Quote of the Week

If we put children in an environment where music surrounds them, it becomes a part of their being…not just for learning the materials, and the internalizing of the concept of tone,

but for what happens to them inside through the music.

Kay Collier Slone

They’re Rarely too Young…and Never too Old to Twinkle

SRO Calendar and Events:

·     Monday, April 16^th and Tuesday, April 17^th

Group class theme – “Posture Day”

·     Gala Dinner Ticket prices go up after the 15^th. The lower price will be honored if you turn in your order form in on Monday the 16^th.

·     May 1^st – Last Fall Tuition Payment (for most families) is due.

·     Monday, May 14^th – 20^th Anniversary Gala Final Rehearsal

6:00 PM – all students will meet in the Café for our final run through. The rehearsal will be organized so younger students will be finished first. There will be no Tuesday Group Class on the 15^th.

·     Wednesday, May 16^th – 20^th Anniversary Gala

·     June 1^st – 2012-13 Registration Forms are due.

Registration forms are attached to this email. Please print them off and turn them in with your early registration fee of $100. Tuition rates have been increased by 1.5% to offset rising operational costs. They average monthly increase is between $2.60 and $4.40 depending on your lesson length.

Have you checked out the SRO Web Store yet?

SRO Clothing samples will be displayed on Monday evenings outside of room C145. You can view the different sizes and then order them online.

We are excited about our 20^th Anniversary, and you can help us celebrate with a 20^th Anniversary item from the store. SRO receives 20% of all purchase so you are helping our general fund as well.

Click on the picture to enter the site.

SRO 20^th Anniversary Gala Newsletter #4 will arrive in your inbox this week. Seating for the dinner and concert will be based on when you purchase your tickets, so please reserve your individual and sponsor table tickets ASAP. Sponsor Tales will be closest to the performers.

SRO is now on Facebook!  Find Us…Like Us!   Stay in touch with all the latest updates and events, and share them with your friends.  J

www.facebook.com/suzukiroyaloak

Quote of the Week

Let your child repeatedly practice the pieces they can already play; emphasize the building of ability with familiar pieces. This fosters fine ability. There is no need to rush ahead. If a child practices the pieces he knows over and over again so as to play them better, ability grows, and remarkable progress is made. This is the Suzuki method.

Shinichi Suzuki

Where Love Is Deep

SRO Calendar and Events:

·     Monday, April 9^th and Tuesday, April 10^th

Group class theme…”Listening Day”

·     May 1^st – Last Fall Tuition Payment (for most families) is due.

·     Monday, May 14^th – 20^th Anniversary Gala Final Rehearsal

6:00 PM – all students will meet in the Café for our final run through. The rehearsal will be organized so younger students will be finished first. There will be no Tuesday Group Class on the 15^th.

·     Wednesday, May 16^th – 20^th Anniversary Gala

·     June 1^st – 2012-13 Registration Forms are due.

Registration forms are attached to this email. Please print them off and turn them in with your early registration fee of $100. Tuition rates have been increased by 1.5% to offset rising operational costs. They average monthly increase is between $2.60 and $4.40 depending on your lesson length.

The new SRO Web store is up and running.

Please check out our new web store to purchase SRO Apparel and other items. We are excited about our 20^thAnniversary, and you can help us celebrate with a 20^thAnniversary item from the store. SRO receives 20% of all purchase so you are helping our general fund as well.

Click on the picture to enter the site.

SRO 20^th Anniversary Gala Newsletter #3 will arrive in your inbox this week. Seating for the dinner and concert will be based on when you purchase your tickets, so please reserve your individual and sponsor table tickets ASAP. Sponsor Tales will be closest to the performers.

SRO is now on Facebook!  Find Us…Like Us!   Stay in touch with all the latest updates and events, and share them with your friends.  J

www.facebook.com/suzukiroyaloak

Quote of the Week

Create fine ability with an old piece – if this method is carried out correctly,

every child with grow splendidly.

Shinichi Suzuki

Where Love Is Deep

SRO Calendar and Events:

·     Monday, March 26^th and Tuesday, March 27^th

Group class theme…”Name That Tune Day”.

·     Monday, April 2^nd through Saturday, April 8^th – SRO Spring Break

·     May 1^st – Last Fall Tuition Payment (for most families) is due.

·     June 1^st – 2012-13 Registration Forms are due.

Registration forms will be attached to next week’s update.

The new SRO Web store is up and running.

Please check out our new web store to purchase SRO Apparel and other items. We are excited about our 20^thAnniversary, and you can help us celebrate with a 20^thAnniversary item from the store. SRO receives 20% of all purchase so you are helping our general fund as well.

Click on the picture to enter the site.

SRO 20^th Anniversary Gala Newsletter #2 will arrive in your inbox this week. Seating for the dinner and concert will be based on when you purchase your tickets, so please reserve your individual and sponsor table tickets ASAP. Sponsor Tales will be closest to the performers.

Gala Music packets are attached to this email. Please print out the packet for your child’s instrument and bring it to group class this Monday and to your private lesson. Your teachers will let you know which pieces your child is ready to play on.

SRO is now on Facebook!  Find Us…Like Us!   Stay in touch with all the latest updates and events, and share them with your friends.  J

www.facebook.com/suzukiroyaloak

Reminder of the Week

Performances are always celebrated.

Critiques are for practice and Praises are for performance no matter what the outcome.

SRO Recital / Concert Etiquette Policy

Recital Concert Dress

• Boys…dress pants, collared dress shirt and tie, dark socks, dark dress shoes.
• Girls…knee length dress or dress pants with coordinating blouse, hose or dress socks, dress shoes.
• Students are not allowed to wear the following items of clothing: tennis shoes, casual sandals or shoes, t-shirts, short skirts that are above the knee.

Concert Attendance

• Please arrive at least fifteen minutes before the performance time unless otherwise noted. Please have your instrument, shoulder pad, extra strings (in case one breaks), music (in order) and music stand.
• All performers are expected to attend the entire performance. Leaving early is unacceptable unless permission is given by the teacher in charge of the performance, and then only under extreme cases.
• All performers will sit in a group and not with their parents. The teacher in charge of the performance will be responsible for them.

Children 2 and under

• Children 2 and under are not permitted in SRO concerts and recitals. We will try to make a room available for parents and young children at all concerts and recitals if you are unable to get a babysitter at home. You are responsible for watching your child in this room. Any child that becomes a disturbance during a performance will be asked to leave with their parent. The church lobby or any other performance venue lobby will not be available for children and parents to congregate.

Pictures and Video Recording

• All photos need to be taken before or after the performance. Do not take any pictures during the actual performance.
• All Video recording equipment should be set up in an area that will not obstruct anyone’s view.

Mr. Mutter

The new SRO Web store is up and running.

Please check out our new web store to purchase SRO Apparel and other items. We are excited about our 20^thAnniversary, and you can help us celebrate with a 20^thAnniversary item from the store. SRO receives 20% of all purchase so you are helping our general fund as well.

Click on the picture to enter the site.

SRO 20^th Anniversary Gala News…

Look for your Gala update in your inbox this week. Seating for the dinner and concert will be based on when you purchase your tickets, so please reserve your individual and sponsor table tickets ASAP.

Sponsor Tales will be closest to the performers.

Gala Music packets are attached to this email. Please print out the packet for your child’s instrument and bring it to group class this Monday and to your private lesson. Your teachers will let you know which pieces your child is ready to play on.

SRO Calendar and Events:

·     Monday, March 19^th and Tuesday, March 20^th

Group class theme…I Am An Artist Day.

·     Monday, April 2^nd through Saturday, April 8^th – SRO Spring Break

SRO is now on Facebook!  Find Us…Like Us!   Stay in touch with all the latest updates and events, and share them with your friends.  J

www.facebook.com/suzukiroyaloak

Quote of the Week

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

Aristotle

The new SRO Web store is up and running.

Please check out our new web store to purchase SRO Apparel and other items. We are excited about our 20^thAnniversary, and you can help us celebrate with a 20^thAnniversary item from the store. SRO receives 20% of all purchase so you are helping our general fund as well.

Click on the picture to enter the site.

SRO 20^th Anniversary Gala News…

Look for your Gala update in your inbox this week. Seating for the dinner and concert will be based on when you purchase your tickets, so please reserve your individual and sponsor table tickets ASAP.

Sponsor Tales will be closest to the performers.

SRO Calendar and Events:

·     Monday, March 12^th and Tuesday, March 13^th

Group class theme…Get Ready for the Recital Day.

Monday Play-In Schedule

4:30 PM       Mr. Mutter’s Class in C147

5:30 PM       Violin Play-In – Café

                    Cello and Guitar Play-In – B131

6:30 PM       Violin Play-In – Café

                    Cello, Guitar and Viola Play-In – B131

                    Group Class Plus – B134 (this is a room change)

7:30 PM       Suzuki Strings – C147

                    Symphonietta – B131

                    Guitar Group Class – Mr. Tony’s Room

                    Camerata Quartets – Regular Rooms

8:15 PM       Quartet Master Class – Mr. Mutter – C147    

·     Suzuki Royal Oak – Spring Recitals

St. Paul Lutheran Church 202 E. Fifth St. Royal Oak

The recital rehearsal schedule is attached to this email.

Please make sure you arrive on time for your rehearsal.

SRO Recital / Concert Etiquette Policy

Recital Concert Dress

• Boys…dress pants, collared dress shirt and tie, dark socks, dark dress shoes.
• Girls…knee length dress or dress pants with coordinating blouse, hose or dress socks, dress shoes.
• Students are not allowed to wear the following items of clothing: tennis shoes, casual sandals or shoes, t-shirts, short skirts that are above the knee.

Ensembles Concert Dress

• Junior Camerata, Suzuki Strings and Symphonietta
• Boys - White Shirt, Black Bow Tie, Black Dress Socks, Black Dress shoes.
• Girls – White Long Sleeved Blouse, Long Black Skirt, Hose, Black Dress Shoes.
• Camerata and Camerata Ensemble
• Boys – Black Suit, White Shirt, Black Bow Tie, Black Dress Socks, Black Dress shoes.
• Girls – Camerata Dress, Hose, Black Dress Shoes.

Concert Attendance

• Please arrive at least fifteen minutes before the performance time unless otherwise noted. Please have your instrument, shoulder pad, extra strings (in case one breaks), music (in order) and music stand.
• All performers are expected to attend the entire performance. Leaving early is unacceptable unless permission is given by the teacher in charge of the performance, and then only under extreme cases.
• All performers will sit in a group and not with their parents. The teacher in charge of the performance will be responsible for them.

Children 2 and under

• Children 2 and under are not permitted in SRO concerts and recitals. We will try to make a room available for parents and young children at all concerts and recitals if you are unable to get a babysitter at home. You are responsible for watching your child in this room. Any child that becomes a disturbance during a performance will be asked to leave with their parent. The church lobby or any other performance venue lobby will not be available for children and parents to congregate.

Pictures and Video Recording

• All photos need to be taken before or after the performance. Do not take any pictures during the actual performance.
• All Video recording equipment should be set up in an area that will not obstruct anyone’s view.

o  Friday, March 16^th

§  5:30 PM – Mutter and Vojtisek

§  7:30 PM – Mutter and Traines

o  Saturday, March 17^th

§  10:00 AM – Martin and Vojtisek

§  12:00 PM – Bucco, Flanigan, Martin and Vojtisek

§  2:00 PM – Celebi and d’Allemand

o  Sunday, March 18^th

§  2:00 PM – Celebi, DiMambro, Mutter and Rebeck

§  4:00 PM – d’Allemand, DiMambro, Rebeck and Traines

§  6:00 PM – Bucco, Harris, Mutter, Tikhonova

·     Suzuki Royal Oak – 20^th Anniversary Gala – May 16^th 2012

I have attached a Gala Information Packet to this email.

It includes the following information:

1.         Gala Information Sheet

2.         Individual Dinner Ticket Order Form

3.         Gala Sponsorship Opportunities

4.         Silent Auction Acquisition Form

This is the big event of the year.

Please make every effort to attend and support SRO in this celebration.

SRO is now on Facebook!  Find Us…Like Us!   Stay in touch with all the latest updates and events, and share them with your friends.  J

www.facebook.com/suzukiroyaloak

Quote of the Week

Consistency Equals Success!

Mark Mutter

SRO Calendar and Events:

·     Monday, February 27^th and Tuesday, February 28^th

Group class theme…Motivation Day.

Mr. Mutter will be doing a Parent Talk on

Monday February 27^th at 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM in Room C147.

The talk is titled,

Healthy Motivation – How to help your child succeed without competition.

Please drop off your child at their group class and come to the parent talk. The teachers are planning on not having parents in the room this week. Tuesday group families are encouraged to come on Monday for the Parent Talk.

·     Suzuki Royal Oak – Spring Recitals

St. Paul Lutheran Church 202 E. Fifth St. Royal Oak

o  Friday, March 16^th

§  Rehearsals for this recital will take place on Monday March 12 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM and Tuesday March 13^th from 7:45 PM to 9:00 PM.

§  Sign-up sheets will be posted on Monday, February 27^th. You can email requests after the 27^th.

§  5:30 PM – Mutter and Vojtisek

§  7:30 PM – Mutter and Traines

o  Saturday, March 17^th

§  Rehearsals for this recital will take place on Monday March 12 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Tuesday March 13^th from 3:00 PM to 7:45 PM and Friday, March 16^th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

§  Sign-up sheets will be posted on Monday, February 27^th. You can email requests after the 27^th.

§  10:00 AM – Martin and Vojtisek

§  12:00 PM – Bucco, Flanigan, Martin and Vojtisek

§  2:00 PM – Celebi and d’Allemand

o  Sunday, March 18^th

§  Rehearsals for this recital will take place on Monday March 12 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Tuesday March 13^th from 3:00 PM to 7:45 PM and Friday, March 16^th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

§  Sign-up sheets will be posted on Monday, February 27^th. You can email requests after the 27^th.

§  2:00 PM – Celebi, DiMambro, Mutter and Rebeck

§  4:00 PM – d’Allemand, DiMambro, Rebeck and Traines

§  6:00 PM – Bucco, Harris, Mutter, Tikhonova

·     Suzuki Royal Oak – 20^th Anniversary Gala – May 16^th 2012

I have attached a Gala Information Packet to this email.

It includes the following information:

1.         Gala Information Sheet

2.         Individual Dinner Ticket Order Form

3.         Gala Sponsorship Opportunities

4.         Silent Auction Acquisition Form

This is the big event of the year.

Please make every effort to attend and support SRO in this celebration.

SRO is now on Facebook!  Find Us…Like Us!   Stay in touch with all the latest updates and events, and share them with your friends.  J

www.facebook.com/suzukiroyaloak

Idea of the Week

Thanks to Johanna Kononen (Ava Buccafurri’s mom for sharing this link)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/arts/music/el-sistema-venezuelas-plan-to-help-children-through-music.html

Ms. Bucco is a product of El Sistema in Venezuela and we are so lucky to have her teaching at SRO.

Who knows given time, maybe SRO@DSO will turn into the Detroit version of El Sistema!

SRO Calendar and Events:

·     Monday, February 27^th and Tuesday, February 28^th

Group class theme…Motivation Day.

Mr. Mutter will be doing a Parent Talk on Monday February 27^th at 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM in Room C147.

The talk is titled, Healthy Motivation – How to help your child succeed without competition. Please drop off your child at their group class and come to the parent talk. The teachers are planning on not have parents in the room this week. Tuesday group families are encouraged to come on Monday for the Parent Talk.

Please remember that there is no group class on Monday February 20^th and Tuesday February 21^st.

·     Mid-Winter Break 2012

Teachers will only make up lessons if your school has a different vacation schedule and you have already planned a trip. Please talk to your teacher this week to reschedule that lesson if you are going to miss.

Friday, February 17^th – Vacation – No Lessons

Saturday, February 18^th – Vacation – No Lessons

Monday, February 20^th – Vacation – No Lessons or Classes

Tuesday, February 21^st – Vacation – No Lessons or Classes

Wednesday, February 22^nd – Regularly Scheduled Classes

Thursday, February 23^rd – Regularly Scheduled Classes

Friday, February 24^th – Regularly Scheduled Classes

·     Suzuki Royal Oak – Spring Recitals

St. Paul Lutheran Church 202 E. Fifth St. Royal Oak

o  Friday, March 16^th

§  Rehearsals for this recital will take place on Monday March 12 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM and Tuesday March 13^th from 7:45 PM to 9:00 PM. Sign-up sheets will be posted on Monday, February 27^th.

§  5:30 PM – Mutter and Vojtisek

§  7:30 PM – Mutter and Traines

o  Saturday, March 17^th

§  Rehearsals for this recital will take place on Monday March 12 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Tuesday March 13^th from 3:00 PM to 7:45 PM and Friday, March 16^th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Sign-up sheets will be posted on Monday, February 27^th.

§  10:00 AM – Martin and Vojtisek

§  12:00 PM – Bucco, Flanigan, Martin and Vojtisek

§  2:00 PM – Celebi and d’Allemand

o  Sunday, March 18^th

§  Rehearsals for this recital will take place on Monday March 12 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Tuesday March 13^th from 3:00 PM to 7:45 PM and Friday, March 16^th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Sign-up sheets will be posted on Monday, February 27^th.

§  2:00 PM – Celebi, DiMambro, Mutter and Rebeck

§  4:00 PM – d’Allemand, DiMambro, Rebeck and Traines

§  6:00 PM – Bucco, Harris, Mutter, Tikhonova

·     Suzuki Royal Oak – 20^th Anniversary Gala – May 16^th 2012

I have attached a Gala Information Packet to this email.

It includes the following information:

1.         Gala Information Sheet

2.         Individual Dinner Ticket Order Form

3.         Gala Sponsorship Opportunities

4.         Silent Auction Acquisition Form

This is the big event of the year.

Please make every effort to attend and support SRO in this celebration.

SRO is now on Facebook!  Find Us…Like Us!   Stay in touch with all the latest updates and events, and share them with your friends.  J

www.facebook.com/suzukiroyaloak

Idea of the Week

The credit for this amazing idea goes to the Citron family and their nanny.

Practice for a treat!!!

Your child earns one ingredient of a recipe for every activity that they do in a practice session.

Then, after the practice session you bake the treat.

This can be done with your favorite cookie recipe etc.

Just make sure that the recipe doesn’t call for too many ingredients based on your child’s age.

SRO Calendar and Events:

·     Monday, February 13^th and Tuesday, February 14^th

Group class theme…I Love My Instrument Day. I have attached the revised Monday and Tuesday group class assignments that will begin this week.

·     Sunday February 12^th 5:00 PM – SRO Faculty Recital

St. Paul Lutheran Church 202 E. Fifth St. Royal Oak

We hope to see you all there on Sunday!!!

·     Mid-Winter Break 2012

This is a very confusing week, so I have given you the entire SRO schedule for that week. Teachers will only make up lessons if your school has a different vacation schedule and you have already planned a trip. Please talk to your teacher this week to reschedule that lesson if you are going to miss.

Monday, February 13^th – Regularly Scheduled Lessons and Classes

Tuesday, February 14^th – Regularly Scheduled Lessons and Classes

Wednesday, February 15^th – Regularly Scheduled Lessons and Classes

Thursday February 16^th – Vacation – No Lessons

Friday, February 17^th – Vacation – No Lessons

Saturday, February 18^th – Vacation – No Lessons

Monday, February 20^th – Vacation – No Lessons or Classes

Tuesday, February 21^st – Vacation – No Lessons or Classes

Wednesday, February 22^nd – Regularly Scheduled Classes

Thursday, February 23^rd – Regularly Scheduled Classes

Friday, February 24^th – Regularly Scheduled Classes

·     Suzuki Royal Oak – Spring Recitals

St. Paul Lutheran Church 202 E. Fifth St. Royal Oak

o  Friday, March 16^th

§  5:30 PM – Mutter and Vojtisek

§  7:30 PM – Mutter and Traines

o  Saturday, March 17^th

§  10:00 AM – Martin and Vojtisek

§  12:00 PM – Bucco, Flanigan, Martin and Vojtisek

§  2:00 PM – Celebi and d’Allemand

o  Sunday, March 18^th

§  2:00 PM – Celebi, DiMambro, Mutter and Rebeck

§  4:00 PM – d’Allemand, DiMambro, Rebeck and Traines

§  6:00 PM – Bucco, Harris, Mutter, Tikhonova

·     Suzuki Royal Oak – 20^th Anniversary Gala – May 16^th 2012

I have attached a Gala Information Packet to this email.

It includes the following information:

1.         Gala Information Sheet

2.         Individual Dinner Ticket Order Form

3.         Gala Sponsorship Opportunities

4.         Silent Auction Acquisition Form

This is the big event of the year.

Please make every effort to attend and support SRO in this celebration.

SRO is now on Facebook!  Find Us…Like Us!   Stay in touch with all the latest updates and events, and share them with your friends.  J

www.facebook.com/suzukiroyaloak

Suzuki Royal Oak Weekly Update February 4^th 2012

Quote of the Week

The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
Author Unknown

Hmm…do you ever feel like this when it comes to practicing with your child?

Every family has to practice.

Let’s all work on liking to practice with our children.

They will like it to! Well, maybe 

SRO Calendar and Events:

·     Monday, February 6^th and Tuesday, February 7^th – Play-In Day at SRO!

Play-In Schedule for Monday, February 6^th

4:30 PM       Mr. Mutter’s Class – Café

5:30 PM       Violin Play-In – Café

                    Cello and Guitar Play-In – Room C147

6:30 PM       Violin Play-In – Café

                    Cello, Guitar and Viola Play-In – Room C147

                    Group Class Plus – Room B131

7:30 PM       Guitar Class – Mr. Tony’s Room

                    Suzuki Strings – Room C147

                    Symphonietta – Room B131

                    Quartets – Regular Rooms

·     Saturday, February 11^th – Ferndale Suzuki Workshop – Registrations are still being taken!!!

·     Sunday February 12^th 5:00 PM – SRO Faculty Recital

St. Paul Lutheran Church 202 E. Fifth St. Royal Oak

I have attached a flyer for you to send to family and friends.

This concert will be appropriate for all ages. It will last no more than one hour.

Donations will be collected at the end of the concert to send our Faculty to the National Suzuki Teachers Conference in May.

·     Mid-Winter Break 2012

This is a very confusing week, so I have given you the entire SRO schedule for that week. Teachers will only make up lessons if your school has a different vacation schedule and you have already planned a trip. Please talk to your teacher this week to reschedule that lesson if you are going to miss.

Monday, February 13^th – Regularly Scheduled Lessons and Classes

Tuesday, February 14^th – Regularly Scheduled Lessons and Classes

Wednesday, February 15^th – Regularly Scheduled Lessons and Classes

Thursday February 16^th – Vacation – No Lessons

Friday, February 17^th – Vacation – No Lessons

Saturday, February 18^th – Vacation – No Lessons

Monday, February 20^th – Vacation – No Lessons or Classes

Tuesday, February 21^st – Vacation – No Lessons or Classes

Wednesday, February 22^nd – Regularly Scheduled Classes

Thursday, February 23^rd – Regularly Scheduled Classes

Friday, February 24^th – Regularly Scheduled Classes

·     Suzuki Royal Oak – Spring Recitals

St. Paul Lutheran Church 202 E. Fifth St. Royal Oak

o  Friday, March 16^th – 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM

o  Saturday, March 17^th – 10:00 AM, 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM

o  Sunday, March 18^th – 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM

Specific teacher assignments will be posted in next week’s update.

SRO is now on Facebook!  Find Us…Like Us!   Stay in touch with all the latest updates and events, and share them with your friends.  J

www.facebook.com/suzukiroyaloak

Quote of the Week

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela

Your gift of a well-rounded education will enable your child to change the world.

It sounds like a lofty goal but you are helping to make it attainable.

SRO Calendar and Events:

·     Monday, January 30^th and Tuesday, January 31^st – our group class theme will be SROlympics Day. You don’t want to miss out on one of the highlights of our year. Gold medals will be awarded to all students.

·      Parents as Partners Online Event – Deadline…today!!!

The Suzuki Association of the Americas, our supporting organization, has developed an invaluable program for Suzuki families, called Parents as Partners Online.  We have arranged to register the entire school so that the cost to you is only $8 per family.  We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity! The 2012 event begins Monday, January 30 and runs through the end of June. Reply to SRO (via email only – mmutter@suzukiroyaloak.org) by Friday, January 27 to make sure you don’t miss a minute! Please include your name and the email address you desire to use to receive content.  The $8 will be added to your SRO invoice. Once registered, you will receive a direct link to access all of the video content from the SAA. 

·      Saturday, February 11^th – Ferndale Suzuki Workshop – Deadline Today!!! - I have attached the information regarding the Ferndale Suzuki Workshop taking place on Saturday February 11^th. This is a great opportunity for all SRO students. One day workshops are very fun and a great motivator during the bleak days of winter.

·     Sunday February 12^th 5:00 PM – SRO Faculty Recital

St. Paul Lutheran Church 202 E. Fifth St. Royal Oak

I have attached a flyer for you to send to family and friends.

This concert will be appropriate for all ages. It will last no more than one hour.

Donations will be collected at the end of the concert to send our Faculty to the National Suzuki Teachers Conference in May.

·     Mid-Winter Break 2012

This is a very confusing week, so I have given you the entire SRO schedule for that week. Teachers will only make up lessons if your school has a different vacation schedule and you have already planned a trip. Please talk to your teacher this week to reschedule that lesson if you are going to miss.

Monday, February 13^th – Regularly Scheduled Lessons and Classes

Tuesday, February 14^th – Regularly Scheduled Lessons and Classes

Wednesday, February 15^th – Regularly Scheduled Lessons and Classes

Thursday February 16^th – Vacation – No Lessons

Friday, February 17^th – Vacation – No Lessons

Saturday, February 18^th – Vacation – No Lessons

Monday, February 20^th – Vacation – No Lessons or Classes

Tuesday, February 21^st – Vacation – No Lessons or Classes

Wednesday, February 22^nd – Regularly Scheduled Classes

Thursday, February 23^rd – Regularly Scheduled Classes

Friday, February 24^th – Regularly Scheduled Classes

SRO is now on Facebook!  Find Us…Like Us!   Stay in touch with all the latest updates and events, and share them with your friends.  J

www.facebook.com/suzukiroyaloak