Home Page

When Elizabeth Jones, an eighth grader at Wildwood Christian School and fourth-year piano student of Sue Weiss, exclaims she is going to “State”, she is not referring to the celebrated high school basketball tournament. Jones and many other musical area teens would be speaking of the Missouri Music Teacher’s Association State Honors Auditions.
The Missouri Music Teacher’s Association (MMTA) holds annual auditions on a “District” and “State” level.
For District Auditions, students prepare two or three piano pieces to perform for an adjudicator. The number of pieces played depends exclusively on the student’s grade level.
After a student plays his or her pieces, the judge assesses the pianist’s performance. Judges provide a critique sheet, a page scribbled with suggestions to help students improve their repertoires, for each contestant. Judges also rate each student’s “recital”.
Participants are given a numerical rating based upon the overall quality of their performance. Students receiving a one District rating are then eligible to proceed to State Honors Auditions.
At “State”, the basic District process is repeated. However, at State Auditions, not only does each participant receive a rating, the MMTA Honors also declares a grade-level winner, runner-up, and honorable mention.
The 2007 State Honors Auditions will be held at Missouri State University on November 10. “They are a big deal,” says Jones. “I’ve been practicing for this since March,” she says.
Jones practices daily. Her quotidian practice sessions regularly last an hour, though her time at the piano often varies depending on the week’s workload.
In additional preparation for State Auditions, she had a master class with Dr. Doris Harrell.
Jones also attended the 2007 Summer Piano Institute at the University of Central Missouri. There she received musical guidance from many successful pianists such as Dr. Jennifer White-Jude and Dr. Ryan Smart.
Jones’s State repertoire includes Grande Valse Brillante, by Frederic Chopin, and Scherzo Sonata, by Serge Prokofiev. “I really like my pieces this year,” she says. “I think they are really intriguing and fun.”
Although her repertoire may change each year, one thing stays the same: her stress situation. “I get really nervous,” says Jones.
She knows that, potentially, with one freak malfunction, the outcome of the competition could be altered. “I’m always afraid I will mess up,” she says.
This year being her fourth year participating in District and State Auditions, she has become a pro at keeping her composure during the contest. As the years have gone by, she has developed handy mechanisms to remain calm.
She says she tries to “focus on positive things” about her performances. “I also try to remember that I have a talent, no matter what the outcome of the competition,” she says modestly.
Jones refers to playing her pieces for the judge as one of the least stressful components of the competition. The time spent anticipating her scores takes the title of the most nerve-wracking element.
She explains that the longer you have to wait for your scores, the more flaws you are able to find with the way you played.
When asked how she reacts after hearing her results, she told that she feels the immediate need to “practice, whether my results are what I had wanted or not.” “I’m inspired to go take the judge’s suggestions and improve my pieces,” she says.
Though the feedback may seem harsh at times, Jones values all that judges have to say. “I try to remember that everything the judge says about my pieces is out of encouragement,” she says. “I tell myself that the judge really is trying to help me become a better pianist.”
With State Honors Auditions just around the corner, Jones is eager to receive more feedback from judges and is excited to “go to the next level” of the competition.
Though receiving a top rating and the title of the Eighth Grade State Winner would be ideal, ones and winning are not the most important things to Jones. She values, above all, the special sense of accomplishment she feels after giving her best effort. “No matter how I played,” she says, “I feel proud of the fact that I made it to where I did.”

Well written and with, i have to say, the most punctuation i have ever seen! Hope she does well!

6-22-09

Duration : 0:9:52

weiter lesen… »

Im looking for the series The New Adventures Of Black Beauty from 1992. This series was never released on DVD or VHS but i’m looking for anyone who may have recorded it when it was on television.

Synopsis::

When teenage girl, Bella, is involved in a shipwreck off the Australian coast, she is saved by a beautiful black horse. Suffering from amnesia after her ordeal, Bella is cared for by the local doctor. As she tries to remember her past, she is haunted by visions of stolen gold.

Cast:

Rebecca Gooden … Bella
Peter Bensley … Dr. John Austin
Michael Burkett … Frank
Peter Evangelista … Ted
Caroline Winnall … Connie
Peter Weiss … Walter
Jenny Kent … Aunt Caroline

Please let me know if you have a copy of this……

…..and please dont be confused by the seires that was on in 1990….im not looking for the one with the character Vicky……x

Hey Emma Louise! Check out the website below…it looks like it may have been sold as a DVD.

Product Details
Actors: Rebecca Gooden, Peter Bensley, Michael Burkett, Peter Evangelista, Caroline Winnall
Directors: Mario Andreacchio, Ian Gilmour, Sophia Turkiewicz, Karl Zwicky
Format: Color, NTSC
Language: English
Rating:
Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Questar Video
VHS Release Date: July 3, 1995
Run Time: 60 minutes

http://www.amazon.com/New-Adventures-Black-Beauty-Vol/dp/630345982X

I am currently looking for The New Adventures of Black Beauty, i know it was never released on VHS or DVD, but i was hoping someone had taped it when it was on and still has it, as i would really like it.

Aired in 1992

Synopsis : When teenage girl, Bella, is involved in a shipwreck off the Australian coast, she is saved by a beautiful black horse. Suffering from amnesia after her ordeal, Bella is cared for by the local doctor. As she tries to remember her past, she is haunted by visions of stolen

Cast:

Rebecca Gooden … Bella
Peter Bensley … Dr. John Austin
Michael Burkett … Frank
Peter Evangelista … Ted
Caroline Winnall … Connie
Peter Weiss … Walter
Jenny Kent … Aunt Caroline

So If anyone can help me, please let me know.

Thanks..xx

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/601-5729564-9705755?asin=B000WCN896&afid=yahoosspplp_bmvd&lnm=B000WCN896|The_New_Adventures_of_Black_Beauty_:_DVD&ref=tgt_adv_XSNG1060

6-22-09

Duration : 0:9:54

weiter lesen… »

dr weiss trying to teach

Duration : 0:1:2

weiter lesen… »

Watched Oprah with Dr. Oz and Psychiatrist Brian Weiss regarding Past Life Regression. Patients were hypnotized and experienced other life times.

For certain

Peace ♥

I’m just curious since this is the Religion and Spirituality section of Y! A, to know how many have heard of and actually read the following:

Conversations With God, by Neal Donald Walsch
A New Earth, by Ekhart Tolle
Anything and everything by Doreen Virtue (Spirituality, Angels, etc.)
Many Lives Many Masters (and all other titles), by Dr. Brian L. Weiss
Titles by Dr. Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra
Edgar Cayce and (his reincarnation) Davic Wilcock
Louise Hay

Or do we only discuss the Bible in here?

Thanks, everyone!

Love and blessings to all!
More so, have you actually READ any of these works?
Brent, I just started reading CWG after a friend told me about it on Twitter. And… it’s been a wonderful journey so far…

All the other titles and authors are very familiar to me. Actually, they have a very special place in my heart and soul. I’m very grateful to all of them for everything they’ve done for me. And they did do and are still doing it for people just like you and me. Wood Uncut said:

"Now if you’d asked about Mark Forsater (The Spiritual Teachings of the Tao), Chögyam Trungpa (Shambhala), Paulo Coelho or Benjamin Hoff (Tao of Pooh) …"

I’m familiar with those works as well, especially anything related to the sacred Tao Te Ching and Paulo Coelho (I’m a Brazilian born woman, like himself).

Many people, even in Brazil, really dislike Paulo Coelho’s books. I’m not one of those. I still remember the first time I read THE ALCHEMIST. It was as if a huge light bulb had gone on on top of my head (consciousness). LOL

I1ve heard "The Sermon on the Mount", by Charini…

Ahahahahah!

How often have you wished you could peer into the future? In Same Soul, Many Bodies, Brian L. Weiss, M.D., shows us how. Through envisioning our lives to come, we can influence their outcome and use this process to bring more joy and healing to our present lives. Dr. Weiss pioneered regression therapy — guiding people through their past lives. Here, he goes beyond that to demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of progression therapy — guiding people through the future in a scientific, responsible, healing way.

Through dozens of case histories detailing both past-life and future-life experiences, Dr. Weiss shows how the choices that we make now will determine our future quality of life. From Samantha, who overcame academic failure once she learned of her future as a great physician, to Evelyn, whose fears and prejudices ended after she envisioned prior and forthcoming lives as a hate victim, Dr. Weiss gives concrete examples of lives transformed by regression and progression therapy.

A groundbreaking work, Same Soul, Many Bodies is sure to deeply affect peoples’ lives as they strive toward their future.

http://www.astraldynamics.com/
http://www.coasttocoastam.com

http://www.luxormedia.org

Duration : 0:5:0

weiter lesen… »

Have you read Dr. Brian L. Weiss’ book (Only Love Is Real)?

Secondly, tell me if you believe that, somewhere in the world, there is someone (or several men) who COULD BE your soulmate?

Finally, do believe you could recognize your "soulmate" if you met him?

No, I haven’t read the book-I hadn’t heard of it until now.

I believe there are many people we could have a great shared life experience with, not just one.

I don’t think I believe in only one soulmate, and that love develops over time, so I don’t think I would recognize a ’soulmate’.

Great questions!