March 31-- National Piano Playing Guild Registration Due
April 17--GMTA Playathon
May 17-21-- National Piano Playing Guild Auditions
June 6-- Dress Rehearsal
June 13-- Annual Recital
Pat King Music
336-540-0118
patkingmusic@aol.com
Student Page
***We are preparing for Christmas and Chanukah with music.
***We do theory, sightreading, eartraining, composing, Music Ace, and music history in our lessons, in addition to performance.
***I am excited about using the Clavier Piano Explorer magazine in some of our lessons this year.
Teaching Policies
--Lessons begin and end on the half hour and are held once a week. Starting this summer I will offer 45 minutes lessons for a slightly higher fee.
--Payment for the month is due the first lesson of the month. This is a flat fee regardlessof the number of lessons you attend. Payment after the 15th is charged a $2.00 late fee.
--Call to cancel a lesson within 24 hours or you will be charged for the time. Lessons may be rescheduled with proper notice. Call even for inclement weather or you will be charged for the lesson.
--Missed make-up lessons will not be rescheduled.
--Books are not included in the lesson fee.
--Students need a spiral notebook for assignments.
--Students are expected to perform in the annual recital, normally held the second Sunday in June. (This year--June 13).
PLEASE DO NOT SCHEDULE VACATIONS AT THIS TIME.
--Participation in other events, such as the Fall workshop, Christmas party, music festivals, etc. is optional, but strongly encouraged.
--First and second year students are expected to practice 15-20 minutes daily.Other students are expected to practice 30 minutes daily.
Announcements
Congratulations to the students who played for the Fall Recital-great job!
I will be working toward national certification this year.
Thank you to Dr. Stewart for sharing your love of Ragtime music with my students.
Music Teachers National Association
American College of Musicians
National Association of Pastoral Musicians
Cool Music Websites -Click on the website to link to it.
Opinions On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, "The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.
Ketchup A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. "Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle."
Police Help While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, "Are you a cop?" "Yes", I answered and continued writing the report. "My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?" "Yes, that's right, " I told her. "Well, then," she said as she extended her foot toward me, "would you please tie my shoe?"
Police Arrest It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. "Is that a dog you got back there?" he asked. "It sure is," I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, "What'd he do?"
The Elderly While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers, and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teech soaking in a glass. As I brace myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"
Fall Workshop 
