{"id":714,"date":"2013-10-11T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T19:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/audreyspiano.com\/blog\/?p=714"},"modified":"2013-10-11T15:54:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T19:54:39","slug":"recital-countdown-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/recital-countdown-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Recital Countdown Begins!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/12-Abigail-Emily.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/12-Abigail-Emily-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"One of last year's duet performances\" title=\"One of last year's duet performances\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-726\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of last year's duet performances<\/figcaption><\/figure> It&#8217;s just 14 weeks until the big day!  But to put things into better perspective, we would like to be <strong>RECITAL READY in 10 weeks<\/strong>.  Why so early?  A few reasons:  First, everyone will be missing two (if not three) lessons in December.  Second, do you REALLY want to practice hard over holiday break?  I don&#8217;t imagine so.  Lastly, it will give us all peace of mind knowing that when we return in January for those last two or three lessons, we&#8217;re simply going to be putting finishing touches on our pieces, not still be struggling through new sections of them.<\/p>\n<ul><font color=\"red\"><\/p>\n<li>The studio will be <strong>CLOSED December 17\/18\/19<\/strong> (3 of 4 for 2013)<\/li>\n<li>The studio will be <strong>CLOSED December 24\/25\/26<\/strong> (4 of 4 for 2013)<\/li>\n<li>The studio will be <strong>OPEN Dec 31\/Jan 1\/Jan 2<\/strong><\/li>\n<p><\/font>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The concern is that some may not wish to come over the New Years Day holiday.  With that in mind &#8211; plan ahead now to see if we can make other arrangements for that week.  I would be happy to schedule your lesson on Tuesday\/Wednesday OR even Thursday should you prefer it to your normal lesson time that week.  Spots will be given out on a first come\/first serve basis.  The other option would be to attend the makeup class that week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><font color=\"red\">One Hour Makeup\/Performance Classes:<\/strong><\/font><\/li>\n<li>Monday, November 4 at 4:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li> Monday, December 9 at 4:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Monday, December 30 at 4:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You need not have missed a lesson to attend a Makeup\/Performance Class.  ALL are encouraged to attend.  <strong>PLEASE R.S.V.P. for Classes.<\/strong>  If there are enough participants to warrant it, we will break the group into smaller classes. <\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that we are hoping to have duet\/ensemble rehearsals throughout November and December.  It&#8217;s possible to do these at the Performance Classes above if your duet partner is also able to attend.  We will also attempt to schedule a few rehearsals during actual lesson time, having partners meet during the other&#8217;s lesson time.  I&#8217;ll be in touch about that.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>DUET\/ENSEMBLE GOAL: <\/strong> Have piece ready and schedule first practice by early-November.   Attempt to schedule at least two more rehearsals before holiday break.<br \/>\n(Yes, I know some of you don&#8217;t have your duets yet &#8211; we&#8217;ll work that out THIS WEEK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOLO GOAL:<\/strong>  Be recital-ready by the week of December 10\/11\/12<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-729\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Blog-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"Last year's Makeup\/Performance Class\" title=\"Last year's Makeup\/Performance Class\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" class=\"size-large wp-image-729\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Blog-1024x676.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Blog-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Last year's Makeup\/Performance Class<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s just 14 weeks until the big day! But to put things into better perspective, we would like to be RECITAL READY in 10 weeks. Why so early? A few reasons: First, everyone will be missing two (if not three) lessons in December. Second, do you REALLY want to practice hard over holiday break? I &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/recital-countdown-begins\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Recital Countdown Begins!!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annual-piano-recital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":733,"href":"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.audreyspiano.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}