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		<title>Spring Recital 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always enjoy piano recitals especially when my students perform!  However, a few years ago I realized that I was maybe the only one enjoying the recitals.  Who wants to hear 30 different pianists you have never heard of? Plus you don&#8217;t even recognize the pieces they play!  So when I moved to my new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Music for Toddlers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we completed an awesome semester of music with toddlers! Every Thursday morning ten little ones brought their grown ups into the studio for 30 minutes of nursery rhymes set to music.  We danced, we hopped,  we went this-a-way and that-a-way&#8230;all day long!   Well, even if the class was not all day long, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Those OTHER Piano Teachers</title>
		<link>http://missdorla.com/2011/09/those-other-piano-teachers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when you would consider the &#8220;other&#8221; piano teachers as competition.  I&#8217;ve known piano teachers who were of the &#8220;cut-throat&#8221; kind and would verbally harm other teachers in their area.  Not a good thing&#8230;But thanks to the internet and the world of blogs, I have found piano teachers who are in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being an Independent Piano Teacher is very rewarding.  However, being an Independent Piano Teacher is a lot of work. Even though my husband takes care of the studio bills, yard maintenance and anything else required from a a handy man, I still have to schedule the students, plan the lessons for the different age groups, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(Piano) Exercise with Your Child Week</title>
		<link>http://missdorla.com/2011/08/piano-exercise-with-your-child-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the beginning of  Exercise with Your Child Week (Aug. 8 &#8211; 14) which reminds parents and guardians of the importance to exercise with their children as part of a healthier lifestyle.  And now that I have reminded you  about this, allow me to turn this into a call to practice piano with your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Phones and Piano Lessons</title>
		<link>http://missdorla.com/2011/07/smart-phones-and-piano-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you know me, you know I go EVERYWHERE with my smart phone.  It is the only way I know what I have to do next.  I might not always use it as a phone, you know, like for answering calls&#8230; but it has my calendar, schedule, emails, maps, camera, and files.  And then I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At The Seashore</title>
		<link>http://missdorla.com/2011/07/at-the-seashore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 07:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a delightful resource Musikgarten has published! I have adapted this summer curriculum for 4 one-hour classes once a week in the month of July.  Ages in this summer&#8217;s class range from 4 to 7 and during our first class they connected very well.  Even though I have taught this curriculum several times, each time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic Medals and Torch</title>
		<link>http://missdorla.com/2011/07/olympic-medals-and-torch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning. Start researching medals that you can use for awards at the end of your Summer Piano Olympics. Oriental Trading has some great options and chocolate coins are a yummy alternative. What about an Olympic Torch?  You definitely need a fiery object for your opening and closing ceremonies.  The one you see in the above photo was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free eBook</title>
		<link>http://missdorla.com/2011/07/free-ebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer I have been reading through Piano Pedagogy textbooks and cruising the online world in order to choose just the right book for a class I will be teaching in the Fall at SWAU.  This morning as I caught up on reading Susan Paradis&#8216;  blog I found an incredible resource and must share! In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musical Amnesia</title>
		<link>http://missdorla.com/2011/07/musical-amnesia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It happens every September. Sometimes even in late August. Piano lessons resume, students file into the studio and choose their keyboard.  You greet them happily and chit chat about how big they&#8217;ve grown and what grade they are now in. When all these pleasantries are done, you ask for keyboards to be turned on and &#8220;Let&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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