Mrs. Storer is CRAZY!

Today I had my clarinet lessons at RGS and because of the assembly, they were very rushed! The first lesson started late, which made the other late, etc. I felt like a chicken with my head cut off! Hopefully the clarinet players learned and remembered SOME of what I showed them today! I've made a couple of videos that show what I "taught" in the first lesson today (and one or two things I might not have gotten to because of time) You can access them from my website

http://sites.google.com/site/rgsandsgeband/Home

Click on the "Above and Beyond" page and then you'll see the "Instrument ONLY!" pages. Find the instrument your child plays to watch a video or two. There's even a fun little quiz your child can take over the information that they saw in the video. I don't have videos for all of the instruments, but I will soon! Maybe even be the end of the weekend! Have a great weekend everyone!

Band is in Full Swing!

Band lessons have started this week at both schools! I have to say that I am VERY impressed with the talent I've seen so far! For example, flute lessons are usually very slow to start and we don't usually even learn any notes until the 2nd lesson, but all of my flutes learned how to play D this week and they could all do it! (Now let's see if they remember where to put their fingers!)

I hope that your children are having fun with their new instruments this week! It won't be long before the squeaks and squawks are real, recognizable songs! I really want to have a great line of communication with the parents and a forum for sharing what we are working on and how lessons are going. Please subscribe to the blog, add it to your bookmarking engine or simply check back weekly. And, as always, let me know whenever a question or concern comes up!

Band Sign-Up is Tonight at Spring Grove School!

This afternoon is the Band Sign-up for RGS and SGS. Parents can come anytime between 3:30-6:30 to meet me, rent an instrument or order any other supplies your child may need. Tomorrow morning I will be sending notes home with schedules for lessons which start next week. If you don't come to the sign-up and I don't receive an email, I won't put your child's name on the schedule. If you can not make it, please email me as soon as possible!

I'm very excited to meet everyone!

Band Camp is next week!

The NMS Summer Band Extravaganza will run Monday, July 26-Friday, July 30 in the NMS band room from 8:00am-12:00pm. It will be a LOT of fun! Mr. Nowickas and I have picked some great music and we're really looking forward to seeing a lot of our students next week! The camp experience will conclude on Friday night in the NMS band room with a concert to showcase all we learned during the week. It's going to be a great time!