How to Turn April Showers Into May Flowers

Posted on April 8, 2015 by savi0043

The two”P” words,”Practice and Performance” are the “showers and flowers” of the art of playing the organ. As an organist prepares for a recital, I find the analogy of glorious spring flowers and glorious recital performances fitting. Seedlings chosen = organ repertoire chosen. Just as one carefully decides which plants to include in a garden, one must also carefully choose appropriate repertoire for a successful organ performance

How to Turn April Showers Into May Flowers
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Dr._Jeannine_Jordan]Dr. Jeannine Jordan

April Showers Bring May Flowers or Practice Brings Performance Success at an Organ Recital

The two”P” words,”Practice and Performance” are the “showers and flowers” of the art of playing the organ. As an organist prepares for a recital, I find the analogy of glorious spring flowers and glorious recital performances fitting.

� Seedlings chosen = organ repertoire chosen. Just as one carefully decides which plants to include in a garden, one must also carefully choose appropriate repertoire for a successful organ performance.

� Soil prepared = fingerings and pedalings prepared, analysis started. A meticulous gardener makes sure the soil of her garden is prepared by tilling, fertilizing, and watering. An organist must do the same careful preparation by diligently marking fingering, pedaling and cadences.

� Plants placed in the soil = slow practice begins with hands and feet alone. As tiny plants are placed in the soil to start taking root, an organist begins slow steps of carefully learning the repertoire so the music takes root in the fingers, feet and mind of the organist.

� Plants are watered = encouragement from teacher, colleagues, family and friends. New plants cannot exist without water and organists learning repertoire cannot succeed without the “you can do it!” encouragement of those in their lives.

� Plants take root = understanding of the piece comes together, parts together practice begins, chordal and cadential analysis continues. As a new plant takes root, it becomes strong. As an organist continues careful practice, the new music becomes strong.

� Plants buffeted by April showers (or rain, heavy wind and hail) = frustration over the number of repetitions needed to learn a cadential phrase or a difficult pedalling start to creep into the practice routine. Plants reeling in the wind of a storm stay in place because their roots are deep. Repertoire studied carefully survives the occasional doubts and frustrations of completing the learning process.

� Plants bask in the sun and start to bud = the slow repetitions with the metronome, the careful work to avoid making a mistake more than three times starts to bring success with what was originally a difficult piece. The arrival of spring buds indicate a plant has survived and persevered through storm and trial. Playing a piece in for the first time its entirety after careful work over many months elicits the joy of a new formed bud.

� Plants send out more roots and buds start to open = soundscapes are chosen to enhance the beauty of the notes now starting to sound like beautiful music. The glory of opening buds displays an inner beauty of a plant, something that has been hidden. When a soundscape is chosen for a piece, it suddenly takes on a new life.

� Buds become flowers = the diligent practice pays off and the full piece is played for the teacher with success. Ah, the beauty of a full blossom. Organ music carefully learned and played successfully for the teacher who has nurtured it and encouraged you from the beginning is a moment of beauty.

� Plant shows its full beauty and glory with every perfectly formed flower surrounded by beautiful foliage = the music chosen, \carefully practiced, nurtured through storm and doubt, now comes to full bloom and is shared with family and friends. Glorious is the moment you become a concert organist.

Dr. Jeannine Jordan has made music her life. She is a performer and teacher and loves sharing her music and helping others realize their goals of becoming organists and pianists. http://www.promotionmusic.org

Jeannine received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Oregon specializing in Classical Organ performance with additional studies in Class Piano Pedagogy.

She also actively performs throughout the world and is known for her unique programming which strives to bring music alive for her audiences. Find out more about Jeannine at http://www.promotionmusic.org and the new book On The Heels of an Organist.

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Two Delicious Easter Recipes

Posted on April 1, 2015 by savi0043

Two Delicious Easter Recipes
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Amanda_Schwarz]Amanda Schwarz

PARTY POTATOES

(Makes 8 to 10 servings)

Ingredients:

5 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled.
1/2 Cup chopped onion.
8 to 10 large potatoes, cook as for potato salad with skins on.
2 Cups (8 oz.) shredded cheddar cheese..
1 (8 oz.) container French onion sour cream dip
1/2 c. milk.
1 and 1/2 tsp. garlic salt.
1 tsp. black pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small skillet, cook onion in drippings until transparent. In the meanwhile, peel the cooled, cooked potatoes and cube them. Put into a large bowl all the ingredients, except 1/2 the bacon and 1/2 cup cheese.

Spread into buttered 13 x 9 inch baking dish and top with reserved cheese and bacon.

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until bubbly. Refrigerate leftovers.

Tip: Can be made ahead, do not bake, Cover and refrigerate until baking time!!

SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE

Ingredients:

2 Pounds fresh yams or 40 ounce Can.
1 Stick Butter.
3/4 Dark Brown Sugar.
1 and 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon.
1 Teaspoon Vanilla.
Miniature marshmallows

Prepare yams as you would mashed potatoes (peel, cube and put into saucepan with water). Bring to a boil and cook til tender. With an electric mixer, whip up the potatoes, adding to this the butter, vanilla, brown sugar and cinnamon.

Mix until very smooth and creamy. Place into a 3 quart buttered casserole and bake in 300 degree oven for about 35 minutes. Sprinkle miniature marshmallows on top and place in 350 degree oven for an additional 20 minutes until puffy and slightly browned

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How To Host An Event- Five Lessons Learned

Posted on March 18, 2015 by savi0043

Hosting your own event can be a very effective way to raise your visibility and grow your business. It’s often easier for people to get to know and trust you when they see you in action. Many years ago I started by running little workshops from my home and then over time graduated to hiring venues for my own breakfast seminars and business programmes. Events have proved to be the most rewarding way to work with other business owners, develop long term relationships and showcase my programmes.

How To Host An Event – Five Lessons Learned
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Susan_Tomlinson]Susan Tomlinson

Hosting your own event can be a very effective way to raise your visibility and grow your business. It’s often easier for people to get to know and trust you when they see you in action.

Many years ago I started by running little workshops from my home and then over time graduated to hiring venues for my own breakfast seminars and business programmes.

Events have proved to be the most rewarding way to work with other business owners, develop long term relationships and showcase my programmes.

For the attendees it’s a fantastic opportunity to meet new people, receive information, resources and ideas and be inspired by the energy of the group.

However, I know that sometimes anxiety can come up at the mere thought of organising your own show. I’ve certainly had my fair share of sleepless nights wondering if anyone will sign up!

And it does take a certain amount of investment in terms of time, money and effort.

But if you’re ready to step into the limelight then here are my top five lessons for running a successful event…

1. Choose a venue that reflects you and your brand. I’ve found that an interesting or stylish location within easy reach can help attract attention. Or perhaps you prefer to organise an online event using teleseminars or webinars which means that people can attend from anywhere in the world. The latter is a less risky and low cost way to reach more potential clients.

2. Name your event with an interesting title that is positive and results focused. We’re all hungry for ideas that will make life easier. If you can provide a solution to a pressing problem people are more likely to make the effort to book and turn up.

3. Be creative in promoting your event. There is a lot more competition out there which makes getting noticed and being client attractive can be more challenging. A well thought through marketing plan which includes a variety of approaches such as interesting visual advertising, videos, preview calls, personal invitations and referrals can make you stand out.

4. Offer an incentive. I admit that I sometimes book networking events at the very last moment! To help others make a decision, as soon as possible, it’s worth including an incentive, for example an early bird ticket and/or additional limited bonuses for booking in advance. And do send out reminders as it’s easy for busy people to forget or miss deadlines.

5. Get support. It really helps to have someone to work alongside you, as it can alleviate some of the fear. Asking a friend to be there at the event, having a co presenter or enrolling administrative help not only takes some of the pressure off but will give you a greater level of confidence that you don’t have to worry about everything yourself.

Most importantly set the intention that your event will be a success and that those who attend will walk away feeling excited and inspired having spent time with a fabulous group of people.

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Why People Love Old, Antique Maps

Posted on March 9, 2015 by savi0043

The Interest in Old Maps – Many people around the world specifically collect antique maps. Old maps have a certain undefinable charm. Maps are a sufficiently commonplace item that even an old world map is still familiar enough to have emotional resonance, but an old world map is still different enough by itself to be interesting. People who are interested in history will automatically become drawn to old maps, which are fascinating historical documents in their own right and can reflect historical geographical divisions.

Why People Love Old, Antique Maps
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Andrew_Schlogel]Andrew Schlogel

The Interest in Old Maps

Many people around the world specifically collect antique maps. Old maps have a certain undefinable charm. Maps are a sufficiently commonplace item that even an old world map is still familiar enough to have emotional resonance, but an old world map is still different enough by itself to be interesting. People who are interested in history will automatically become drawn to old maps, which are fascinating historical documents in their own right and can reflect historical geographical divisions.

Decorative Ancient Maps

Many people hang their ancient maps around their homes or at their offices. Old maps are especially appropriate for educators and people work in academia, given their inherent educational value. They add a certain sophistication to any room, and they can quickly become great conversation pieces.

The monetary value of many antiques is based on what a prospective buyer is willing to pay for them, so the value of antique maps will vary. There are plenty of people who are willing to pay high prices for old maps, so their potential value is very high, depending upon their condition, the year in which they were produced, and many other factors. There are old maps that are worth two hundred dollars each and old maps that are worth thousands of dollars each. Small details can make all the difference.

Finding Antique Maps

Many of the best antique maps are part of historical and private collections. Maps are not the most durable antique items in the world, so there are only so many antique maps available today. The further back anyone goes historically, the harder it will be to find old maps from that time period. One of the reasons that old maps are so valuable in the first place is the fact that they are so rare and so fragile. They are tiny pieces of history that can be easily lost and can easily fade with time.

Years ago, people looking for antique maps would often have to wait around for opportunities to find them. They may have had to wait for their vacation periods in order to find the time to travel to find them at different famous shopping outlets or antique stores. Many collectors have gone to antique stores all over the world looking for the artifacts that they found interesting.

Today, finding old maps is easier than ever before due to the availability of online shopping opportunities. There are entire websites devoted to locating old maps and selling the ones that are available. Old world map enthusiasts should spend some time searching for what they’re looking for online, and they should be on their way to getting the sort of ancient maps they’ve always wanted.

An interesting article in [http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/09/arts/discovering-the-old-world-of-maps.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A14%22%7D]The New York Times.

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How to Earn $200 a Day Selling Products and Services ( Without Gurus or Gimmicks)

Posted on February 22, 2015 by savi0043

How to Earn $200 a Day Selling Products and Services (Without Gurus or Gimmicks)
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Alexa_Ross]Alexa Ross

Who else would love to earn $200 a day selling products and services in a niche, market or industry that you love? Are you sick and tired of chasing online gurus… and gimmicks, and wasting time, energy, effort and income on a dream that feels progressively out of reach?

Imagine how much differently your days would feel if you could truly wake UP and do what you loved for a living, and truly wake up the world with your work? The good news is, if you have a sense of PASSION and purpose about your work, and truly crave contribution as much as cash, you can have the very BEST of best worlds, starting today.

I want to give you a super simple “master outline” of the process you’ll need to follow to go from ZERO, to a full time income, in just the next 30 or 60 days. I also want to reassure you that you CAN do this, and that you can launch all of the below on a bootstrap budget, starting this weekend.

Ready? Let’s dive in and explore what I believe is the absolute FASTEST way to earn a few hundred dollars a day from scratch, and literally parlay THAT progress into a 6 figure business you’ll love for years to come.

Step 1 – Pick your Passion. Decide what it is that you really want to do, that you do really well, and that others would PAY you to do for them. (or teach THEM how to do for themselves) There are all kinds of “life passion” exercises you can use to figure this out, and I don’t have the space to outline them here, but just decide on what it is that TRULY makes YOU come alive… and then commit to building a brand, business and bank account around that)

Step 2 – Create a Content Cornerstone. This is a master outline of all of your niche knowledge, experience and expertise around the passion you picked to launch your project. This is also an EVOLVING document, and you can add to it as you go and grow and deepen your experience (and acquired expertise) in your niche.

Step 3 – Start creating products. Sounds scary, right? It shouldn’t be. You can literally start creating recordings where you TEACH the ideas directly off of your content cornerstone (the master outline you created above) via audio recordings, short Amazon eBooks and live coaching sessions to an engaged and enthusiastic audience, and have your first paying customers in just about a week.

Step 4 – The real secret to monetizing your market and breaking through that $200 a day level as quickly as possible? Repurpose your content. For example, I recently started a brand new project with a few partners where we turned our outline into 2 Amazon eBooks that earn about $50 a day, and then recorded that very same content (and reader questions) into a series of audios and PDF handouts that are sold on GUMROAD (an online marketplace for content creators) that also earn about $75 a day in total.

When you factor in higher end group and private coaching that we offer to the same clients and community, we only need about 4 clients per MONTH to break the $200 a day mark, literally all launched on a bootstrap budget.

The whole process looks something like this, when it’s fleshed out in more detail.

Create content.

Use that content to build a community.

Communicate with that community to find out what they need, and will buy to learn what you know.

Create COACHING products and services that meet those needs.

Convert a percentage of your community into customers of your digital products… and a smaller percentage of those customers into clients for your higher end coaching.

Rinse, repeat and continue to build your brand, your blog, your business and your bank account… and continue to make your marketing meaningful, and your contribution to your community your TOP priority!

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