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5 Days Left to Register this Go-Round! May 25, 2026 3 Days Left! I am keeping registration open in The Music Hub until the end of May. After that, it won't reopen until September. That means you have 3 days left to register! Summer is a casual time meant for exploring. It's a great time to try something new or revisit a hobby! One very important thing to know about learning piano is that it is not just an intellectual skill. It's more like learning a sport. Like golf, a sport many people take...
The weather has been crazy here in NC. Every county in the state has been in an extreme or severe drought for some time, with water use restrictions everywhere. Well, the rain finally came. It started Thursday and has only stopped periodically. Last night, some places near us got 6-7 inches of rain in 3 hours. The ground cannot absorb that much rain quickly, so of course there has been flooding and road damage in some places hit by Helene, and in some new places too. I saw a pic of a...
Notes from The Music Hub May 25, 2026 Happy Memorial Day! It is Memorial Day in the United States, where I live, and a day we honor the memory of the men and women who have died in service to our country. Right now we are in a conflict with Iran (can we call it a war if Congress never voted to declare it?). And there's a lot of division politically, over this and many other things. But I think we can come together around Memorial Day and what it means. I was moved this past weekend to arrange...