Irish Fiddling in the rain at the Farmers Market

I'm having a hard time juggling two blogs. Life has mostly been about this little leprechaun due next week and I've been blogging on my other site LittleWoodbilly.blogspot.com instead of my business blog. But today I did some Irish fiddling with 5 of my fiddle students at the farmers market. It started to pour (you can see my soaked sleeve in the picture below!) but it was so much fun playing Irish music with this gang!

Lion Sleeps tonight Ukulele Tabs

August 6th was the last post on my business blog?? School year started, I'm beginning my second trimester, and the holidays are just a hop skip and a jump away. I've been posting more on my family blog http://thewoodbillies.blogspot.com so if you don't have access to it, please leave a comment here with your e-mail address and I will add you as a reader!

Father Daughter Wedding Music

My most favorite musician to play with, my dad.
We played the wedding music for my cousins wedding in NY this summer. I found an amazing book called the "Classical Fake Book" by Hal Leonard (which I bought used on amazon for a quarter of the price!) It features the melody lines for thousands of famous classical pieces arranged with guitar chords. I also bought the Fake Book of Love Songs. My cousin preferred more jazzy blues love songs vs classical traditional pieces at her wedding so I'm happy I brought both books along.
Summer is dwindling down and the school year is upon us in just a few weeks. Here comes our back to school schedule!

My students grow up too fast!

Today was career day at camp for one of my students, so she arrived for her lesson dressed like a doctor!
Since I started teaching in Hawaii, I have watched my original 4th grade students graduate high school this past month and are now going off to college. I asked the parents "Did it fly by for you?" and they usually say "The days are long but the years are short!"

Thriller Ukulele Tabs

My student wanted Thriller on the ukulele, so I had to figure out the tabs! It was really fun to put it all together (strumming am7 and D7 chords). When the lesson ended, he said "That was fun!!" Always a good sign!

Recital Week

I turned 32 and disappeared!

**Before watching, please note that this is the second day I've practiced this piece. And this recording is at 9pm after a 12 hour teaching day. My eyes were starting to blur the notes together! 

It appears that I turned 32, and then disappeared from blogger!
This month wraps up the school year, so life has been busier than usual. Recital week is next week, which means I have to practice myself so I can demonstrate! It doesn't help that I decided to jump movements mid week. I originally wanted to play the first movement of Beethoven Sonata No 2 Opus 31 (The Tempest) but mid week decided the third movement would be more fun. Up next: Summer lessons followed by organizing 78 private students this upcoming fall!