NEWS:
1. REACHING OUT FAIR - Oct.
8th
Rainier's 8th Grade band is performing at
the "Reaching Out Fair" on Thursday, October 8th. This
is the second performance in two weeks for this group, having
played in the 200-plus member mass marching band extravaganza on
Friday, October 2nd. The Reaching Out Fair will have a rock-n-roll
flair as we play a funk number called "Bottom Line" and a classic
rock medley entitled "That Good Old Rock and Roll." Should be a
show everybody will like. See you there!
2. ORCHESTRA CONCERT - October 22nd!!!
The 6th Grade Orchestra will join the 7th and 8th
Grade Orchestras on Thursday, October 22nd in Rainier's first
orchestra concert of the year. The group has just finished their
first performance test on Can-Can, and is currently working on
Cripple Creek as their main first tune for the show. The concert
will be held at the T.A.M. Theater at Auburn Mountainview, 7:30
pm.
3. INSTRUMENT
REPAIRS?
Your child's musical instrument sound
is a little wonkie? Consider bringing your child's instrument into
a repair shop for a free estimate of such things as pad
replacement, cleaning and polish, yearly oiling of keys,
lubrication of slides, cork replacement, pad height adjustment. You
can go online or find a local store in your yellow pages under
music repair.
4.
PRACTICE, PRACTICE PRACTICE...
Did you know that a
research group study found that professional athletes, musicians,
artists, and dancers spend about 50,000 hours of practicing
their craft to make it in the "Big Leagues." There is no
shortcut when it comes to learning to put the mind and body
together to create the perfect performance. The timing of small
muscles must be made automatic by thousands of repetitions on the
same muscle group, and then sequenced together to form the next set
of tasks. Age 9-13 is the perfect window to gain these
motor skills, as our brains absorb more readily at this time in a
persons life than any other time. Just ask any computer game
expert. Middle school kids learn faster than any other age
group.That's why practicing a musical instrument at the middle
school level is the BEST investment in your future as a musician.
You'll be well on your way to those 50,000 hours if you start NOW
in middle school.
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