HIGH NOTES
February 2012

IMPORTANT DATES
***Please note that ALL CLASSES
ARE IN SESSION DURING
SPRING BREAK    
April 6-9: Easter Long Weekend
NO CLASSES IN SESSION
May 19-21: Victoria Day Weekend
NO CLASSES IN SESSION
Saturday, June 23, 6pm:
HIGH NOTE Year-End Recital

LESSON TIMES AND TEACHERS
Tuesday, 5-9pm GUITAR: Harold Donnelly
Tuesday, 3-9pm VOICE/PIANO: Emily Bolhuis
Wednesday, 3-9pm VOICE/PIANO:
Emily Bolhuis
Thursday, 5-9pm GUITAR: Harold Donnelly
Saturday, 9am-12pm PIANO/VOICE:
Lauren Ollsin
Saturday, 12:30pm-5:30pm VOICE/PIANO: Kevin Lee

GUITAR GUITAR GUITAR!!!   
We offer Guitar lessons here at Dancin’ Stars and we are eager to have you as a guitar student on Tuesdays from 5-9pm or Thursdays from 5-9pm with Harold Donnelly.
Harold Donnelly is an active member of the Vancouver music scene playing with various groups and teaching. He holds a Diploma in Contemporary Jazz guitar from Vancouver Community College, and is currently working towards a Music Education Degree from Capilano University. Over the years he has recorded many albums with various Vancouver based musicians. One current project is with local guitarist John Sponarski. The two front a group called ‘
Portage and Main’, which released their debut full length in March, and embarked on their first Western Canadian Tour last June.

UPCOMING TEACHER PERFORMANCES
Well…maybe. Emily Bolhuis is the understudy for the roles of Mimi and Musetta in Burnaby Lyric Opera’s production of La Bohème on February 23 & 25 @ 8pm at the Shadbolt Center for the performing Arts. Check in with Emily to see if she’ll be on stage at the last minute!

WE’RE ON YOUTUBE: HIGHNOTEschool
We are pleased to announce that High Note now has their very own channel on You Tube! Our channel
name is HIGHNOTEschool (just type it in the search column on www.youtube.com). We’ve recently uploaded videos of High Note students (Mara, Tania and Kassia) performing at the Belvedere Care Centre for a holiday concert. Please tune in to support!

This month, we will be filming 5 min excerpts of lessons with each of our teachers to show the public what lessons at High Note are like. We only post content of students with parents approval and we only include the student’s first name. We will NEVER include the student’s age or last name, and we will NEVER post content without parent’s permission. If you are interested in being on our YouTube channel, please let our Music Director, Emily Bolhuis know. Thanks for your support as we promote High Note!

BTW, feel free to subscribe to our channel, post POSITIVE COMMENTS (negative comments will be deleted), and share our videos with friends on social networks such as facebook. Let’s spread the news about our wonderful school together!   

BRING A FRIEND WEEK – Red Valentines Week
February 13th – 19th is your chance to introduce someone to the wonderful world of music! Bring your special someone in on Valentines Day and don’t forget to wear red or pink to get into the spirit!!

“ I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.” ~George Eliot

“When I hear music I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and the latest.” ~ Henry David Thoreau