5 Gems Each Month Blended Challenge February: Valentines Day March: Spring April: Earth Day May: Garden Life June: Summer July: Children's Art August: Holiday September: Back to School October: Autumn November: Keeping Warm December: Christmas January: Winter This challenge involves three parts. The 'online section' is a quiz (or quest) available in our online course section. It is free to join and a fun way to improve online skills. Gem cards are awarded at the

5 Gems Each Month Blended Challenge February: Valentines Day March: Spring April: Earth Day May: Garden Life June: Summer July: Children's Art August: Holiday September: Back to School October: Autumn November: Keeping Warm December: Christmas January: Winter This challenge involves three parts. The 'online section' is a quiz (or quest) available in our online course section. It is free to join and a fun way to improve online skills. Gem cards are awarded at the

After your music lesson exchange your gem cards for colourful gems with the representative of the Dragon Hoard Bank. Gems are banked once a month. Digi-gems (banked gems) can be used online or instore by arrangement. ​ Practise Gem Your minimum practice time is on your practice log by your tutor. This total will change as your standard increases. Remember its not just on your practise log, it should show in your lesson work too. See handbook for extra practice carried forward

5 Gems Each Month Blended Challenge February: Valentines Day March: Spring April: Earth Day May: Garden Life June: Summer July: Children's Art August: Holiday September: Back to School October: Autumn November: Keeping Warm December: Christmas January: Winter This challenge involves three parts. The 'online section' is a quiz (or quest) available in our online course section. It is free to join and a fun way to improve online skills. Gem cards are awarded at the e

"Little Talks" is the debut single by Icelandic indie folk/indie pop rock band Of Monsters and Men. The song was released as the lead single from their debut studio album, My Head Is an Animal (2011). Download the lyrics and chords from Ultimate Guitar. Downloads Strumming Pattern Need Help? Book a lesson with an Academy teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Talks https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/of-monsters-and-men/little-talks-chords-1046763

John and Paul respond to an invitation which finds them attending a fete at St Peter’s Church, Woolton. The date is July 6th, 1957 and a band is playing called The Quarrymen. Paul knew the churchyard and would often sunbathe. In this churchyard there is a gravestone for Eleanor Rigby. (Kemp, 2021) (Beatles Liverpool and More, 2018) Later that day the young Paul would meet a seventeen year old called John. The bands live set was recorded on a reel to reel recorder by Bob. In 1

If you can listen to it and not think about spaghetti, sneezing and meatballs, more power to you. (Stack, 2016) On Top of Old Smokey is...

January 1955: The second world war and rationing had ended and the USA and Britain was entering a new era, Rock 'n' roll. Winifred...

Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson wrote 'Slipping Through My Fingers' in 1981, it was recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA for their album The Visitors with Agnetha Fältskog singing the lead vocal. The lyrics tell of a mothers acknowledgement of how quickly her daughter has grown up and the lack of time they spent together (Wikipedia, 2022). The song was used in the film 'Mamma Mia!' which was released in 2008 by Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried (open.spotify.com, 2008). Björn

"Johnny B. Goode" is a 1958 rock song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry. It is considered to be one of the most recognizable songs in the history of popular music. Credited as "the first rock & roll hit about rock & roll stardom". For more information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_B._Goode Johnny B. Goode is a very happy song with a tempo of 168 BPM. The track runs2 minutes and 42 seconds long with a B♭ key and a major mode. It is a high energy a dance song w

"Something Just Like This" is a song by American electronic music duo The Chainsmokers and British rock band Coldplay. The song is written in the key of B minor and has a tempo of 103.156 beats per minute in common time. It follows a chord progression of G(add9)–Asus–Bm–Asus, and the vocals span two octaves, from G2 to G4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Just_Like_This In the lesson this can be sung at various levels and in different keys according to your ability. Th

"I Have a Dream" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in December 1979 as the sixth and final single from the group's sixth studio album, Voulez-Vous . It was a major hit, topping the charts in many countries and peaking at No. 2 in the UK over the Christmas week of 1979. Twenty years later, Irish pop group Westlife released a version that reached No. 1 in the UK over the Christmas week of 1999. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream_(song) Official Vid