August Newsletter

School is about to start!  Can you believe how fast this Summer went by?  I will be grateful for some schedule consistency though!  This Summer has been CrAzY!

NEWS

*I am in our new place!  For those that travel to lessons, make sure that you come to the right spot! The address is on Mutton Hollow Rd in Kaysville.  Let me know if you need specifics!

*Also, I am looking into taking payments via other sources such as Google Wallet, and Venmo!  If anyone has experience with these, I would love to hear about it!

*As always, I clean out my roster at the beginning of the school year.  This means that there will be some openings!!!  Hooray!  Make sure to tell your friends and family all about how much you like taking lessons! ;) Let's get those spots filled up!

*August payment is due BY THE 1st!  Late fees will be added for payments received after the 5th.

POLICY CORNER

Don't forget that if your payment is late, there is a $5 late fee PER WEEK that the payment is late!  This means that if it is a month late, you have a $15 late fee! Those can add up quickly, so make sure that you get your payments in on time!  PLEASE remember that I use this as a form of income and therefore rely on timely payments... as do my own debtors.

July Newsletter

Whew!! What a whirlwind of a Summer it has been!  It has been so fun hearing about all of your vacations!  It makes me jealous!  Doesn't someone want to take me WITH them??

This newsletter will be short and sweet!

REMINDERS

NEXT WEEK (June 30-July 4) is an EXTRA week!  NO LESSONS!!!  That also means that we don't have to worry about make-ups either.

JULY payment is due by the 1st!  Avoid those late fees by sending your payment now!  Contact me with any questions.

NEWS

I am FINALLY moving!!  If you come to lessons in Utah, note that I will be teaching from a new place starting in July! The address is:
649 E Mutton Hollow Rd
Kaysville

Don't forget and come to my parents' house!  I won't be there!! ;)

POLICY CORNER

Monthly payments are due BY THE 1st of the month!!  A lot of students are "summer slacking" with their payments.  Those late fees pile up fast.  It is $5 PER WEEK that the payment is late!  Don't fall victim to this. Also, remember that students are only offered lesson credits for lessons that I cancel.  Other than that, you can make up the lesson or forfeit the lesson. So:

If I have to cancel a lesson: You get to make up OR credit
If YOU cancel a lesson: You get to make up OR forfeit

Ease Peasy!

I hope that you all are having an awesome Summer!

Cindy

JUNE NEWSLETTER

Can you believe that another school year has gone by? It's just CRAZY! I know that Summer schedules can get a little hectic with family vacations and such, so let me know if you have any conflicts ASAP.  That way we can get make-ups scheduled and taken care of.

REMINDERS:

• June payment is due by the 1st!  There is a $5.00 late fee after the 5th, $10 after the 10th, $15 after the 15th and $20 late fee after the 20th! Do your best to get payments to me on time. If you find that you are going to be late, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!  I can usually work something out if I KNOW about it in advance. 

• Lessons will stay in the afternoons for the Summer.  I have adult students that cannot come until after work, so I need to keep the lessons grouped together. HOWEVER, there are some students that I would like to move to earlier in the afternoon.  I will contact those students separately. 

POLICY CORNER

If you choose to discontinue lessons for longer than 2 weeks, you still owe the full amount for the month of which you cancelled. I will not give refunds.  If you choose to stop lessons, you must please provide 30 days PAID notice. All other lessons can be made up.

May Newsletter

Summer is just around the corner, and THAT means that CrAzY Summer Schedules come along with it! Because I teach ALL ages, lesson times will remain in the afternoon to help accommodate the adults that have to come after work. If you cannot keep your current time during the summer, please let me know ASAP and we will work something out.

MAY PAYMENT IS DUE

May Payment is due by the 1st, with a late fee added on the 5th! Remember, it's $5.00 late fee after the 5th, $10 after the 10th, $15 after the $15 and $20 if I don't get it by the 20th.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• I had the opportunity to see one of my students, Kyle Olsen, play Jean ValJean in Hale Centre Theatre's production of Les Miserable. It reminded me of how hard work and dedication can really pay off!  You are all doing such great things! I am so proud of you!

• Speaking of Kyle, if you have lessons on THURSDAY between 2:30-6:30, Kyle will be sitting in to observe.

• The next "extra" week will be over the June 30-Jul 4.  Keep that in the back of your mind. ;) 

• Memorial Day- We will NOT have lessons on Memorial Day.  I am hoping to reschedule the Monday students to MAY 24th between 9:00-noon. Please contact me for a time via my email. cindrlz@gmail.com

LET'S PLAY MUSIC

Finally, I wanted to announce that I have been approved as a teacher for a company called Let's Play Music.  If you have not heard of this company, it is a school for 4-7 year old kids.  During their 3 years of school, they learn music theory, appreciation, composition, rhythm, singing, and keyboard skills.  It is a great program and I am proud to now be a part of it.  I had to go through a vigorous interview process and am still in the training stages.  I will be certified by the end of the summer and will be registering students for my first classes in June or July.

I will be holding sample classes and an open house in June for those that are interested. If you know of people in the Davis County area that have kids that are these ages, you will FOR SURE want to let them know about this program! Thanks a bunch!

POLICY CORNER

 If you choose to discontinue lessons for longer than 2 weeks, you still owe the full amount for the month of which you cancelled. I will not give refunds.  If you choose to stop lessons, you must please provide 30 days PAID notice. All other lessons can be made up.

**Did you read this all the way through???  Send a text to me with the pass code "MAYDAY" for $5 off a late fee!**  (This would be great for those that have a tendency to be a week late...or two...or three.....!!!

April Newsletter

Well, March came in like a lion for sure!  Thanks for all of the nice thoughts and prayers that you all did for me while I was suffering with my TMJD.  I have never been in so much pain and it really helped to have so many people be concerned and care.  You are awesome!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

We had so many students achieve goals this month! Congrats to ALL of the students that were accepted into programs, universities, and colleges. And to those that advanced into State Solo and Ensemble, All State Choirs, and were cast in leading roles in various musicals!! You are all such hard workers and so talented!  I am honored to be your teacher. There are so many of you, I don't dare to name names in the fear that I will forget someone!!  That is really awesome!

REMINDERS

*Don't forget that April payment is due by the 1st!  A LATE FEE will be added to payments received after April 5th. A lot of you have a credit for April because of my cancelling in March.  Others chose to make up the lessons.  If you have made arrangements with me, make sure you do so ASAP.

*Some of you still owe the ANNUAL MUSIC FEE that was due in March.  Please include that with your April payment.

*If you choose to pay via PayPal, please the include $2.00 processing fee.  This is a fee that PayPal charges ME.  Otherwise, you may send payment via check, direct deposit, or google wallet.  If you need information on how to use any of those, please let me know.

*MARCH 31-APRIL 6th is an OFF WEEK!  There will NOT be "normal" lessons held.  We do not need to make up these lessons.  I AM using this week as a make-up week for those that have make-ups that need to be done.  Times are going fast though, if you have one that you want to do next week, please let me know ASAP.  Otherwise, we will get it scheduled at other times in April.

POLICY CORNER

Practicing your assigned songs is a MUST for voice lessons.  The great thing is that you can practice ANYWHERE.  The tough thing is that you can't just "sing."  You MUST practice the things that we talked about during your lesson.

Don't keep singing the same way that you always sing.  Use your practice time to rehearse those things that you might struggle with. Don't just spend the time singing the song without focus. I PROMISE, you will see amazing improvements in a very short amount of time if you put this rule to use!

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That's it for now!!

Cindy

CONGRATS!!

Such great things are happening with you all!!

Congrats to:

*Jayda for her acceptance into the Manhattan School of Music Summer workshop! What an awesome opportunity for you!!

*Alexis for her acceptance into Wellesley AND their Music Program! (Even IF you didn't audition for it!)

*Jimmy for his acceptance in to Weber State Univeristy's Musical Theater Program!

*Sam for making it to State Solo and Ensemble!

*Ally for making it into All State!

What great news I got this week!!! Hard work pays off!!! Woo Hoo!

TMJ!!!!

Hi Everyone!

The universe has a way of humbling us! OF COURSE I would choose to remind everyone about the cancellation policy in this month’s newsletter and THEN come down with TMJD.  For those that have not heard, I have been suffering with a jaw that I can’t open more than about an inch or so.  We have also found an infection in my jaw that is causing a lot of the discomfort.

I spent last week going from various doctors/dentists/chiropractors for help.  Tomorrow, I see a specialist to see if I can’t at least get the pain to go away and get my jaw to open more than an inch. I can talk for short periods of time, but I mostly “grunt” talk! LOL! 

I will be cancelling lessons for TODAY (Monday) and TOMORROW (TUESDAY) for sure.  I am hoping that after seeing the specialist tomorrow, I will be able proceed with lessons on Wednesday, March 12^th.

As always, you are welcome to either re-schedule the lesson/s or take a credit in payment.  Each missed lesson is equal to $17.50.  If you choose to re-schedule, I have opened up the FIRST WEEK IN APRIL (which is an extra week where normal lessons won’t be held,) for make-ups.

Please respond to this email with the option that you would like to take.

Also, thanks to everyone that send me birthday wishes!  I had a great birthday even though I was highly medicated and couldn’t really talk.  (I think that made for a great day for Jeff as well! J)

I miss you guys so much and can’t wait to get back in the game!  I don’t do well just sitting around or watching others have all of the fun! The weather here has been so nice and Jeff and the boys took full advantage while I watched from the sidelines!!  So, I can’t wait to get out there again!

Keep practicing and I will keep everyone informed of how things are going to work out this week.

Cindy