I'm posting this in the hopes that someone knows someone ( Read more... )

We're getting ready for the 5-8 concert. The 5/6 graders are doing an integrated Orff-Schulwerk piece: Movement, xylophones, singing, recorders. They worked on this project in February, and we took it out again last week to polish it for the concert on May 8 ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I've worked in Customer Service, but I found these very funny.

Enjoy

http://notalwaysright.com/

Ekat, I especially thought of you.

Your results:
You are Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command)
Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command)
85%
Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic)
75%
Wash (Ship Pilot)
65%
Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic)
65%
Derrial Book (Shepherd)
60%
Malcolm Reynolds (Captain)
55%
Inara Serra (Companion)
45%
River (Stowaway)
40%
Jayne Cobb (Mercenary)
35%
Alliance
30%
A Reaver ( ( Read more... )

One Word
You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

1. Where is your cell phone? - purse
2. Your significant other? - beside
3. Your hair? - spiky
4. Your mother? - bitter
5. Your father? - oblivious
6. Your favorite thing? - community
7. Your dream last night? - bizarre
8. Your favorite drink? - coffee
9. Your dream/goal? - completion
10. The room you're in? - living
11. ( Read more... )

 Please join me in congratulating 
beatlegirl
  on her acceptance to Perpich Center for Arts Education in the Literary Arts program. http://www.pcae.k12.mn.us/

I am as proud as I can be. We'll figure out how she's getting from St. Paul to Golden Valley sometime this summer. There's buses, cars, feet...

Friday we saw "Jersey Boys" at the Orpheum. Of all the shows we planned on seeing this year with the series tickets, we probably wouldn't have chosen this one, but I"m so glad we saw it. Amazing singing from the guy playing Frankie Valli. I think I liked his singing better than Valli's because he had more edge to his head voice, and it wasn't all ( Read more... )

What a great reason to stay home on a Friday night with six inches of snow out there. Life is good.

Now that the cast list is officially posted, I can announce that S is playing Ruth and J is the Modern Major General Stanley. We didn't get our script kit from the company, so we'll be doing our own cut script ( Read more... )

So I've just been hired officially to be the music director of "Pirates of Penzance" at Crosswinds Arts and Science School in Woodbury. Performances are the second and third weekends in June, with school day performances in between. Tech week is the week AFTER I'm done with teaching at Achieve, so it should be all good. This is also before my St. ( Read more... )