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First Sunday of Advent
Composers - A | “Suite for Woodwind Quintet” by Scott Pender from Concert for Ukraine | December 1 ~ On This Day in Music | Christmas Countdown: Sleigh Ride | 10 am - 11:30 am EST
Gift-Making Workshop | 2 pm - 4 pm EST
NaNoWriMo Celebration | 2:30 pm - 4 pm EST
C³ – Chantilly’s Creative Corner |
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Request a Lesson Time | Online Learning Affirmations | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day One | More Music Opportunities | December 2 ~ On This Day in Music | Christmas Countdown: Joy To The World | Composers - B | Hymn History: What A Friend We Have In Jesus | Hymn History: Come, Thou Almighty King | Irish Session from Concert for Ukraine | 10 am - 11:30 am EST
Fun with Music | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Wee Got the Beat at Herndon Library | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Book Squad | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
John Marshall Art Club: Winter Crafts! |
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Piano Lesson Registration | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Two | December 3 ~ On This Day in Music | Christmas Countdown: I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day | Composers - C | Hymn History: Great is Thy Faithfulness | Advent Begins | Flute Concertino in D major, Op. 107 by Cécile Chaminade from Concert for Ukraine | Keep Up-To-Date with the Student/Parent Portal | 10 am - 3:30 pm EST
DMV Connect at Chantilly Library | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
One-on-One Intro to Cricut | 6 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Paper Quilling Holiday Cards |
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Christmas Countdown: Just In Time For Christmas | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Three | December 4~ On This Day in Music | Composers - D | “Quia resplicit” from Bach’s Magnificat in D Major | Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting | Clair de lune by Claude Debussy from Concert for Ukraine | 10 am - 11 am EST
STORYTIME at the Hirshhorn | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
Bingocize® | 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Drop-In Teen Center | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Lego Club | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Four | Quotes - A | Christmas Countdown: Angels We Have Heard On High | Simply Piano Teaches You Piano | Composers - E | December 5 ~ On This Day in Music | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
Knits and Knots | 4 pm - 5 pm EST
Make an Orange Pomander! |
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Hymn History: Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us | Christmas Countdown: Carol of the Bells/Ukrainian Bell Carol | December 6 ~ On This Day in Music | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Five | Composers - F | Beatles AI | Sonata Latino: Bossa Merengova by Mike Mower from Concert for Ukraine | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Playdate Cafe at Herndon Library | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
Bingocize® | 2 pm - 4 pm EST
Amigurumi for Beginners |
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Christmas Countdown: Hark the Herald Angels Sing | Hymn History: People, Look East | Holiday Gift and Craft Show | Holiday Gift and Craft Show | Composers - G | December 7 ~ On This Day in Music | Pender Music: Where There is Love | 9 am - 2 pm EST
Children’s Holiday Shoppe | 10:30 am - 12 pm EST
Fairfax Holiday Decoration Swap | 10:30 am - 2:30 pm EST
Kids’ Christmas Shopping Experience | 11 am - 12 pm EST
Nutcracker Storytime Theatre | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
Winter Watercolors | 3 pm - 7 pm EST
German Christmas Market | 4 pm - 5 pm EST
Christmas Caroling | 5 pm - 10 pm EST
Manassas Park Light Parade |
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Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Christmas Countdown: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear | Holiday Gift and Craft Show | Holiday Gift and Craft Show | December 8 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - H | 10:30 am - 2:30 pm EST
Kids’ Christmas Shopping Experience | 1 pm - 2:30 pm EST
Artful Afternoon | 2 pm - 4 pm EST
LightUp Winter Holiday Pins | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Gift-Making Workshop | 3 pm - 4 pm EST
Concert: US Air Force Band Woodwind Quintet |
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Request a Lesson Time | Christmas Countdown: Mary Did You Know | December 9 ~ On This Day in Music | Balalaika Orchestra | ☦️ Hymn History: El Shaddai | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Six | How do they make Steinway Pianos? | 10 am - 11:30 am EST
Fun with Music | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Book Squad | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Art Class for Kids | 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Community Reading of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens | 6 pm - 9 pm EST
Writers of Chantilly |
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Christmas Countdown O Come, O Come Emmanuel | Piano Lesson Registration | Composers - J | Incentives: Bravo Badges | December 10 ~ On This Day in Music | Handbells | Hymn History: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing | Day Seven ~ Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
One-on-One Intro to Cricut | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST
Take and Color – Coloring Inside or Outside the Lines | 7 pm - 8 pm EST
Fireside Cafe |
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Christmas Countdown: Ding Dong! Merrily On High | December 11 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - K | Hymn History: On Eagle’s Wings | Hymn History: For the Beauty of the Earth | 10 am - 11 am EST
STORYTIME at the Hirshhorn | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
Bingocize® | 2 pm - 4 pm EST
LightUp Winter Holiday Pins | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, | 7 pm - 8 pm EST
Froebel Star Ornaments, Adults Only Session |
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Christmas Countdown: Still, Still, Still | Composers - L | Pender's Carillon Ringers | December 12 ~ On This Day in Music | Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique | A Helpful Book For Parents or Adult Students | Cool Bass Clef | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
Knits and Knots | 4 pm - 5 pm EST
Concert: The Mount Vernon Varsity Singers | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Hats and Hot Cocoa for Teens |
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Christmas Countdown: The Alfred Burt Carols | December 13 ~ On This Day in Music | Bigtime! | Composers - M | Hymn History: The Lord's Prayer | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Playdate Cafe at Herndon Library | 2 pm - 4 pm EST
Paper Quilling: Snowflake Ornament |
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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 | 9 am - 11 am EST
Breakfast with Santa | 11 am - 1 pm EST
Holiday Open House | 11 am - 3 pm EST
Holiday Open House | 11:30 am - 12 pm EST
The Sugar Plum Bakers: A Tale of 12 Holiday Treats | 2 pm - 3:30 pm EST
DIY Snowman Ornaments | 2 pm - 4 pm EST
Holiday Tea | 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Crafternoon: Painted Brick Books | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Winter Music with the NOVA Mountain Dulcimers |
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Christmas Countdown: The First Noel | December 15 ~ On This Day in Music | Christmas Music: Christmastime | Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks | Composers - O | All about Piano Pedals | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
W&OD – Northern Virginia’s Railroad | 2 pm - 4:30 pm EST
World Children’s Choir Broadcast | 3 pm - 4 pm EST
DIY Snow Globes | 4 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Home for the Holidays Concert |
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Request a Lesson Time | Beethoven's Birthday! | Christmas Countdown: The Birthday of a King | Composers - P | 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 | 40 Days of Thankfulness | 10 am - 11:30 am EST
Fun with Music | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Wee Got the Beat at Herndon Library | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Book Squad | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST
Craft Club – Snowflake Painted Rocks | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST
Teen Crafting: Sharpie Mugs |
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Christmas Countdown: We Three Kings | Hymn History: Standing on the Promises | Piano Lesson Registration | 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 | Kid's Night with Balloon Art | Composers - Q | Christmas Music, 'Above All Sing Spiritually' | Keep Up-To-Date with the Student/Parent Portal | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
One-on-One Intro to Cricut | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Kids Crafternoon | 4:30 pm - 5 pm EST
Memory Bingo: Holiday Edition | 7 pm - 8:30 pm EST
DIY Pinecone Christmas Tree | 7 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Kingstowne Crafters: Snowmen |
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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 | Hymn History: Majesty | Pender Music: 'Jesus, the Boundless Love to Me' | 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 am EST
Let it Snow Storytime | 10:30 am - 11 am EST
Toddler Storytime – Reading with a Cop | 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Drop-In Teen Center | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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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 | Hymn History: We’ll Understand It Better By and By | Giving Thanks: Day Nineteen | Composers - S | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
Knits and Knots | 6 pm - 6:30 pm EST
Santa on a Firetruck |
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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” | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | It All Started With a Train | Christmas Music: Angels We Have Heard on High | Technic Series: Scales and Arpeggios | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Playdate Cafe at Herndon Library | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Ballet and Bookworms |
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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 | Pender Music: A Prayer for Healing | Hymn History: Amazing Grace | Pender Music: Under His Wings | Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie) | Piano Lessons from the Past | 10 am - 6 pm EST
Holiday Open House | 10:30 am - 12 pm EST
Holiday Crafting for Kids | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Sing Holiday Books with Miss Emily! | 11 am - 11:30 am EST
Dreidel Storytime Special | 4 pm - 5 pm EST
Cookie Swap and Decorating |
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Composers - V | December 22 ~ On This Day in Music | Christmas Countdown: Adeste Fideles | Hymn HIstory: We've a Story to Tell to the Nations | Christmas Music: Flash Mob | Bargemusic! | 12 pm - 2 pm EST
Quilting 102! |
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Request a Lesson Time | December 23 ~ On This Day in Music | Get your Kids to the Keyboard! | Thanksgiving-ish | Christmas Music:Pat-A-Pan | Composers - W | Eating Today? | Jesus, the Boundless Love to Me | The Most Educational Christmas Carol Ever ~ “Intervals Roasting” | 10 am - 11:30 am EST
Fun with Music | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Holiday Sing-Along | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Book Squad | 6 pm - 8 pm EST
Holiday Wrapping Party | 6 pm - 9 pm EST
Writers of Chantilly |
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Christmas Eve
Franz Gruber composed the music for 'Silent Night' | Hymn History: Since Jesus Came into My Heart | Piano Lesson Registration | Super Mario Bros Piano | Hymn History: Count Your Blessings | December 24 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - X | Christmas Countdown: O Holy Night | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
One-on-One Intro to Cricut | 5 pm - 6 pm EST
Children's Christmas Musical |
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Chanukah/Hanukkah
Christmas Day
Merry Christmas! | Christmas Countdown: Hallelujah Chorus | Christmas Music: What Child Is This? | December 25 ~ On This Day in Music | Christmas Trains | Journey Through Scotland’s Enchanting Christmas History | Pender Music: Badinerie | Piano For Very Young Children | Composers - Y | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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Happy Boxing Day! | Hymn History: The Heavens are Telling | December 26 ~ On This Day in Music | Post-Christmas: The Twelve Days of Christmas | Composers - Z | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
Knits and Knots |
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Playing the Piano is Hard? | December 27 ~ On This Day in Music | Ukrainian National Anthem from Concert for Ukraine | A Parent’s Guide to Piano Maestro | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST
Musical Instrument Petting Zoo | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
Science for Kids – Electricity | 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Teen Gingerbread House Building |
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10 Pianos – 80 Fingers | December 28 ~ On This Day in Music | Don't Miss Out! | 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 - 12:30 pm EST
Pine Cone Snowy Owl Craft |
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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 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Teen Bead Bracelets |
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Request a Lesson Time | 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 | 10 am - 11:30 am EST
Fun with Music | 2 pm - 2:30 pm EST
Toil and Trouble Escape Room at Herndon Library | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Wee Got the Beat at Herndon Library | 3 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Kids Can Cook: Yogurt Sundaes | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Book Squad |
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Piano Lesson Registration | December 31 ~ On This Day in Music | Hymn History: It Is Well With My Soul | Happy Hogmanay! | A Children's Message on Christmas Eve | Billy Connolly and the William Tell Overture | Christmas Countdown Conclusion: Auld Lang Syne | Keep Up-To-Date with the Student/Parent Portal | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
One-on-One Intro to Cricut |
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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 Three | January 1 ~ On This Day in Music | “Quia resplicit” from Bach’s Magnificat in D Major | Mummers Parade | Hymn History: What A Friend We Have In Jesus | 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST
Drop-In Teen Center | 6 pm - 7 pm EST
AA Open Meeting, |
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Last Day of Chanukah
Online Learning Affirmations | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Four | January 2 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - B | Hymn History: Come, Thou Almighty King | Irish Session from Concert for Ukraine | 10 am - 11 am EST
Little Wiggles Storytime | 2 pm - 3 pm EST
Knits and Knots |
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Happy Birthday, Victor Borge! | January 3 ~ On This Day in Music | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Five | Composers - C | Hymn History: Great is Thy Faithfulness | Hymn History: What A Friend We Have In Jesus | Flute Concertino in D major, Op. 107 by Cécile Chaminade from Concert for Ukraine | 11 am - 12 pm EST
Calendar Collage |
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About Carnegie Hall | January 4 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - D | Pender Music: Where There is Love | Clair de lune by Claude Debussy from Concert for Ukraine | National Spaghetti Day |
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