tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79913550476047643812024-03-12T20:06:15.764-05:00Fifi's Music CornerA blog for music students, teachers, parents and performers. Here you will find music craft tutorials, relevant articles and studies, information for local metro Des Moines music events and performances and much more!
Don't forget to visit my website www.farfallamusicstudio.com if you'd like to sign up for voice or piano lessons. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08384458701325587029noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991355047604764381.post-31627986575102935382014-07-24T09:00:00.000-05:002014-07-24T09:00:01.139-05:00Events for the Weekend of July 25th<div style="text-align: center;">
The Belin Quartet will be playing a free concert featuring music by Antonin Dvorak on Friday</div>
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July 25th at 12:15pm at the Des Moines Social Club Courtyard<br />
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The AAU Junior Olympics are being held in Des Moines and you can attend the events for an entire day for only $12. Children six and under enter for free. For event location details, click below.<br />
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Don't miss the Des Moines Community Playhouse's performance of Shrek the Musical.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08384458701325587029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991355047604764381.post-12159524418587640112014-07-22T11:54:00.000-05:002014-07-23T11:55:23.588-05:00Paper Plates TambourineGood morning! Today I'll be showing you how to make an easy, fun and not too loud music instrument craft. I bet you have most of these materials at home already.<br />
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After you've gathered all of your materials, glue two paper plates with the "hollow" sides facing each other. Wait for the glue to dry and flatten out one of the paper plates to make the hole punching easier. Make a few hole punches around the plates (I made seven). To make the tambourine unique, you can paint the paper plates or decorate with stickers.<br />
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Cut the amount of ribbons needed to match the holes you made in the plates, in this case, seven. Sear the edges of the ribbons with your lighter so they won't fray. If you'd rather not use a lighter around the kiddos, do this before hand or use a no-fray glue. Thread the ribbon through the bells and then through the holes in the plates. </div>
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First, cut two small squares from the card stock, between 1 and a half and two inches. Fold them three times and stick one piece of rolled tape on each folded square. You want to make sure you have there is tacky part all over as you'll be sticking the paper to both of the popsicle sticks.</div>
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Stick the squares to one popsicle stick and wrap a large rubber band on the other. Place the stick with the rubber band over the one with the card stock squares and secure the ends by wrapping a thinner rubber band on both ends.</div>
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<b>Free Flicks: </b>City of Des Moines Park and Recreation will project <u>Honey I Shrunk the Kids</u> at Jordan Park Friday the 26th at 9pm. Admission is free; you may bring snacks.</div>
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<b>Pioneer Wedding at Living History Farms: </b>Ever wondered what a wedding in 1850 was like? </div>
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Visit Living History Farms on June 21st. Must purchase tickets. </div>
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<b>Superheroes Pedaling for Prevention Family Bank Ride: </b>Dress up in your favorite superhero costume to support the prevention of child abuse in Iowa. Event begins at <a href="http://www.dmww.com/parks-events/water-works-park/" target="_blank">Water Works Park</a> at 9am.</div>
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Come to the Simon Estes Riverfront Amphitheater for a night of free Shakespeare under the stars! Gates open at 6pm for those who wish to picnic. Curtain is at 7:30pm. Not familiar with The Tempest? Read a short synopsis <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/tempest/summary.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The Queen Musical will close this Sunday the 15th. Availability is best for the Sunday evening performance. Get your tickets through <a href="http://www.desmoinesperformingarts.org/events/willis-broadway-series/209-we-will-rock-you/" target="_blank">Des Moines Performing Arts</a>.</div>
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My four year-old student is just learning her finger numbers
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ton of success. If your student is more into games, <a href="http://www.susanparadis.com/" target="_blank">Susan Paradis</a> has a couple
of them for learning finger numbers. My favorite ones are:<br />
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<a href="http://www.susanparadis.com/finger-number-bingo/" target="_blank">Finger Number Bingo</a><br />
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<b>Farmers Market!</b> Find a list of all Iowa Farmers Markets <a href="http://archive.desmoinesregister.com/article/20120506/LIFE/305060007/List-farmers-markets-from-every-region" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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