tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56977222600597486212024-02-06T21:54:18.464-07:00Let's Play Music with Michelle BellistonMusic classes for kids, Sound Beginnings ages 0-4, Let's Play Music ages 4-6. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11355988186772743459noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697722260059748621.post-21264034227761169472018-03-12T10:39:00.002-06:002018-07-22T19:10:57.413-06:00Registration 2018-19 is now OPEN!Registration for the 2018-19 season is now open! I can't wait to show you the fun and learning of Let's Play Music and Sound Beginnings!<br />
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FREE Sample classes for Let's Play Music (ages 4-6) and Sound Beginnings (ages 0-4) will be held beginning August 21st! Email Michelle at embelliston@gmail.com to secure for a FREE class! Space is limited - don't delay!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11355988186772743459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697722260059748621.post-48783861931224206972017-02-15T12:28:00.000-07:002017-02-15T12:28:06.393-07:00February Newsletter<div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px;">
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Your child needs and craves your attention - your face time. This video reveals this in a startling and eye opening way. </div>
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Hand clapping games are perfect for pre-schoolers and the early grades. The physical contact and <i class="gmail-m_6631915197904213626bard-text-block gmail-m_6631915197904213626style-scope" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b class="gmail-m_6631915197904213626bard-text-block gmail-m_6631915197904213626style-scope" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">real </b></i>face time with you make them invaluable for emotional bonding. <a class="gmail-m_6631915197904213626bard-text-block gmail-m_6631915197904213626style-scope" href="https://playmusic.infusionsoft.com/app/linkClick/91567/5eeac6bf3bdf88d6/1050833/ade59a197607a81b" style="color: #2baadf; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">The Inspired Treehouse </a>has wonderful examples that you can do with your child without a cord, battery or screen.</div>
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Beginning February 1st, I opened enrollment for families currently enrolled in my studio. Today, I open enrollment for my newsletter subscribers. On March 1st, I will open enrollment for any spaces I have left in my studio. If you'd like to learn more, or enroll your child in one of my classes for Fall 2017, shoot me an email for more details.<span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b>Sound Beginnings:</b> Parent-and-Me class for kids ages 2-4, and younger siblings are welcome. I have space for 1 more family in my Wednesday 5:30pm class - contact me if you're interested. For more info on the curriculum, <a href="https://www.letsplaymusicsite.com/sound-beginnings?inf_contact_key=3a1ed168c6fff28a043892251ccf1c85fdc67a23ee1f87ca37756a90ef5e7d51" style="color: #1155cc;">CLICK HERE.</a> <a href="http://lpmwithmichelle.blogspot.com/p/sound-beginnings.html" style="color: #1155cc;">CLICK HERE</a> for my studio details.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b>Let's Play Music: </b>I'm not enrolling 4-6 year olds right now, but since you are getting my email newsletter, your child can get on my preferred enrollment list for Let's Play Music Fall 2017. <a href="http://lpmwithmichelle.blogspot.com/p/lpm.html" style="color: #1155cc;">CLICK HERE</a> for my studio details.</span></div>
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I hope you enjoy magical, musical moments with your child each day! </div>
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I'm so excited! I found out the day before yesterday that for this fall, I get to teach Sound Beginnings at my home! Previously, I've had my son in the class, and I fell in love with the program. My boy has been the youngest in his class, and wasn't picking up the typical preschool skills taught (like colors, shapes, numbers). One semester in Sound Beginnings, and he could count, recognize colors and shapes, and more! I knew I had to teach Sound Beginnings!<br />
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I just got approval to train and teach Sound Beginnings in my home THIS FALL! So, if you have a child aged 2-4 (younger siblings are welcome, too!), and you'd like a great parent-and-me class to spend time learning and playing together,<a href="https://www.letsplaymusicsite.com/sound-beginnings" target="_blank"> click this link to learn more</a>, or <a href="https://www.letsplaymusicsite.com/search.php?Type=Let%27s+Play+Music+Teacher&search_api_views_fulltext=15217&Surname=&x=148&y=36" target="_blank">contact me to register for a class</a>!<br /><br />Classes start August 31, and are taught in my home in the Greenfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11355988186772743459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697722260059748621.post-52903830642038185882016-03-02T18:26:00.000-07:002016-03-02T18:26:09.914-07:00Triumphant March and a TrumpetWe've been "studying" (if you can even call it that! WE PLAY!) Verdi's Triumphal March from Aida in my 1st year classes. Every year I do something different, but this year, I thought it would be really fun to have Matt, my husband, play part of the beginning on his trumpet. The kids LOVED hearing Matt play (audible squeals!), but the best part was when each child got a turn to touch the trumpet. Here are the photos! Parents, if you want a higher quality picture of it, text me and I'll happily send you the photo of your child!<br />
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Here are some things my current students have been up to with the past couple storms! <br />
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My very favorite photo, though, and the inspiration for this post, is a photo taken by my daughter. We were leaving the dentist's office, walking back to our car (we had to park a ways up the road), and we caught one of my 1st year students, Sam, being a "Snow Angel" for an elderly lady in his neighborhood. He was polite and said hi to me, but while his mom and I talked a while longer, Sam got right back to work! <br />
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Here's hoping the snow starts cooperating, and leaves my class days alone!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11355988186772743459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697722260059748621.post-81139246744469779862015-06-18T19:21:00.001-06:002018-07-23T09:41:24.896-06:00A Peek Into Ms. Michelle's Studio...When I think of Let's Play Music, I think of:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>FUN</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> SAFE</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> PLAY</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> CHALLENGE</b></span><br />
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Before a parent signs up their child for Let's Play Music, they don't always know what to expect. Something about group piano lessons, playtime, bells, time commitment - probably all things my current and former students' parents will tell you about. But what you can't get from talking to other parents or see in a flier are in-the-moment, live action class experiences.<br />
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That's why I'm holding FREE - yes free - Sample classes this summer. Come try out this class, with no commitment required. This is my way of giving you a sneak peek into my classes, and show you how a 3-year curriculum can be playful and fun, while still teach music theory I didn't learn until college, and develop a complete musician with proficient piano skills. <a href="http://www.lpmwithmichelle.blogspot.com/p/free-class.html">Click on this link to sign up for a FREE sample class today</a>!<br />
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Still a little hesitant? Not sure you want to make the leap? (Did I mention that the Sample Class is FREE?) Here's some more to entice you. In compliance with <a href="http://www.keepkidssafe.pa.gov/">PA's new laws to protect children</a>, I have completed and have clear background, police, and FBI checks. I used to teach K-6 music, so I need them anyway, but I keep them current as a courtesy to my parents (and so I can volunteer at my kids' schools, and in my church organization). Since my husband is sometimes home while I teach, he has completed and cleared them, too. Also, our babysitter, who watches my own kids while I teach has been checked and cleared, too. Needless to say, my home is safe. It is also a fun, challenging, learning, play place for your child(ren) to learn the piano. <br />
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Still not trying to bang the door down to get into a (FREE!) Sample Class? ...Maybe a photo tour of my studio could <i>show </i>better than I could ever describe what happens in a Let's Play Music class. A picture is worth a thousand words, right? <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now, before you think my class is scary...It's not scary at all!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We're just learning music (although our games sometimes make us pretend to be scary). :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For example, we use the WHOLE BODY to learn about our staff. Baby steps, skips, leaps, all FEEL differently; we jump from lines to spaces, and have a great time playing, too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It doesn't take long before the kids can read chord maps well enough to play the autoharp independently. This skill translates very nicely into playing chords (and reading music) on the piano in the 2nd year of Let's Play Music.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sometimes, the goofy stuff we do LOOKS like we're just being goofy...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...but all of our games, activities, and lessons are chock full of music theory, ear training, note reading, sight singing, classical music training, and more!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parents come to class every other week the first year <br />
(once a month in 2nd and 3rd years). For those who need a little<br />
encouragement, parents are their safety net.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For those bubbly, outgoing, 4-going-on-40 types, they are allowed the<br />
i<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">ndependence </span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">needed to feel capable, and can show what they know </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">to their </span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">parent on parent weeks. They also get every other week </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">to show </span><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">their stuff in a students-only class. This is NOT a performance</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">class. Rather, it is a learning place with opportunities for all kinds</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">of new experiences (including a once-yearly performance).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While playing games, the children (and parents) learn solfege - a music language (think Sound of Music: Do, a deer a female deer, Re a drop of golden sun, etc). This language allows the students to see pitches in relation to each other, and makes it much easier when teaching the students to transpose music in the 3rd year of Let's Play Music (and beyond)!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whether skipping on a floor staff,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> singing and signing solfege hand signs down a major scale,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">playing ostinati on tone bells,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dancing and playing to classical music,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">recognizing cadence patterns during a game,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">or playing the Autoharp with I, IV, and V chords, Let's Play Music is a fast-paced, fun-filled learning adventure! Want to see some more? So will your child! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kids learn to help each other, and learning happens with less lecture, and more trying and doing. The rest of the photos are ones that a caption just wouldn't do it justice. I hope you see the fun and excitement that Let's Play Music can be. If you'd like to learn more about the program, <a href="http://www.letsplaymusicsite.com/">check out our website here</a>. If you live in the Pittsburgh area, and want to know more about classes starting this fall, <a href="mailto:embelliston@gmail.com">contact me here </a>or <a href="http://www.lpmwithmichelle.blogspot.com/p/free-class.html">sign up for a FREE Sample Class here!</a></td></tr>
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This year, the recital was held at <a href="http://www.techniquebytoni.com/">Technique by Toni Dance Studio</a>, which proved to be the perfect venue! The kids performed well, the audience of family and friends were so supportive and encouraging to the children, and the experience was worth every ounce of work. I think everyone had a great time, and it was a great celebration to their first year of Let's Play Music learning! I just can't say enough good about this year's group of kids!<br />
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I don't have words that would do the recital justice. So I'll make an end to my post, and begin the photo journal of my 2015 Spring Let's Play Music Recital. Enjoy!<br />
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Thanks, students and parents of my graduating Blue Bugs students! It was a great year! See you in the fall to begin the Green Turtle Shells semester!</div>
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Fred Rogers says this: "Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play <i>is </i>serious learning. Play is really the 'work' of childhood." So, what? Am I supposed to give my kids free reign of the house, while I slave away, cleaning up their messes? Fat chance! Yes, I've occasionally been "that mom" who let my kids watch too much Netflix after school, just so I can get some work done faster and more efficiently, but more often I have told (well...maybe more yelled at) them that they can't leave their bedrooms until those rooms are clean - and they better be PERFECT! Not my best moments, to be sure. <br />
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Surely, Mr. Rogers didn't mean <i>never</i> to get any work done. Life can't always be a trolley ride or a puppet show, although both are great sometimes. But, maybe he meant the work should become the play. I don't claim to have all the answers, but these are some Belliston family inventions that have popped up in the past few months that have changed our home for the better.<br />
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<b>Movie making nights</b> - Our kids BEG to use our phones. One night, when my husband was working late, I let them make a movie (on his phone that he accidentally left at home). With a bribe that Mason get his Sound Beginnings puppets cut out for class the next morning, I said that not only could they use Dad's phone, but that I'd synch it to our Apple TV and all watch their "masterpiece" together when it was complete. (Truth be told, I was looking for 15 minutes to finish a book I'd been reading...) We all love this now! This is what my kids came up with that week:</div>
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Now, the part the kids won't tell you about (but I sure will!) is that we hide some learning and work into the play. In an attempt to teach my kids some tech-savviness (is that a word?), I made them figure out the movie thing all on their own. There were many pictures of their knees before they got to this proficiency of video recording. I also made them figure out how to synch the iPhone with the Apple TV - they were so quick to figure it out! I also said that the living room needed to be clean before we watched their movie on the Apple TV. Work and play combined so well! (And it's amazing how fast they clean up when they want to play their movie!)</div>
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<b>Card Making Parties </b>- I don't think I'm the only one who likes a little peace and quiet in the car sometimes. Great for me, but not so great for getting in that super-important CD listening for the Let's Play Music music. I put it on in the living room, and needed to find a way to get the kids to LISTEN to it! So, since great-grandma Hrabar's birthday was that weekend, I sat the kids down to make her some cards. Maggie got some relatively focused CD-listening in, while both kids got their creative juices flowing. </div>
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<b>"Let's Go Fly A Kite" - </b>One cold night in February, we watched Mary Poppins. Since then, the kids have been begging to make kites. So, since piano practicing was becoming a little more of a fight, I started letting Maggie have 5 minutes of kite construction for every day that she practiced her piano. After about a month, it was done (I really milked that as long as I could...they were great looking kites!) Finally, a great, windy day came, and we got to try them out!</div>
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The best part? We ran outside, and were singing "Let's Go Fly a Kite" during the first flight! The kids learned fast that cool looking kites don't always make for the best fliers. We googled how to improve their lift and made them more efficient (which bought me another no-fight piano practice session). We also had some hedges that needed some serious trimming, so we had the kids help haul the clippings out of the way with the disguise that they should find the perfect sticks for the kites. They stuck with moving sticks for almost an hour! What a perfect way to hide work in PLAY! This was a few weeks ago, and they STILL talk about how cool that day was. I don't feel bad at all putting so much work into that event. Totally worth it for all of us!<br />
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Whether it be rocking out to the Yellow Arrows CD while we make cards, or singing Mary Poppins songs while flying kites, my kids - as well as many other children - are drawn to music. The last picture is Mason watching a musical at Maggie's elementary school. I brought snacks, coloring books, and little toy cars to keep him entertained so I could watch Maggie's performance. What I didn't anticipate was that he'd be totally glued to the music. Be still, my heart!</div>
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Let's Play Music has established a series of patterns in my home. For example, we started cutting out blackbird puppets for Mason's Silver Buttons (<a href="https://www.letsplaymusicsite.com/sound-beginnings">Sound Beginnings</a>) homework, which just naturally turned into movie-making. </div>
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Maggie has always been very advanced at school. Reading, math, science - she's lightyears ahead. In music, she's WAY ahead of most kids, but in her individual Yellow Arrows class she's *gasp* average. At first it got her down, but then her brilliant teacher, <a href="https://www.letsplaymusicsite.com/search.php?Type=Let%27s+Play+Music+Teacher&search_api_views_fulltext=&Surname=mickelson&x=0&y=0">Karri Mickelson</a>, suggested that she put on a concert for her stuffed animals while she practiced. What started as work became PLAY, and now that PLAY has moved to the non-music parts of our life. She now brings those stuffed animals along to watch her clean the bathroom, do her laundry, and wash the dishes. (Animals are sitting on the counter...sorry they didn't make it into the shot. But, happy kid making dinner twice a week - WIN!)</div>
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Has your family invented a new pattern because of Let's Play Music? Parents of my students have shared some stories with me about how some new patterns in their lives have emerged, which have made their homes a little more playful, a little more productive, or a little more joyful. To my past and current parents, or to other parents and teachers of Let's Play Music students - comment below if your family has developed a new pattern at home because of Let's Play Music. For future students, or those looking for more information, <a href="https://www.letsplaymusicsite.com/search.php?Type=Let%27s+Play+Music+Teacher&search_api_views_fulltext=&Surname=belliston&x=124&y=34">click here for a link to sign up for a FREE Sample Class!</a></div>
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Even with all of this fun, we learned today, too! (Who knew, right?) The kids played the Autoharp - all by themselves, they learned Major vs minor tonality, reviewed staff reading, solfege hand signs, and more - all while PLAYING! First Year of Let's Play Music so perfectly combines play with theory training, so the kids can be ready for Second and Third Year, where we continue the playing and the theory learing, and also learn to play the piano! <br />
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1. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/singing-fingers/id381015280?mt=8">Singing Fingers</a> - This one is pretty goofy, but my kids love singing songs into it, and hearing it back. We've "practiced" LPM homework by singing an ostinato into it, and letting the kids "paint" with it. Lots of squeals. <br />
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2. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/soundrop/id364871590?mt=8">Sound Drop</a> - This one may seem like a dumb app that doesn't teach anything, but Maggie (who's going into Kindergarten) has been picking out intervals and solfege with it. This one won't spell out that it's teaching, but is a fun time-killer. And, truth be told, my husband loves it as much as the kids.<br />
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3. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/noteworks-music-theory-note/id546003758?mt=8">Note Works</a> - This one is terrific! It is great for my 1st Year LPM kids because you can play games where you note-name in solfege. You can also note-name with letters, so I'm putting it on my little and big kid list. My daughter likes that it is a little more bright and colorful than basic apps like Tenuto.<br />
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4. <a href="http://pbskids.org/games/music">PBS Kids</a> - This is a favorite for my son (he's in Sound Beginnings), and 1st Year LPM kids. This is a website, not an app, and has a plethora of games that are music-related. Some are better than others. Some of our favorites are the Daniel Tiger game that helps them talk about feelings. It establishes major and minor tonalities, while also letting them work out happy/sad/angry emotions, too. Martha's Make the Band is great to help the kids learn what different instruments look and sound like. Chuck's Classical Compositions is also a favorite, and I like that we recognize some of the songs on it! There are other great ones, but those are the ones on the screen most often.<br />
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5. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/musical-autoharp/id494442900?mt=8">Musical Autoharp</a> - Of the Autoharp apps I've downloaded or played with, I like this one the best. The chord buttons are spread out enough, that if you buy 1/4" sticker dots, they can go right on your iPad or iPhone screen to make red, blue, and yellow chords! I had a 1st Year Let's Play Music student who wanted to play her mom's iPad Autoharp app for the spring recital. She was GOOD!<br />
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4. <a href="http://www.magicmusictutor.com/?q=boomwhackers">Magic Music Tutor</a> - We especially love the section of this that has boomwhacker music. I've used this part many times for teaching music to elementary school students.<br />
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Many friends ask my husband and I (both musicians), why we have our kids take music lessons at such a young age (our son is almost 3, and our daughter is almost 5). <br />
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We don't need our kids to be professional musicians when they grow up. We'd support our kids in any honorable career path.<br />
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But, we see benefits of music beyond creating a career path. Here are the top 5 reasons our children take music lessons (and why yours should, too!):<br />
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5. <b>Music is fun! </b> Every day, my kids have to clean their rooms, get ready, and do the seemingly mundane routines of life. Why not "whistle while you work" (our family sings instead of whistles...our kids haven't quite mastered whistling yet!)? So, we spend time teaching our kids about music, in large part because it makes otherwise mundane things more fun! Also, when we are bored, we pull out our instruments, and play them! It's a great alternative to always plopping the kids in front of the TV. Family bonding, cure for boredom, makes us feel good - music is FUN!<br />
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4. <b>Music helps my kids understand other people, history, and unfamiliar things.</b> The past couple years, I taught music at Antimony Elementary School in Antimony, Utah. One morning, while prepping a lesson for February's Black History month, my daughter caught me singing, clapping and moving around to a version of, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6N_eTZP2U">"Follow the Drinking Gourd"</a>. What started as a, "What are you DOING, Mom?" turned into a discussion about slavery and the Underground Railroad - which might all be pretty over-the-head of a 4-year old, except that she really liked the song, so it sunk in a little better, and gave her a reason to want to listen to my "history lesson." A few weeks after that, she asked if we chose to be foster parents to help kids like the people involved in the underground railroad helped the blacks. Music was the means by which my daughter could learn all of that - WOW! Another reason we keep our kids in music lessons.<br />
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3. <b> Music gives our kids a way to cope.</b> Life is stressful. Whether it be a bully, or you lose your job and don't know how to feed your family, stress is something that just exists in life. People often go to the gym to work out, or play a sport, or read a book or a number of other things to "escape" that stress. While those are all worthwhile things, I want to give my kids yet another tool in their tool belt. One more place they can go instead of turning to drugs, alcohol and porn to "escape." <br />
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Although I don't think music is always going to be the difference between raising a drug addict or not, studies do show that kids who take music lessons as a kid will have a much lower risk of getting into trouble. Good enough for me.<br />
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Music also is such a healing influence that our kids need. Don't believe me? <a href="http://makingmusicianslpm.blogspot.com/2013/12/alwaysbeme.html">Check this out.</a><br />
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2.<b> Music works out our kids' brains.</b> Think about playing the piano and singing simultaneously. You have to look at multiple lines of music, plus a line of words, and then get your left hand, right hand, and your voice to create different sounds at the same time. Think of all that work your brain has to do to make that happen! That is multi-tasking at its finest (and you all know "grown-ups" need to multitask!)!<br />
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And the #1 reason my family puts such high importance on music lessons:<br />
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1. <b>Music makes kids smarter.</b> Numerous studies have been done that prove that kids who take music lessons from a very young age experience significantly higher test scores in elementary, middle, high school, and college than their non-musical peers. Everything from better math skills, reading skills, science skills, and more, have all been correlated to music lessons from an early age. Studies have showed music lessons over time improve ACT/SAT scores, better chance at college attendance and graduation, higher amounts of scholarships going to college. <br />
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Maybe this one is one I'm hypersensitive about, because my husband is in grad school. Maybe it's because we're both music teachers, and music teachers don't make a lot of money, so we're really counting on scholarships to help our kids through college. Really, though, it's just because at the end of your life, what do you get to take to your grave? Money? Fame? A huge house and a sweet ride? Nope. Just the stuff you experienced and learned. And if music makes my children more capable of learning, or gives them rich experiences they otherwise could not have had, then I'm all in for music lessons.<br />
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Our Recital pictures finally arrived! <a href="http://cdotlove.blogspot.com/">Kristin Clove over at C Dot Love</a> did a FANTASTIC job on these really candid (and sometimes goofy) pictures! I wanted to show some gems to you. My studio in Utah was such a source of joy to me, and I saw that joy in the faces of all of these kids. I will start fresh in Pittsburgh, but I'll always hold a place in my heart for these great kids. I really, truly, have the best job in the world!<br />
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In the above photo, the kids are doing actions to Verdi's Triumphant March. On the right side, my Monday 2:45pm class is working together to play tone bells to make red, blue, and yellow chords (the way I introduce I, IV, and V chords). Below, you see them having WAY too much fun during the dress rehearsal!<br />
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You'd never believe that Hailey (right) and Emma (below) have only been playing the Autoharp for only 8 months! They played so well!<br />
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Below, Hadley played the end of Do, Re, Mi all by herself! She told me that she practiced over a million times, even when it wasn't on the homework list for that week. She's quite the budding musician!<br />
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Parents of these students, thank you for letting me work with these kiddos. I've said it before, but I'll say it again - they are so FUN to work with! What a blessing, what a gift, to have little people in my life! I hope you had as much fun at the recital as I did!<br />
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I have a few students who will remain part of my studio via Skype (what would we do without modern technology!?), but I have to say goodbye to the rest of my students. Second only to watching how sad my kids are to move, I am so sad to finish this chapter in my life. My music students have been a source of overwhelming happiness, and it has brought a sense of home to my house that I can't explain. <br />
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Thank you to the parents who have supported my decision to move. Thank you to the parents who have supported music education for their children. And especially, thanks to the kids I've been able to teach and learn from. <br />
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My new studio will open in the fall of 2014 in Pittsburgh, PA. We will live on Frayne Street in the Greenfield/Hazelwood neighborhood. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11355988186772743459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697722260059748621.post-62453213812447468122013-12-16T15:56:00.003-07:002013-12-16T15:56:53.734-07:00Merry Christmas - Let's Play Music style!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Merry Christmas! Our last day of class sure was a BLAST! Some classes played Jingle Bells on the autoharp, some played it on their bells. Every class got to open some PRESENTS, and I hope everyone had fun! I forgot to take pictures in my Panguitch class (because we were having way too much fun), so these pictures are only from my Circleville classes. Enjoy!</div>
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Even in the other class, it was hard to look at the camera when there were treats!<br />
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Merry Christmas! See all of you cute kiddos in January! Stay safe, and enjoy the time with your families! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11355988186772743459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697722260059748621.post-86113430386300005092013-09-05T14:52:00.001-06:002014-04-01T08:46:57.209-06:00Parent Involvement is KeyCheck out this awesome post from a fellow Let's Play Music teacher! Lots of info on WHY you come to classes with your children!<br />
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Last night was my first Parent Orientation for Let's Play Music, and it went great! Lots of great questions, hopefully some calmed nerves about what this class is, and a great time! Thanks, parents, for being patient with me! <br />
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Now, parents, I promised I would help you through getting added to my calendar (for smart phone and/or computer purposes) so you can have all the details of when my class is and isn't. Please send me a reply email with the email address you synch Google to (I'm pretty sure it needs to be a gmail account). Then I'll get that going for you!<br />
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Just a couple reminders for next week's MONDAY classes. Before class, you and your child don't have homework, except to start listening to that CD a whole bunch! Please enter my house through our garage (don't worry about knocking - just come in!) and take your shoes off and put them on the shoe racks next to the steps. Next week you DO come with your child! Let me know if you have any questions! Can't wait till next Monday!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11355988186772743459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697722260059748621.post-91642612269023050812013-08-02T17:25:00.000-06:002013-08-02T17:30:21.710-06:00Getting ready for classes!Wow! How time has flown! I never thought I would be here!
The first time I heard about Let's Play Music was in 2011, when my friend Michele Johnson was talking about how she loved teaching it, and how great of a program it was. At the time, Maggie was not even 2 and I was pregnant with Mason, and I had too much on my plate anyway.<br />
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Fast forward to Christmas Break this year. My same friend Michele moved to St. George with her family, and we met for dinner one night. Her son, who was 2 at the time, was doing solfege and singing songs about chord progressions...and he was so young! I asked if they were still looking for teachers, I trained in February, and the rest is history.
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Thanks to all my Let's Play Music moms and students for getting their kiddos ready and over to the parade early so we could have some fun! I think over half of the candy was thrown with some serious skill - do we have baseball players here? (the other half was eaten by the kiddos, which is ok, too!) and all left happy! <br />
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I need some kiddos to ride my Let's Play Music float for the parade on the 24th of July in Panguitch. I will give you a FREE t-shirt as a thank you for helping (moms, if you come along, you can get a free shirt, too!) I just need to know for sure if you can make it to the parade no later than Monday, July 15th so I can get shirts ordered in time. </div>
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Well, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">today's the day pig's fly</span>, friends! I never, in a million years, thought that Let's Play Music would fill up a class in Circleville. There aren't that many people here, but wow (!!) the support for music is fantastic! I have a required cap on my classes that there can't be more than 8 kids in each class. Today we exceeded it - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>by TWO kiddos!</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">another 1st Year LPM Class </span>(Yep, you read it right!)! Where else can your child learn scales with floating red balloons or learn rhythm by playing with bugs? Nowhere else but Let's Play Music! Give your child the chance to excel in music and academics while playing games, singing songs, playing bells and piano, and having fun with friends!<br />
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It's not too late! For all of you Piute County friends, I now have a few spots left in Circleville. If you were on the fence about whether or not to do it, now is the time to sign up! I'm putting in an order for materials on July 1st, so don't wait! Shipping costs go up the closer we get to starting, so after this order, I have to charge an extra $15 on the shipping! Click on the "Meet Michelle" tab for my contact info and LPM Circleville for updated class schedules!<br />
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You don't need to see much of the detail - the only important part is the middle 1/3 section. It says something like "draw a picture in the box on top and then on the lines below, write what your picture is about." <br />
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Well, my little Maggie (she's almost 4) decided that she was going to use the lines for something better. We were ignoring her, trying to figure out what we wanted for dinner, and all of a sudden, she starts begging me to watch her. <br />
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So, being a good mommy, I ask her what she wants to show me, and she sings, "Do, a deer, a female deer, Re, a drop of golden sun..." and so on. Each time she moved to a different note, she took her red crayon (see the red line in the middle?) and went up one step on the "scale." Now, she kind of kept singing the solfege, so we did the better part of 2 octaves (and started screeching before she stopped), but that was ALL her. <br />
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And where did she learn it? Let's Play Music! Was I forcing her to practice with a kitchen timer set for 20 minutes and my angry mom voice saying, "You're going to practice whether you like it or not!"? NO! She WANTED to practice. Then, the whole way home, she was begging me to do Let's Play Music when we got home ...so we may have broken out the bells and autoharp for a little while before bedtime. Moral of the story? Sign your kiddos up for classes this fall! They'll love music, and you'll love that they WANT to learn music! Click on the "Meet Michelle!" tab for my contact information.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11355988186772743459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5697722260059748621.post-82636813369859196932013-05-23T08:06:00.001-06:002013-06-13T18:52:10.218-06:00Why sign up for Let's Play Music NOW?Some of you have been wondering why it's so important to sign up for Let's Play Music so early. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It doesn't start until <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">September</span>, right? Right. </span>So <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">why</span> should I sign up <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">NOW</span></b>? </span>Here are just a few reasons why:<br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">To give your child the music-learning opportunity of a lifetime!</span>Studies show that your child will do better musically, academically, behaviorally, and socially if he or she takes music lessons beginning as early as 3 years old. Kids learn best when they're PLAYING. A group-learning setting fosters excitement and allows kids to feel less pressure and stress than he or she would with one-on-one instruction. Let's Play Music gives your child all of these!</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">To guarantee your kiddo a spot in our classes.</span> 'Oh, it's a small town. It's never too late! These classes won't fill up.' WRONG. Because it's a small area, and because I still have young kids at home, I won't be teaching many classes. I will be teaching just 1 class in Circleville, and 2 in Panguitch. With a cap at 7 kids in each class, I can't promise there will be a spot guaranteed for your child if you don't hurry!</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">To get a discount on the Supply/Materials Fee. </span>Right now, for both Panguich and Circleville, it is only $95 for the Supply/Materials fee (even less for siblings, even if they take the class a few years apart). After August 1st, it goes up because of more shipping fees. Why pay the extra $$ when you can sign up today?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">To ensure your Supplies get here on time.</span> There are nearly 300 teachers who teach LPM across the country, and we've grown over 50 teachers this year alone. This class is taking the country by storm! Because of that growth, our product shipping department is feeling the crunch to get the new volume of orders shipped. They're trying to be as prepared as possible, but those last minute orders don't always get out as fast as the recipient hopes for. When it gets to crunch time, wouldn't you rather have your supplies already here, rather than be waiting 10-14 business days (or longer towards the end of the summer) to receive your materials?</li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">It's FUN! </span>Below is a demo video of Let's Play Music in action - what a great way to learn music! With all of this fun AND learning, why would you want to wait another minute to get your child involved! Call Michelle today at (435) 577-2269, <a href="mailto:embelliston@gmail.com">email me</a>, or check out (and like!) my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/LetsPlayMusicWithMichelleBelliston">Facebook Page</a>.</li>
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Before all of this <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">FREE STUFF</span> </span>talk, a little about me:<br />
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When I was a kid (I must have been in middle school) I was forced to listen to 93.9, a radio station in South Dakota, that played mostly 70's and 80's music with a few kind of new songs. My mom loved it, so that's what we listened to.<br />
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They weren't the "cool" station, BUT....they were the best radio station for their giveaways! In one summer (actually about 6 weeks), I won a poster, a CD from a local band, and (the big one) - a backyard BBQ for my 100 closest friends. Needless to say, it was a pretty memorable summer.<br />
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Since then, I've had a fascination and excitement with winning stuff. Today, I want to pass that joy of FREE STUFF on to all of YOU in the Piute and Garfield county area!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">For the rest of May and the entire month of June, I am offering a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"> <b>FREE Let's Play Music car vinyl OR FREE Let's Play Music Toe Nail Decals</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">for </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">anyone* </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(See below for details)</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;"> who refers someone to me. Sound EASY?! It is! </span><br />
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Now, you may think the fun is over...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">but it is just getting started</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">!</span><br />
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To me, July is a month full of parades, fireworks, family, watermelon, red, white, and blue!<br />
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I know it's a bummer - I wish I could - but, I can't give away fireworks because they might be illegal if the fire danger is as high as last year.<br />
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BUT... I can give you MORE FREE LET'S PLAY MUSIC STUFF! If you and/or your child participate in my float**<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(see below for details)</span> (throw candy and pass out fliers during the parade) for the 4th or the 24th of July, you get a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">FREE LPM T-SHIRT </span>as a THANKS for your help (and so we all look totally cool on the float)! <br />
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<li>Email: embelliston@gmail.com</li>
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<li>Facebook: Check out our group page: Let's Play Music - Piute/Garfield County</li>
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Specifics about the giveaways: (aka the boring details...)</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">*</span>You do NOT need to have a child signed up for LPM in order to claim the car vinyl or toe nail decals. The only requirements necessary are that your friend(s) mention your name ("<u>Your name </u> said this class was fantastic! They got me really excited to sign my child up!") when they sign their child up for this coming year of classes, and that your friend has the registration form AND the deposit/registration fee turned in before you can claim your prize. </div>
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You get one OR the other unless you have more than one friend sign up - then you can choose whichever 2 you want!</div>
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Unlike the t-shirts, this one is UNLIMITED! For each person you refer to us (that signs up!) you can get unlimited vinyl or toe decals. </div>
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** T-shirts will be ordered by the end of June - those who ask to be in the parade after that may not get a t-shirt in time (but are still welcome to come, and will get a t-shirt as soon as another order is made). </div>
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T-shirts will be given ONLY to those who participate in the parade(s). If you say you can come, and then get sick or forget and don't make it, you will not receive the free t-shirt. </div>
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Your child MUST be signed up (registration form AND deposit turned in) in order to participate in the parade(s). I want people to help me advertise that believe in the program enough to put their own kids in it!</div>
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Children may bring along one adult per family to participate in the parade with them who will get a FREE t-shirt, but I can't give away any other t-shirts for siblings not signed up for the class, or to more than one parent. If the parent doesn't participate in the parade, he/she won't get a free t-shirt. If you want more shirts, I will sell them for $9 each.</div>
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Space is limited, so let me know ASAP if you want to ride my float. I can't give away an infinite amount of shirts, so I'm capping the "FREE" shirts at 15 FREE ones. If you still want to participate, you're welcome to purchase a shirt for $9. </div>
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