Hi Suzuki parents,

Sorry for the delay in getting the sign up form online for this. Hopefully it gave you plenty of time to consider it.

Please indicate whether your Suzuki students will participate in the June 2013 Nebraska trip using this form. Details about the trip are in Paula’s message below.

Thanks!
Sallie

Hi Parents:

Last fall the Allegro Strings did a mini-tour to Nebraska to play for at an assisted living facility (my in-laws live there) in Norfolk.

The kids had so much fun many have asked if we could return. We are putting together another trip, but this time it is open to the entire school. Sallie Draper will be sending out another registration form via email. If you are interested and/or able to come along with us, please sign up.

Trip to Nebraska

When:  July 16 – 18

• Leave Tuesday morning, stop in Vermillion, SD at the National Music Museum and Gavins Point Dam at the Aquarium just south of Yankton, SD.
• Arrive Norfolk, NE late afternoon/early evening.
• Perform at The Meadows assisted living facility and one other location Wednesday morning.
• Water park Wednesday afternoon – pizza party in the evening.
• Return Thursday late morning (possibly go to water park again in the morning).
• Arrive back in New Ulm late afternoon/early evening.

Cost:  ~$15/person/night

• Meals, admission to water park, museum and aquarium, and hotel (last time we got an excellent rate at the Hampton Inn because we were doing community service.  We put 4 people in a room and split the cost, which ended up being about $15.00 per person per night – breakfast is included).

Thank you for considering this event.
Paula

Hi everyone!

Here are links to the online forms to indicate your participation (or absence) in the two events Paula wrote about earlier:

• End of Year Play-In – May 13
• Summer Suzuki Institute – July 28 to August 3

Please take two minutes to complete these two short forms, and let us know your plans.

Thank you!
Sallie Draper

Hi All,

As I sit here looking at the SNOW outside my window, I keep telling myself, spring is indeed here and the warm weather IS coming.

And along with spring comes all the planning for summer; vacations, lessons, and, hopefully, music institutes. The board will be meeting in a couple of weeks and one of the decisions we will need to make is how much money we will be able to give to families for institutes this summer. We need to know how many people are planning to attend so we can decide what we are going to be able to allocate. If you are planning on attending an institute this summer, would you please let us know by May 8th? If you are a family with more than one child enrolled in our program, also let us know how many of your children will be attending.

We are also planning our end of year Pot Luck / Play-In. The details are as follows:

• Date:  May 13
• Time:  6:00 PM – 7:30 or so…
• Place:  St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall (201 N. State St.)
• What to Bring:  Your students (and violins, pianos will be provided :0), extended family, and friends.  Bring a dish to share (NUSSM will provide plates, silverware, napkins, and drink).

Come and join us for a night of good food, good people, and excellent music!

Sallie Draper will be sending out a registration emails for both institutes and the Play-In, so please let us know if you are going to attend or not so we can plan accordingly.

The last week of lessons will be the week of May 13 – 17.

If you have not signed up for summer lessons with your teacher, be sure to check with your individual teacher.

Thank you,
Paula and Judy

Hi All,

Judy and I would like to encourage as many of you as possible to consider attending the American Suzuki Institute in Stevens Point this coming summer. The dates we are looking at are July 28 – Aug. 3. We will have some money available for each student attending to help off-set the cost of the camp. Please give this some serious thought. Students and parents who attend the camp tend to be more motivated and make progress quicker than those who do not attend. The teaching staff is incredible, the environment is highly motivating, and the camaraderie amongst the students is invaluable.

We would like to give a head count to the institute for the number of rooms we will be needing sometime over the next couple of weeks. If you are planning on attending, please sign up at the school or with either Judy or myself.

You can also download the PDF brochure to find out more.

We would love to see as many of you as possible attending this summer. If you have any questions, some families who have attended in the past are Huseby’s, Hoffmann’s, Schaefer’s, Rigge’s, Wiering’s, Weikle’s, and of course Judy and me.

Paula & Judy

A few changes to announce for the website and Facebook Page.

First, this website now has a Photos page where you will find the last 25 albums put up on our Facebook Page. Of course, we don’t have 25 albums so far, so you can see them all. You will find a link to the Facebook albums on that page as well.

Finally (I guess it has been pretty short so far), you can access our Facebook Page via http://facebook.com/newulmsuzuki instead of some long URL from before. It will be a little nicer to type in (and it LOOKS a lot nicer).

That’s it for now. Thanks!

This announcement is for Allegro Strings students (and others who know):

Here are a few details that I wanted to be sure to get out to everyone before tonight’s rehearsal (6:30 – 8:00 pm in case there is any doubt).

1. The tour of schools is this coming Friday, April 5th
2. We will meet at St. Paul’s Lutheran Elementary School at 8:20 am for tuning
3. We perform at SE Public at 10:00 am, lunch at SE Public, and perform again at SE St. Mary’s at 1:00 pm
4. We will bring your students back to the NUSSM by 2:45 pm
5. Please download the Travel Permission for Students Form to be signed and returned by all parents regarding transportation of your children. Students driving themselves from outside New Ulm whose parents are not bringing them MUST bring WRITTEN and SIGNED permission from your parents to me BEFORE Friday along with proof of your driver’s insurance.

If I have left out any details, please contact me…  (It is 4:45 in the morning and I may not be thinking too clearly yet.)

Thank you to all for your very hard work over the last couple of weeks and for participating in our first tour of schools in many years! This is going to be great!

Paula

You will be able to find various pictures from NUSSM on our Facebook page.

If you have any picture you would like to share with everyone, please email them to Bob Martens at bob@bobmartens.net. Thanks!

Hi Suzuki Parents

Please use the Spring Recital Sign Up form to indicate in which recital your children will be performing.  Recitals will be held April 14 at 1:00 and 2:30 pm in the Martin Luther College Choir Room.

Thank you!
Sallie Draper

The American Suzuki Institute is coming up this summer on the following weekends:

• July 28 – August 3
• August 4 – August 10

You can visit the American Suzuki Institute website for more information on the programs available, times, fees, accommodations, and much more.