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First Sunday of Advent
Christmas Train Rides at Strasburg Rail Road | Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 by Ludwig van Beethoven from Concert for Ukraine | November 30 ~ On This Day in Music | Saint Andrew's Day | Pender Music: Military Polonaise Op. 40 No. 1 in A Major | 1 pm - 2:30 pm EST
A Wicked Crafter-noon! | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EST
3D Printing Basics |
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Request a Lesson Time | Christmas Train Rides at Strasburg Rail Road | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day One | Composers - A | “Suite for Woodwind Quintet” by Scott Pender from Concert for Ukraine | Help Start a Seed Library By Donating Your Seeds! | December 1 ~ On This Day in Music | Hymn History: What A Friend We Have In Jesus | Christmas Countdown: Sleigh Ride | Help Start a Seed Library By Donating Your Seeds! | 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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Christmas Train Rides at Strasburg Rail Road | Online Learning Affirmations | Piano Lesson Registration | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Two | December 2 ~ On This Day in Music | Christmas Countdown: Joy To The World | Composers - B | Irish Session from Concert for Ukraine | 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 | 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm EST
“The Nutcracker” Performed by the Metropolitan School of the Arts | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST
Fairfax Knitters |
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Christmas Train Rides at Strasburg Rail Road | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Three | December 3 ~ On This Day in Music | Christmas Countdown: I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day | Composers - C | Hymn History: Great is Thy Faithfulness | “Quia resplicit” from Bach’s Magnificat in D Major | Advent Begins | Flute Concertino in D major, Op. 107 by Cécile Chaminade from Concert for Ukraine | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
American Culture | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, | 7 pm - 7:30 pm EST
Twilight Tales |
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Christmas Countdown: Just In Time For Christmas | Christmas Train Rides at Strasburg Rail Road | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Four | December 4~ On This Day in Music | Composers - D | Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting | Clair de lune by Claude Debussy from Concert for Ukraine | 1 pm - 2 pm EST
English Conversation Group | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Craft and Chat |
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Christmas Train Rides at Strasburg Rail Road | Pender Music: Singing Our Praises | Quotes - A | Christmas Countdown: Angels We Have Heard On High | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Five | Simply Piano Teaches You Piano | Composers - E | December 5 ~ On This Day in Music | 10 am - 1 pm EST
Herndon Quilters | 10 am - 1 pm EST
English Conversation Group | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm EST
Coffee & a Classic: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) | 8 pm - 9:30 pm EST
A Christmas Kaleidoscope of Bronze |
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Christmas Train Rides at Strasburg Rail Road | Christmas Countdown: Carol of the Bells/Ukrainian Bell Carol | December 6 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - F | Pender Music: Where There is Love | Beatles AI | Sonata Latino: Bossa Merengova by Mike Mower from Concert for Ukraine | 10 am - 4 pm EST
Herndon Holiday Model Train Show | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
Concert: Loudoun Youth Guitars | 3 pm - 4 pm EST
Ritorno a Musica String Orchestra Baroque and Beyond Holiday Concert | 8 pm - 9 pm EST
A Christmas Kaleidoscope of Bronze |
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Christmas Countdown: Hark the Herald Angels Sing | Hymn History: People, Look East | Christmas Train Rides at Strasburg Rail Road | Composers - G | December 7 ~ On This Day in Music | A Christmas Kaleidoscope of Bronze | 9:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Breakfast With Santa! | 3 pm - 5 pm EST
Jigsaw Puzzle Contest! |
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Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Request a Lesson Time | Christmas Countdown: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear | Christmas Train Rides at Strasburg Rail Road | Hymn History: Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us | December 8 ~ On This Day in Music | ☦️ Hymn History: El Shaddai | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Six | Composers - H | 10 am - 4 pm EST
Train Scavenger Hunt | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EST
Hanukkah Story Time | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Book Squad | 7 pm - 8 pm EST
Soap Carving |
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Christmas Countdown: Mary Did You Know | Christmas Train Rides at Strasburg Rail Road | Piano Lesson Registration | Incentives: Bravo Badges | December 9 ~ On This Day in Music | Balalaika Orchestra | Handbells | Day Seven ~ Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice | How do they make Steinway Pianos? | 10:30 am - 11 am EST
Toddler Storytime | 11 am - 12 pm EST
ELL- Newspaper Reading Circle | 6 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Holiday Ornaments Craft | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST
Fairfax Knitters |
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Christmas Countdown O Come, O Come Emmanuel | Composers - J | December 10 ~ On This Day in Music | Hymn History: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing | 10:15 am - 10:45 am EST
Move and Groove Storytime | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
American Culture | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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Christmas Countdown: Ding Dong! Merrily On High | Hymn History: O Spirit of the Living God | December 11 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - K | Hymn History: On Eagle’s Wings | Hymn History: For the Beauty of the Earth | Cool Bass Clef | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Preschool Storytime! | 1 pm - 2 pm EST
English Conversation Group | 4 pm - 5 pm EST
Concert: The Mount Vernon Varsity Singers |
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Christmas Countdown: Still, Still, Still | Composers - L | December 12 ~ On This Day in Music | Bigtime! | Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique | Hymn History: The Lord's Prayer | 10 am - 1 pm EST
Herndon Quilters | 10 am - 1 pm EST
English Conversation Group | 10:30 am - 11:15 am EST
My Gym Fitness Storytime | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm EST
Santa Claus Comes to Kingstowne! | 11 am - 12 pm EST
Holiday Concert with the Harmony Heritage Singers | 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST
Holiday On the Farm |
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Christmas Countdown: The Alfred Burt Carols | December 13 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - M | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EST
A Christmas Kaleidoscope of Bronze | 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST
Holiday On the Farm |
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Chanukah/Hanukkah
Christmas Countdown: O Little Town Of Bethlehem | Composers - N | Ornaments, Not Just For Christmas | Musicophilia – Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks | Hymn History: The Church’s One Foundation | December 14 ~ On This Day in Music | Glasgow Subway Opened on December 16, 1896 | What Age Should A Child Begin Music Lessons? | Pender Music: Ave Maria | Christmas Music: Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus | 11 am - 3 pm EST
“Merry Swissmas” | 1 pm - 2:30 pm EST
Crafter-noon: Mardi Gras Masks! | 4 pm - 5 pm EST
Fairfax Saxophone Quartet, “Holiday Classics” | 4 pm - 5 pm EST
Main Street Community Band, “Home for the Holidays” |
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Request a Lesson Time | Christmas Countdown: The First Noel | December 15 ~ On This Day in Music | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | Pender Music: Our God Reigns | Christmas Music: Christmastime | 40 Days of Thankfulness | Composers - O | All about Piano Pedals | 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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Beethoven's Birthday! | Christmas Countdown: The Birthday of a King | Composers - P | Piano Lesson Registration | Lego Grand Piano | December 16 ~ On This Day in Music | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | Hymn History: Because He Lives | Harp Music for Christmas | Keep Up-To-Date with the Student/Parent Portal | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST
Fairfax Knitters |
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Christmas Countdown: We Three Kings | Hymn History: Standing on the Promises | The Third Sunday of Advent | Manuscript of Mozart’s Piano Sonata K331 Discovered in Budapest in 2014 | Giving Thanks: Day Seventeen | December 17 ~ On This Day in Music | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | Hymn History: Majesty | Composers - Q | Pender Music: 'Jesus, the Boundless Love to Me' | Christmas Music, 'Above All Sing Spiritually' | 10:15 am - 10:45 am EST
Move and Groove Storytime | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
American Culture | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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Premiere of The Nutcracker ballet by Tchaikovsky | Christmas Music: The Holly and the Ivy | Composers - R | Piano Lessons For Very Young Children ~ Wunderkeys | December 18 ~ On This Day in Music | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | Hymn History: Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus | It Was the Worst of Days and the Best of Days: December 18 | Pender's Sanctuary Choir Presented 'Entertain the Angels | The Nicholas Brothers | Circus Music! | Christmas Countdown: Good King Wenceslas | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Preschool Storytime! | 1 pm - 2 pm EST
English Conversation Group |
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Christmas Countdown: Johnny Marks | Christmas Music: Joy to the World/Joy of the Lord | December 19 ~ On This Day in Music | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | Giving Thanks: Day Nineteen | Composers - S | Hymn History: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty | 10 am - 1 pm EST
Herndon Quilters | 10 am - 1 pm EST
English Conversation Group | 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST
Holiday On the Farm |
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Christmas Countdown: Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker | What George Gershwin’s Steinway Teaches Us About Technology | Hymn History: As the Deer | Composers - T | Chopsticks! | December 20 ~ On This Day in Music | How to Create a “Practice Nest” | Pender Music: A Prayer for Healing | It All Started With a Train | Christmas Music: Angels We Have Heard on High | 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST
Holiday On the Farm | 7 pm - 8:30 pm EST
City of Fairfax Band, “Christmas in Fairfax” |
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Christmas Countdown: Gesù Bambino | Giving Thanks: Day Twenty One | December 21 ~ On This Day in Music | Super Mario Bros Theme for Piano | Pender Music: How Beautiful | Hymn History: Amazing Grace | Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks | Pender Music: Under His Wings | Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie) | Piano Lessons from the Past |
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Last Day of Chanukah
Request a Lesson Time | Composers - V | December 22 ~ On This Day in Music | Christmas Countdown: Adeste Fideles | Hymn HIstory: We've a Story to Tell to the Nations | Get your Kids to the Keyboard! | Christmas Music: Flash Mob | Bargemusic! | Technic Series: Scales and Arpeggios | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Book Squad |
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Piano Lesson Registration | December 23 ~ On This Day in Music | Thanksgiving-ish | Christmas Music:Pat-A-Pan | Composers - W | The Most Educational Christmas Carol Ever ~ “Intervals Roasting” | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST
Fairfax Knitters |
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Christmas Eve
Franz Gruber composed the music for 'Silent Night' | Hymn History: Since Jesus Came into My Heart | Super Mario Bros Piano | Hymn History: Count Your Blessings | December 24 ~ On This Day in Music | Hymn History: We’ll Understand It Better By and By | Composers - X | Christmas Countdown: O Holy Night | 10:15 am - 10:45 am EST
Move and Groove Storytime | 5 pm - 6 pm EST
Children's Christmas Musical | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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Christmas Day
Merry Christmas! | Christmas Countdown: Hallelujah Chorus | Christmas Music: What Child Is This? | Hymn History: The Heavens are Telling | December 25 ~ On This Day in Music | Christmas Trains | Journey Through Scotland’s Enchanting Christmas History | Pender Music: Badinerie | Composers - Y | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Preschool Storytime! |
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Happy Boxing Day! | December 26 ~ On This Day in Music | Post-Christmas: The Twelve Days of Christmas | A Parent’s Guide to Piano Maestro | Pender Music: We Believe | Composers - Z | 10 am - 1 pm EST
Herndon Quilters | 10 am - 1 pm EST
English Conversation Group |
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10 Pianos – 80 Fingers | December 27 ~ On This Day in Music | Ukrainian National Anthem from Concert for Ukraine |
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December 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 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EST
3D Printing Basics |
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Request a Lesson Time | December 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 | 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 |
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Piano Lesson Registration | Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 by Ludwig van Beethoven from Concert for Ukraine | December 30 ~ On This Day in Music | Pender Music: Military Polonaise Op. 40 No. 1 in A Major | O Come, All Ye Faithful | Keep Up-To-Date with the Student/Parent Portal | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST
Fairfax Knitters |
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December 31 ~ On This Day in Music | Hymn History: It Is Well With My Soul | Piano For Very Young Children | Happy Hogmanay! | A Children's Message on Christmas Eve | Billy Connolly and the William Tell Overture | Christmas Countdown Conclusion: Auld Lang Syne | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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New Year's Day
First Foot on Hogmanay | Composers - A | “Suite for Woodwind Quintet” by Scott Pender from Concert for Ukraine | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Four | Help Start a Seed Library By Donating Your Seeds! | January 1 ~ On This Day in Music | Mummers Parade | Hymn History: What A Friend We Have In Jesus | Help Start a Seed Library By Donating Your Seeds! | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Preschool Storytime! |
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Online Learning Affirmations | January 2 ~ On This Day in Music | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Five | Hymn History: Great is Thy Faithfulness | Composers - B | Irish Session from Concert for Ukraine | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm EST
Coffee & a Classic: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) |
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Happy Birthday, Victor Borge! | January 3 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - C | Pender Music: Where There is Love | Hymn History: What A Friend We Have In Jesus | Flute Concertino in D major, Op. 107 by Cécile Chaminade from Concert for Ukraine |
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