A typical day at GREAT HUCKLOW!!!
8am – Breakfast (full English plus cereals) with morning songs/rounds
8.45 - Singalong in the Hall, some with actions
9 to 11am – 2 sets of 1 hour Piano lessons: 20 mins for every child in a group of 3 children.
2 observe (and learn! while 1 has a lesson. Parents of all 3 children present,
taking notes.
11 am – tea break with biscuit or cakes.
11.30 to 1pm – more lessons. Duet/Trio practise, depending on day. One day may include
string trios, another piano ensemble pieces.
One day will offer improvisation and sightreading groups, dep. on age/ability.
9 to 11am/ 11.30 to 1pm - those children not involved with piano/ensemble practises have
Dalcroze(music and movement) session in hall
1pm - Packed lunch to be collected, can be taken for picnic or eaten in house or
garden.
Afternoon: free for walks, play, drive to nearby tourist attractions or practise with string
players if it is a string ensemble day.
4.30 - Concerts: Solos, Ensembles, Chamber music etc. depending on day
5.30 - Supper (with songs, rounds)
6.15 - One Day: Parent Sightreading workshop
- Another Day: Percussion workshop or other visiting artists
7 pm - Games (Parachute and others)
or: - Teachers’ Concert
or: - The (in-) famous Parent Talent Show!!!
late nite: - Wine and chat; pub next door; night strolls...
From morning ‘til late: Practise opportunities in many rooms.
All day and Every Day: Art Room with opportunities for brilliant crafts and designs
AND: Make new friends, but keep the old
One is silver and the other gold!
