A spring welcome to you! It seems with all the birds chirping and plants springing to life that the inspiration has come to offer a couple of new opportunities for you. The first is that we'd like to give you a chance to perform some of the music you've been playing this year. We're having a concert on June 21 and you are invited to play in the show! We'd love to have you perform for a friendly crowd of curious friends, parents and fellow students; people excited to know what you've been practicing all year!! Spring Concert: June 21, 7 p.m. St Mattias Church Hall at Richmond Rd and Richardson St.

Secondly, it has often occurred to us that students need to play together to really deepen the experience and the joy of making music. So we are offering' Summer Jammin' Workshops on playing in a group. These classes will have students learning 2 to 4 songs, covering a variety of parts: Rhythm and lead guitar, bass, and singing plus as a bonus, recording or video taping themselves to place their performance online on youtube and on the South Island Studio website.

Starting July 7, Monday thru Friday, group classes will be held in the days and evenings. These classes will be 2.5 hours in length Ages and Class times are: Ages 8 - 11, 9:30 a.m. - noon; ages 12 - 14, 1 - 3:30 p.m - 6:00 p.m.; and 15 and up, 6 - 8:30 p.m.

Rates are 175.00 for each 2.5 hour, 5 day workshop.
Contact: Ph. 592-3501 or www.southislandstudio.com

Students are signing up now for the concert and registration for the summer workshop begins now as well. We're excited by the prospect of hearing our students share what they have been playing these past few months and seeing you in the summer to have a lot of fun playing music in a group!

Yours truly, Kim, Mike, Paul, Dana & Lonny @ South Island Studio!