Kindermusik Open Houses and Farewell to Patty Lee Book

Dear Asheville Arts Center and Kindermusik families,
The only thing constant is change itself. Parents of young families know this best! We know that children bloom in a balance of predictable routine and stimulating change. Change can be challenging, hectic, exhilarating, scary, exciting, sad, and wondrous.....

It doesn't stop at the end of childhood!
Patty Lee Book, the Maestro Director of Kindermusik at the Asheville Arts Center is stepping down to move with her family to Florida. A move is a tremendous change! We wish you and your family good luck on this adventure, Patty Lee! And we hope you are very soon back to affecting the lives of children with your musical passion and talent.

Having gone through so much change myself last summer you might think I'm ready for routine! I am grateful for the year I've had working with Patty Lee and confident that we can make this change to the new Director of Kindermusik at the Asheville Arts Center a positive one for the children as possible.

Please come to the open house on July 1st to share hugs and a send off for Patty Lee and for some singing and twirling on a great summer day. Do invite your friends...we don't want to keep the Kindermusik magic to ourselves! (See below for time and location for both the July 1 and August 5 open houses.)

Musically yours,

Yvette Odell

Director of Kindermusik
Asheville Arts Center
www.ashevilleartscenter.com

July 1 and August 5: Kindermusik Open Houses at the Asheville Arts Center

Kindermusik Open Houses!

One of my greatest joys in explaining the programs we have available at the Asheville Arts Center is telling people that we have programs for newborns to 18 year olds, as well as adults. Whoever I am explaining that to generally raises an eyebrow and says: "Newborns? Really?"

Really! Our Kindermusik program begins at 1 day old, teaching music & movement and giving your children a fantastic head-start in the arts!

You're invited to a FREE Music and Movement Storytime!
Wednesday, July 1st & Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 at our North location under Atlanta Bread Company on Merrimon Avenue.

Pre-registration for both events is recommended, call us today!
828.253.4000

Kindermusik® is a music and movement program for newborns up to age 7. Kindermusik® is a great opportunity to be a part of a child centered and age appropriate program that creates musical children by letting them explore all the possibilities that surround them.

Kindermusik® is the emerging community of families and teachers passionately committed to bringing music to children's lives. Guided by a proven methodology combining music and childhood development research, Kindermusik® sparks magical, memorable learning for each and every child.

School Readiness?

Give your child a head start.

Kindermusik helps your child

• Develop early literacy and language skills
• Acquire reasoning and early math skills
• Increase self control
• Cultivate a lifelong love of music

Try a class for free July 1st.

Call the Asheville Arts Center today to reserve a spot for your child (newborn to 7+) in a free music and movement story time hosted by Kindermusik at the Asheville Arts Center. 828-253-4000

Immersing in nature....

Yesterday I saw a most exotic, beautiful bug. I had stopped at the Ingle's gas station on Long Shoals Rd. after my Kindermusik class. Right on the brick and concrete post there clung a very large black and iridescent green beetle.... exotically trimmed in glittering copper. It cowered when I came close for a lingering look. Sometimes I just want to fill my urban life with a little more nature...especially when it comes to me in odd moments.


Last week Anne (my daughter) and I traveled up to Michigan to visit friends and then my son, Ben, in the Upper Penninsula---way up there! Then we drove on the other side of Lake Michigan to Appleton WI to retrieve my daughter Claire...her first summer home from college.

But we also took time to visit with nature....Anne splashed in 54' cold Lake Michigan, stared at the white fog on Bear Lake, hiked along a waterfall on the Keweenaw peninsula......
saw some beautiful Lake Superior sunsets..at 10:20pm!
A most amazing phenomenon of going north in the spring is watching time go backwards. We started out from Asheville with the daylilies just beginning to bloom....then we saw blooming spirea bushes, azaleas, lilacs, forget-me-nots, dogwoods, daffodils and amazingly daffodils....the trees were still leafing out and had that light green or reddish tint...my favorite part of spring.


We also visited the Isle Royal National Park headquarters which is not on Isle Royal but in Houghton MI. Ben tells me this was the least visited national park in the contiguous United States. Well, it's no wonder. You can only get to the island by boat or small plane. At the little gift shop I bought a book that my friend, Dana has been insisting that I read.

Being in nature just feels theraputic. I'm curious to read this.

So after more than 2640 miles of driving (Whew) I say we've just got to get out in the LOCAL nature now!! I know someone who does beautiful waterfall tours in Transylvania County!
C'mon girls, let's go. Oh, yeah. Claire's already out backpacking with her cousin.