble

Monday, November 16, 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Burke Recital Hall

Group Class Prep General Information

Class Dates:

Saturday, September 12 – regular class
Saturday, September 26 – regular class
Saturday, October 10 – regular class
Saturday, October 24 – regular class
Saturday, November 7 – regular class
Saturday, November 21 – regular class meeting in Burke Hall Black box Theatre
Friday, December 4 – rehearsal, early evening, Walking Tour, Granville Centenary UMC
Saturday, December 5 – performance, early afternoon, Walking Tour, Granville Centenary UMC

Group Class Prep A - 4 years old and under, meets 9:45am - 10:25am
Group Class Prep B - 5 years old and above, meets at 10:30am – 11:10am

Please do not bring your instrument.
Parents will attend and participate with the student and will remember, reproduce and practice songs and activities at home.
Regular Class meets in Burke Rehearsal Room of the Burke Hall of Music and Art, 240 W. Broadway
Friday, December 4, early evening rehearsal for Walking Tour, Granville Centenary UMC, 102 E. Broadway
Saturday, December 5, early afternoon performance during Walking Tour, Centenary UMC
In addition to the regular classes, parents and students will observe two other group classes for their instrument. Ask your studio teacher for recommendations.
Students will be in this class for a semester (perhaps two) at the discretion of the studio teacher and Jim Van Reeth, program director.
Participation in the Granville Christmas Candlelight Walking Tour is required.

Class Skills/Goals:

Listening and Sequencing Skills
Understanding Size
Pitch Skills and Vocalizing
Number Skills and Finding and Keeping the Pulse
Motor Skills
Social Development
Music Vocabulary
Leadership Skills
Body Awareness
Concentration and Coordination
Perseverance
Discipline
Performing
Memorizing

Flute Fall Practice Party

•    Practice 6 days every week and win “party prizes”. (Lesson day counts as 1 practice.)
•    “Party” starts Monday, September 14 and ends Sunday, November 29.
•    Practice required (per day): age 3-6: 10 minutes; age 7–10: 15 minutes; age 11-13: 20 minutes; age 14 up: 25 minutes
•    Parent practice partner tracks days practiced at home.
•    Parent and student enter number of days practiced each week on poster in Linda’s studio.
•    At the end of each month, Linda will put a “party star” on the poster for each student who met the practice requirements for the whole month. The student will receive a “party prize” for the month.
•    Students who have “party stars” for all 3 months (Sep., Oct., Nov.) will receive a “perfect practice party prize” in early December.

Practice Palooza 2009 Participants:

Students who participated in Practice Palooza are encouraged to continue their daily practice habits established during Practice Palooza and extend them for entire year until the next Practice Palooza begins on Valentine's Day, 2010. Your instructor has calendars for recording each day's work.

Practice Palooza Year Rules:
1. Just as in Practice Palooza, students are given one 'oops day'
per month when they are unable to practice.
2. Because of the long duration of this club, students are given an
additional three weeks in which they will be excused from practice
one or more days during each of these weeks. These weeks are not
permitted to be taken successively, or back to back. There are many
reasons why a student may have to use one of these weeks as an
incomplete practice week, such as family vacation, holidays,
illnesses, or just an extremely busy time of year with extra-
curricular events. If you use one of these additional 'oops weeks',
simply record the date of each day during that week that you missed
on the lines provided on the back of your calendar.

We hope that the routine practice established in Practice Palooza
continues with our year long club!