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Maritime Marvel Scavenger Hunt | September 28: On This Day in Music | Music and Mathematics: The Fibonacci sequence | The Widor Toccata Organ Symphony Movement V from Concert for Ukraine | Beethoven’s Archduke Trio | What You Need to Know about Sheet Music | 12 pm - 3 pm EST
Quilting 102! | 3 pm - 4:30 pm EST
Balalaika “Sunday Funday” | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EST
3D Printing Basics |
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Request a Lesson Time | Maritime Marvel Scavenger Hunt | Playing the Piano is Hard? | September 29: On This Day in Music | Hymn History: Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart | Hymn History: Here I Am, Lord | Harp: En bateau (Sailing) from Concert for Ukraine | Inverary and District Pipe Band ~ Daily Listening Assignments | J. S. Bach Celebrated International Coffee Day! | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Book Squad |
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Maritime Marvel Scavenger Hunt | Piano Lesson Registration | Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 by Ludwig van Beethoven from Concert for Ukraine | September 30: On This Day in Music | Pender Music: Military Polonaise Op. 40 No. 1 in A Major | 10:30 am - 11 am EST
Toddler Storytime | 11 am - 12 pm EST
ELL- Newspaper Reading Circle | 12 pm - 3 pm EST
Quilting 102! | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST
Fairfax Knitters |
| October 1
Yom Kippur
Composers - A | “Suite for Woodwind Quintet” by Scott Pender from Concert for Ukraine | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Three | Help Start a Seed Library By Donating Your Seeds! | October 1 ~ On This Day in Music | “Quia resplicit” from Bach’s Magnificat in D Major | Hymn History: What A Friend We Have In Jesus | Help Start a Seed Library By Donating Your Seeds! | It’s Vladimir’s Birthday! | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
American Culture | 11:15 am - 11:45 am EST
Library Playdate | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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Online Learning Affirmations | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Four | October 2 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - B | Hymn History: Come, Thou Almighty King | Irish Session from Concert for Ukraine | 11 am - 1 pm EST
One-on-One Technology Help | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Craft and Chat |
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October 3 ~ On This Day in Music | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Five | Composers - C | Hymn History: Great is Thy Faithfulness | Flute Concertino in D major, Op. 107 by Cécile Chaminade from Concert for Ukraine | 11:15 am - 11:45 am EST
Fun Twos and Threes Storytime | 5 pm - 5:45 pm EST
Chess Club |
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Feast of St Francis of Assisi
Pumpkin Picking & Corn Maze | Hymn History: Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee | October 4 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - D | Pender Music: Where There is Love | Clair de lune by Claude Debussy from Concert for Ukraine | 10 am - 2 pm EST
Animal Tea Party | 11 am - 5 pm EST
Celebration of the Arts | 1 pm - 5 pm EST
FCPL Fix-It Clinic |
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Quotes - A | October 5 ~ On This Day in Music | Simply Piano Teaches You Piano | Composers - E | 11 am - 5 pm EST
Celebration of the Arts | 12 pm - 3 pm EST
Quilting 102! |
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Sukkot
Request a Lesson Time | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day One | Pender Music: Singing Our Praises | October 6 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - F | Beatles AI | Sonata Latino: Bossa Merengova by Mike Mower from Concert for Ukraine | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Book Squad | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Lego Building Challenges | 6 pm - 9 pm EST
Writers of Chantilly | 7 pm - 8 pm EST
Maker Monday |
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Piano Lesson Registration | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Two | Composers - G | October 7 ~ On This Day in Music | Fall Listening and Coloring Pages | Keep Up-To-Date with the Student/Parent Portal | 10:30 am - 11 am EST
Toddler Storytime | 11 am - 12 pm EST
ELL- Newspaper Reading Circle | 12 pm - 3 pm EST
Quilting 102! | 3 pm - 5 pm EST
Let’s Play Board Games! | 3 pm - 5 pm EST
Fall Leaf Bowl Make and Take | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST
Fairfax Knitters |
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Hymn History: Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us | October 8 ~ On This Day in Music | ☦️ Hymn History: El Shaddai | Composers - H | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
American Culture | 11:15 am - 11:45 am EST
Library Playdate | 1 pm - 3 pm EST
Mystery Book Club | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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October 9 ~ in Music History | Columbus Day / Indigenous People's Day | Balalaika Orchestra | How do they make Steinway Pianos? | Cool Bass Clef | 11 am - 1 pm EST
One-on-One Technology Help |
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Composers - J | Happy Birthday, Jelly Roll! | October 10 ~ On This Day in Music | Bigtime! | Hymn History: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing | 10 am - 1 pm EST
Herndon Quilters | 10:30 am - 11:15 am EST
My Gym Fitness Storytime |
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Hymn History: O Spirit of the Living God | Pumpkin Picking & Corn Maze | October 11 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - K | Hymn History: On Eagle’s Wings | From the Way-Back Machine | Hymn History: For the Beauty of the Earth | 8:30 am - 10:30 am EST
Bird Walk | 10 am - 2 pm EST
Animal Tea Party |
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Composers - L | October 12 ~ On This Day in Music | Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique | 12 pm - 3 pm EST
Quilting 102! |
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Columbus Day
Last Day of Sukkot
Request a Lesson Time | October 13 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - M | Halloween Music: The Monster Mash | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Six | 4 pm - 4:45 pm EST
Cantaré: ¡Mucha Música! | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Book Squad | 6 pm - 8 pm EST
Watercolor 101: Composition |
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Composers - N | Piano Lesson Registration | Ornaments, Not Just For Christmas | Musicophilia – Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks | Incentives: Bravo Badges | Hymn History: The Church’s One Foundation | October 14 ~ On This Day in Music | What Age Should A Child Begin Music Lessons? | Handbells | Hymn History: The Lord's Prayer | Day Seven ~ Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice | Pender Music: Ave Maria | Halloween Music: Ghostbusters | 10:30 am - 11 am EST
Toddler Storytime | 11 am - 12 pm EST
ELL- Newspaper Reading Circle | 12 pm - 3 pm EST
Quilting 102! | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Adult Chess Club | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST
Fairfax Knitters |
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October 15 ~ On This Day in Music | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | Hymn History: Majesty | Pender Music: 'Jesus, the Boundless Love to Me' | Pender Music: Our God Reigns | Halloween Music: The Addams Family | Composers - O | All about Piano Pedals | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
American Culture | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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Halloween Music: The Flying Purple People Eater | Composers - P | Lego Grand Piano | October 16 ~ On This Day in Music | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | Hymn History: Because He Lives | 11 am - 1 pm EST
One-on-One Technology Help |
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Halloween Music: Jaws | Hymn History: Standing on the Promises | Manuscript of Mozart’s Piano Sonata K331 Discovered in Budapest in 2014 | Giving Thanks: Day Seventeen | October 17 ~ On This Day in Music | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | Composers - Q | Christmas Music, 'Above All Sing Spiritually' | Anniversary of Chopin's Death | Hymn History: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty | 10 am - 1 pm EST
Herndon Quilters | 5 pm - 5:45 pm EST
Chess Club |
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Sweetest Day
Composers - R | Pumpkin Picking & Corn Maze | Piano Lessons For Very Young Children ~ Wunderkeys | October 18 ~ On This Day in Music | Hymn History: Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus | Pender Music: A Prayer for Healing | Pender's Sanctuary Choir Presented 'Entertain the Angels | The Nicholas Brothers | 8:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Walk to End Hunger & Fellowship Breakfast |
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Halloween Music: The Skeleton Dance | October 19 ~ On This Day in Music | Giving Thanks: Day Nineteen | Composers - S | Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks | 12 pm - 3 pm EST
Quilting 102! | 2:30 pm - 4 pm EST
Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America |
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Request a Lesson Time | What George Gershwin’s Steinway Teaches Us About Technology | Composers - T | Chopsticks! | Halloween Music: Dreams of a Witches’ Sabbath | October 20 ~ On This Day in Music | How to Create a “Practice Nest” | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | 40 Days of Thankfulness | It All Started With a Train | Technic Series: Scales and Arpeggios | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Book Squad | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Lego Building Challenges | 6 pm - 9 pm EST
Writers of Chantilly | 7 pm - 8 pm EST
Maker Monday |
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Piano Lesson Registration | Giving Thanks: Day Twenty One | October 21 ~ in Music History | Super Mario Bros Theme for Piano | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | Pender Music: How Beautiful | Get your Kids to the Keyboard! | Hymn History: Amazing Grace | Halloween Music: “Catacombs” from “Pictures at an Exhibition” | Piano Lessons from the Past | Keep Up-To-Date with the Student/Parent Portal | 10:30 am - 11 am EST
Toddler Storytime | 11 am - 12 pm EST
ELL- Newspaper Reading Circle | 12 pm - 3 pm EST
Quilting 102! | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST
Fairfax Knitters |
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Composers - V | October 22 ~ On This Day in Music | Hymn HIstory: We've a Story to Tell to the Nations | Hymn History: We’ll Understand It Better By and By | Happy Birthday, Franz Liszt! | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
American Culture | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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October 23 ~ On This Day in Music | Thanksgiving-ish | Composers - W | Hymn History: O Spirit of the Living God | Eating Today? | 11 am - 1 pm EST
One-on-One Technology Help |
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Hymn History: Since Jesus Came into My Heart | Super Mario Bros Piano | Hymn History: Count Your Blessings | October 24 ~ On This Day in Music | Halloween Music: Dies Irae | Composers - X | 10 am - 1 pm EST
Herndon Quilters |
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Georges Bizet's Birthday | Pumpkin Picking & Corn Maze | 10 Pianos – 80 Fingers | October 25 ~ On This Day in Music | Pender Music: Badinerie | Hymn History: How Great Thou Art | Hymn History: How Great Thou Art | Composers - Y | Vienna Halloween Parade |
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October 26 ~ On This Day in Music | Just in Time for Halloween: Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns | Pender Music: We Believe | Composers - Z | 12 pm - 3 pm EST
Quilting 102! | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EST
3D Printing Basics |
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Request a Lesson Time | October 27 ~ in Music History | Just in Time for Halloween: In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg | Ukrainian National Anthem from Concert for Ukraine | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Book Squad |
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Piano Lesson Registration | October 28 ~ On This Day in Music | Pender Music: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622, Adagio | Just in Time for Halloween: Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod | Music and Mathematics: The Fibonacci sequence | The Widor Toccata Organ Symphony Movement V from Concert for Ukraine | Beethoven’s Archduke Trio | What You Need to Know about Sheet Music | 10:30 am - 11 am EST
Toddler Storytime | 11 am - 12 pm EST
ELL- Newspaper Reading Circle | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST
Fairfax Knitters |
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October 29 ~ On This Day in Music | Hymn History: Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart | Hymn History: Here I Am, Lord | Piano For Very Young Children | Harp: En bateau (Sailing) from Concert for Ukraine | Blog Posts Halloween Music: Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky | Inverary and District Pipe Band ~ Daily Listening Assignments | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
American Culture | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 by Ludwig van Beethoven from Concert for Ukraine | Hymn History: The Heavens are Telling | October 30 ~ On This Day in Music | Pender Music: Military Polonaise Op. 40 No. 1 in A Major | Halloween Themes Changed to a Major Key | 11 am - 1 pm EST
One-on-One Technology Help |
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Halloween
Who Knew? Scotland Invented Halloween! | October 31 ~ On This Day in Music | Hymn History: It Is Well With My Soul | It’s Halloween: Toccata and Fugue in d minor by J.S Bach | A Parent’s Guide to Piano Maestro | Happy Halloween - Special Music! | Billy Connolly and the William Tell Overture | 10 am - 1 pm EST
Herndon Quilters | 5 pm - 5:45 pm EST
Chess Club |
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All Saints' Day
All Saints day | Composers - A | “Suite for Woodwind Quintet” by Scott Pender from Concert for Ukraine | Help Start a Seed Library By Donating Your Seeds! | November 1 ~ On This Day in Music | Giving Thanks: Day Zero | Pender Music: Where There is Love | Giving Thanks, Day 1 | Help Start a Seed Library By Donating Your Seeds! |
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