Explain that students will be working individually to compose articles that describe an event that they participated in or witnessed, such as a track meet, school play, English class (or other class), piano lesson, concert, trip to the zoo, grand opening of a new store, etc.
The Philadelphia Orchestra beat the Philharmonic to the punch, descending on Beijing and provincial cities last spring with a menu of master classes, lessons, concerts, and visits to parks, schools and hospitals.
On any given day in Bryant Park, there is table tennis, chess, yoga classes, juggling lessons, lectures, concerts and film screenings.
The Clock, as it is known, includes a cooking school and a cultural center that offers belly dancing classes, Arabic calligraphy lessons and concerts.
Pleasant though reserved, she impressed the parents of her son's friends as a doting mother who shepherded her only child to his saxophone lessons and concerts, and encouraged his dream of one day attending the Juilliard School, the prestigious arts conservatory in New York.
Then there are the line-dance lessons, jazz concerts and movies in the park that are still sponsored by the borough and planned by staff members of the parks and recreation department, although much of the cost is borne by sponsors.
In one of the most absorbing sections of the book, Ansay describes long after-school drives with her mother to take lessons with concert-level teachers like Miss Martinique in Milwaukee, who wore so much makeup that "her skin was the color of a jack-o'-lantern.... Whenever she nodded, or gestured with a small, gnarled hand, a powdery aura shimmered all around her".
Early on in Sara Houghteling's captivating first novel, the protagonist, Max Berenzon, receives a music lesson from his concert pianist mother.
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Take enough time to travel to your lesson, rehearsal or concert.
Thursday at 7 p.m., a performance of Dominican music by Ilu Aye; salsa dance lessons precede the concert at 6 p.m.; $18 (which includes garden admission); free for members.
