April 2012

Learn the Chicken Dance Lawrence Welk Style

Tuba Day

International Tuba Day recognizes musicians around the world who struggle with the weight and size of their big instrument. It’s truely an important musical instrument, that no concert or symphonic bandleader would want to be without. It’s big, deep sounds provide lots of character and “Oomph” to concert music. Can you imagine a Tuba-less marching band!?

Here’s a few hefty Tuba factoids:

• Tubas come in varying sizes, weighing from a dozen pounds to 50 pounds!
• The Tuba was patented in 1835 by Wiebrecht and Moritz in Germany
• The number of valves on a Tuba is not standardized. A Tuba can have 3,4,5 or six valves.

 

March 2012

An Amazing Fall

 

January 2012

 

Watch Jake's Video

 

Read about Brian Udell's Story

 

Northern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day

On this winter day, people go out at noon, wave their hands over their heads and chant "Hoodie-Hoo".
It is a day to chase away winter and bring in spring. After all, everyone in the northern hemisphere are sick and tired of winter at this point and a little crazy being cooped up inside all winter and not seeing the sun.

 

National Pistachio Day

National Pistachio Day is a nutty day. You can celebrate National Pistachio Day by eating them, and learning more about them. We're going to help with the learning part........ read on.
Nutty Pistachio Facts:

• Pistachios grow on trees. They are native to the Middle East.
• Its a long wait to get the first nut. A pistachio tree takes 7-10 years to mature.
• California is the major producer in the U.S.
• Pistachios are harvested in September by machines that shake the trees. It less than a minute.
• The red dye is added to the nuts is only due to consumer demand for the color.
• Its open hull is unique. The nut is ripe when the hull splits open.
•  People in the Middle East call it the "smiling nut" and in China its called the "happy nut".
• Pistachios are nutritious, so eat them up!

Celebrate today by eating Pistachios. They are great plain as a snack, in ice cream, and in a wide range of desserts.

 

December 2011

Deck the trucks with loads of gravel
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Tis the time for us to travel
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Don the drive with chunks of granite
Fa la la, fa la la, la la la.
Spread the gravel we will do it
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

See the farmer’s fields awaiting
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Fix the mainlines, no hesitating
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Ponds repaired for irrigation
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
While the farmers on vacation
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Fast away vacation passes
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Spring arrives and so do hassles
Fa la la la la, la la la la.
Call us then, we’ll be your hero
Fa la la, fa la la, la la la.
Five, four, five, six, nine, four, zero
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

 

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