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An expert in teaching creative children and helping parents understand their creative child, Catherine coaches parents, and works with students of all ages, teaching music and the piano, along with several other instruments. Creative people see the world and every aspect of the world differently from other people. As children we don't know we are doing that. Unfortunately parents think that their child is just being difficult. It wasn't until Catherine was in her 40s that she realized she WAS creative and that that was why she never really 'fit' in with what everyone else was saying or thinking or feeling. Since then she has been taking her experiences and helping others to understand what they are going through.

Monday, December 13, 2010


Discovery Page

Find out the answer to these questions and then see how many of your family and friends know the answers. The answers are at the bottom of this page.


1. What are the names of Santa's Reindeer?
Eight of the names are taken from Clement C. Moores, "A Visit From St. Nicholas". The Ninth is taken from the song, "Rudolf, The Red Nosed Reindeer".

2. True or False. England only had 7 white Christmas' in the Twentieth Century.

3. True or False. Maoz Tzur is also known as "Rock of Ages".

4. What is Hannukkah (Chanukkah)?


The Story of "Silent Night"

On Christmas Eve in the year 1818 the song "Silent Night" was performed for the first time. The words were written by Joseph Mohr. He asked Franz Xavier Gruber to write music to go with the words. This song was first performed at St. Nikolas Church in Oberndorf, with Franz at the organ and Father Jospeh on the guitar.



Each year, this beautiful Christmas song is performed in this tiny church. Thousand of people stand inside and outside St. Nikolas Church to be a part of this wonderful Christmas story.

If you have a question you would like me to answer about learning music please email me at Catherines.Music.Notes@gmail.com

Have a Musical Day!!!
Happy Holidays!!!

Catherine
"Music lessons should be about the student. Each student learns in different ways, and at different speeds. Music is a journey, and on that journey, we will work and learn together." - Catherine


Books with CDs include:
Impressions Volume One, Two, and Three
Marches

The Frog Prince
CDs include:
Wedding Bells
Lullabies

http://sites.google.com/site/musicbycatherine
www.ShoutLife.com/ClassyKeys (over 18,000 views and 4000 friends)
http://catherinesmusicnotes.blogspot.com


Answers:
1. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolf.
2. True.
3. True. Maoz Tzur is sung after the lightning of the candles. It is also known as "Rock of Ages" and was written hundreds of years ago in Europe.
4. It is an 8 day festival commemorating the victory of the Maccabees over Antiochus Epiphanes and the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem.





2 comments:

  1. Love what you are doing. I respect and admire you so much. Pleasure to meet you on Shoutlife. One day I will learn how to play the piano as this was something that I always wanted to do. Hope you will stop by my page and sign the unique guestbook that I have displayed would appreciate it. How are you? Ready for the holidays? I am! Just love the season to be jolly. Anyway My name is Aleja The Author of 7 books that inspire-motivate and enable readers to enjoy-change and relate to real life situations and how I survived. I took the pain and turned it into positivity so that I could heal-live-love and forgive. My books are in Kindle and Amazon as well. http://tinyurl.com/2evtach
    Follow my blog http://alejabennett.blogspot.com
    God bless you and keep you in perfect peace. Stay in touch.

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  2. Author Aleja Bennet,

    Thank you for stopping by both here and at my ShoutLife profile. *smiles*

    I'll gladly teach you piano through the interent. *smiles*

    I love this season also. And am absolutely ready for Christmas! *Smiles*

    Thank you for your compliments and words of encouragement. *Smiles*

    Merry Christmas,
    Catherine

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