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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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[For Parents]]></category>
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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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		<title>Summer Piano Olympics 2012</title>
		<link>http://missdorla.com/2011/06/summer-piano-olympics-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it&#8217;s a little early to start planning for your Summer 2012 Piano Camp. But don&#8217;t you think that you should start to plan and prepare, just like the athletes are training right now? Maybe, just maybe, it&#8217;s just the right time to start gathering everything you need, a little at a time, so you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recital Nightmare</title>
		<link>http://missdorla.com/2011/06/recital-nightmare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing this on my first &#8220;Let it Go&#8221; day and wondering if there is anyone else out there that needs to &#8220;let it go&#8221;! I thought I had forgotten but the memory is still there. Every once in a while I go back to 1995,  disappointed, worried and discouraged.  It is one month [...]]]></description>
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