Concluding events for semester

Concluding Events for Spring Semester, 2012

Suzuki recital, Saturday, May 5^th, 3:00 at Pilgrim Church. Semi-formal attire. Participants arrive at 2:30.

Young People’s Session, Saturday, May 12^th, 5:00-6:30 at Columbo’s. This will be coupled with a fund-raising show for my Scotland trip, starting at 7:30.

End of semester, May 19^th. I’m going biking!

Fall pre-registration and summer sign-ups, 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29^th and Wednesday, May 30^th, at the studio.

Lessons resume for the summer, Monday, June 4^th. Teaching days yet to be determined.

I made the decision I will NOT be able to host a young people’s session on May 19^th, but I plan to do LOTS of them this summer.

Also, this summer:

Contra/Scottish festival at Weather Rock, June 22-23, an immersion experience in playing for a Scottish dance. Open to those 10 and older. The tunes have to be learned ahead of time, so enrollment deadline is Memorial Day. Ask me for more details.

I am a member of a group (MRSS) that is constructing a fun kids event, 11:00 on Sunday, August 5th, at the Family Stage at Sweet Pea Festival. We are looking for players and ALSO those who want to help act out a story! Again, ask me!

Finally, the same group is scouring the valley for the very best Celtic talent to be in TWO concerts, October 26 and 27, at Grace Bible Church. The concerts will be recorded and the result will be a commercial CD. My hope is that a group will come out of it that will do more concerts, perhaps even tour.

The requirement, to get in to these concerts, is to record and submit a CD with the following things on it: a reel, or a set of reels; a jig, or a set of jigs; a tune that is neither jig nor reel; and finally (optional), an original Celtic tune.

Also, there will be 6 rehearsals, at least one this summer, and you can’t be in the concerts if you miss more than one.

So that’s what’s coming up this summer! The music will continue!

Cheers,

Tom