Today I traversed down south to Jannali to work on my bee-you-ti-ful display board (see above). This weekend I'll be setting up a booth at the Engadine Church Primary School, about twenty minutes from our Yamaha Music School in Jannali. They're having a spring festival from 9-2 (my classes are moved to Sunday this week) and my fabulous display board will be....well, on display, along with informational packets, flyers, candy, stickers and balloons for the kids, a keyboard for mini-lessons, a CD player jammin' all of Yamaha's finest tunes, a muted DVD showing last year's Sydney concert and an informational sheet authored by yours truly on just a few of the Benefits of Music Education.
As much as I love, love, love, LOVE teaching music to little kids, I have to admit that I'm a wee bit nervous for next school term. My course load for teaching has been tripled, and I'll also be teaching in Chatswood. 9 classes total, with 5 in Jannali on Saturdays and 4 in Chatswood on Sundays--both starting at 9 am. That means I'll be working 7 days a week. Eek. There are school holidays, so I'll have 2 week reliefs (i.e. major sleep days) every 10 weeks, but still. I'll be teaching a new course (Young Musician's Course for 6-8 year olds) and my Junior Music Book 2ers will be moving on to books 3 and 4. This means new material, new songs to learn, new repertoire to teach and more practice and preparation time during the week. Then again, I'm looking to become regional coordinator by this time next year, so I know that it's worth the extra hours. Talk about a busy little bee!
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