What a week. What a wild, crazy, unprecedented experience we are all now living–ALL of us. The whole world.

We truly hope you are finding ways to move and stay healthy and keep dancing. And we hope you are finding joy in this new–but temporary!–normal.

As we come to the end of our first week social distancing and even quarantining in some cases, we’d like all our dancers and performers to take some time for self-reflection. Fill out this form, or type out your responses. We’d love to hear from you! Send us your responses at stagelightathome@gmail.com.

And keep that vision for your future strong and alive. We’re here to support you!

If you were hoping for some peace and quiet at home today, we’re sorry in advance! Today’s Mini Stagelighter lesson is all about noise, rhythm, and discovery.

Grab all the pots and pans you have and create a drum kit. Don’t forget to include metal and plastic bowls too for a variety in sounds. Now, hand over a wooden spoon, standard spoon from your silverware set, and any other kitchen tools you think might inspire some rhythmic creativity for your little one.

Let your Mini start out with just playing and getting familiar with the various sounds his or her drum kit produces. Then, play some Kidz Bop and encourage your Mini to play rhythms that complement the songs and beats in the music.

Have fun, and send a video or picture of your Mini drum star at stagelightathome@gmail.com (or on social @stagelightarts).

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Inspired by the melodies of Taylor Swift’s Trouble and Meghan Trainor’s All About that Bass, these two catchy songs will introduce young musicians and performers to the Treble and Bass music clefs.

Print out the lyrics, and follow along with the YouTube recordings. Any time we get the opportunity to use fun mnemonics to help students understand a concept, we’ll take it!

Have fun with this one! And give us a glimpse of your progress with this activity by emailing us at stagelightathome@gmail.com or tagging us on social media @stagelightarts.

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