Eden Prairie Sings Event

On Saturday, June 23, the second annual Eden Prairie Sings competition took place at the Staring Lake Amphitheater. To find out more about the winners of this year's competition, check out this article by the Eden Prairie News:
Eden Prairie Optimists host second annual Eden Prairie Sings

If you're interested in finding out how to participate in next year's competition, feel free to contact me via the contact form or visit the Eden Prairie Optimist Club's Facebook page.

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That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week - Reading Together - Approach and Attitude: How Parents Factor into the Equation

"Parents often wonder why boys buy into my system so quickly; in two hours, I have the typical “impossible” teenager willing to give my organizational and time-management system a good try. The reason it works is that by simply focusing on their strengths instead of railing against what they are doing wrong, we set a foundation and build from there. It’s demoralizing and ineffective to focus on the negative—who ever enjoyed that meeting with a boss who only told you everything you did wrong?"
(page 17, Kindle edition)

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That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week - Reading Together - Why Boys Struggle with Organization and Time Management

"He’d realized along the way that the better organized he was, the more time he could spend hanging out with his friends and playing golf, in other words, the things he enjoyed doing."
(page 2, Kindle edition)

"What this means is that as their bodies are continuing to develop, boys are being asked to juggle all of these different aspects of their lives without any clear-cut system or method for organizing and managing their time."
(page 5, Kindle edition)

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Learning Songs with Rohit

Hello Readers,
My name is Rohit and I am a pianist from India. I have played piano for a long time in my life, and I am a big fan of this instrument. When I first got my hands on a piano as a kid it became obvious to me I was meant to play this instrument. But I had to quit piano for a little over 5 years to pursue my education. But now I am back and starting a blog seemed to be the most ideal way to restart my life as a piano player.

Here is my most recent creation:

Now that you’ve heard me, you know that I am quite good at the keyboard. And I am always trying to improve my skills.

Well, there are plenty of blogs which provide music tutorials. I thought I could stand out by providing a one-stop destination for people aspiring to learn and practice music, with the help of online tutorials.

My piano tutorials come with written letter notes (along with lyrics) and video tutorials oriented towards beginners. I am also creating chapterwise tutorials on understanding the fundamentals of piano. You can checkout my in-depth guide about piano chords and let me know your opinion about it.

My purpose for posting on this blog is to seek suggestions from you all on ways to improve my content and music. If you’d like to check out my blog you can do so by visiting MyPianoNotes.com.

guest post by Rohit Tripathi from www.mypianonotes.com

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That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week - Reading Together

Welcome to the newest Reading Together series. I'll be posting a summary about our reading each week on Tuesdays. Come join us!

We'll be reading That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week by Ana Homayoun. You can get a copy from your local library, your favorite bookstore, or pick up a copy from Amazon.

We'll read one chapter a week.
I'll post about the first installment on Tuesday, June 19. That means you have two weeks to get a copy of the book and to read the first chapter.

The great thing about this program is that it allows us to read works together that can help us in our professional development as well as providing a level of accountability and the added interest of comparing notes as we read together.

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