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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 | 11 am - 12:30 pm EST Noon Year’s Eve Party | 2 pm - 3 pm EST One-on-One Intro to Cricut | 2 pm - 4 pm EST Winter Reading Party | 7 pm - 8 pm EST KUMC/PUMC Fellowship Time | 8 pm - 9 pm EST Watch Night with KUMC |
| January 1
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 | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 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 | Brain Power | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | Irish Session from Concert for Ukraine | 10 am - 11 am EST Little Wiggles Storytime | 10:30 am - 11 am EST Preschool Storytime | 2 pm - 3 pm EST Knits and Knots | 2 pm - 3 pm EST Sip & Solve | 2:30 pm - 4 pm EST Winter Fun Fest | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST Board Game Hour |
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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 | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 11 am - 12 pm EST Calendar Collage | 7 pm - 8:30 pm EST Teen Library Laser Tag |
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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 | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | National Spaghetti Day | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST New Year’s Family Storytime | 3 pm - 5 pm EST Sewing Saturday – Felt Winter Owl |
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Happy Birthday, Alfred Brendel | Quotes - A | January 5 ~ On This Day in Music | Red Hackle Day | Simply Piano Teaches You Piano | Composers - E | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm EST Jigsaw Puzzle and Game Swap |
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Epiphany
Request a Lesson Time | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day One | January 6 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - F | Beatles AI | Sonata Latino: Bossa Merengova by Mike Mower from Concert for Ukraine | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | National Shortbread Day | 10 am - 11:30 am EST Fun with Music | 1 pm - 3 pm EST Scrap Happy: A Weekly Paper Craft Workshop | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EST Stories & Scribbles: Fairy Tales | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST Book Squad | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST Knit Pickers: Knitting Club for All Levels |
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Piano Lesson Registration | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Two | Composers - G | January 7 ~ On This Day in Music | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 2 pm - 3 pm EST One-on-One Intro to Cricut | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST Fairfax Knitters | 7 pm - 8:45 pm EST Mystery Book Club |
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Hymn History: Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us | January 8 ~ On This Day in Music | ☦️ Hymn History: El Shaddai | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | Composers - H | 1 pm - 3 pm EST Mystery Book Club | 6 pm - 7 pm EST AA Open Meeting, |
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January 9 ~ On This Day in Music | Balalaika Orchestra | How do they make Steinway Pianos? | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | Cool Bass Clef | 11:15 am - 12 pm EST DUPLO Read Build And Play Storytime | 2 pm - 3 pm EST Knits and Knots |
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Pender's Carillon Ringers | Composers - J | January 10 ~ On This Day in Music | Bigtime! | Hymn History: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing | Hymn History: Go, All Ye People | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 11 am - 12 pm EST Bubble Dance Party! | 3:30 pm - 5 pm EST Personal Safety 101 |
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January 11 ~ On This Day in Music | Composers - K | Hymn History: On Eagle’s Wings | The Fiery Spectacle of Burghead’s Burning of the Clavie! | Hymn History: For the Beauty of the Earth | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 10:30 am - 12 pm EST National Vision Board Day |
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Composers - L | January 12 ~ On This Day in Music | Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 1 pm - 2:30 pm EST Crafter-noon: Penguin Pebble Art | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST Ready, Set, Play! |
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Request a Lesson Time | January 13: On This Day in Music | Today is Rubber Ducky Day! | Friday the 13th – NO! | Composers - M | A Helpful Book For Parents or Adult Students | Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice ~ Day Six | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 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 | 5 pm - 6 pm EST Maker Monday: STEAM Olympics | 6 pm - 9 pm EST Writers of Chantilly |
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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 | January 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 | In Memory of Peter Schickle, P.D.Q. Bach | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | Keep Up-To-Date with the Student/Parent Portal | 2 pm - 3 pm EST One-on-One Intro to Cricut | 4:30 pm - 6 pm EST Brick Buddies: Build a House! | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST Fairfax Knitters | 10:15 pm - 10:45 pm EST Music with Miss Shannon |
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Happy Birthday, Gene Krupa! | Brain Power | January 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 | Hymn History: Lift Every Voice and Sing | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Lunar New Year Scavenger Hunt | Composers - O | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | All about Piano Pedals | 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST Drop-In Teen Center | 6 pm - 7 pm EST AA Open Meeting, | 6 pm - 8 pm EST Math Night w/Mathnasium |
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Composers - P | Lego Grand Piano | January 16 ~ 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 | Hymn History: Because He Lives | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 2 pm - 3 pm EST Knits and Knots | 2 pm - 3 pm EST Sip & Solve |
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Hymn History: Standing on the Promises | Manuscript of Mozart’s Piano Sonata K331 Discovered in Budapest in 2014 | Giving Thanks: Day Seventeen | January 17 ~ On This Day in Music | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | Composers - Q | Christmas Music, 'Above All Sing Spiritually' | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 11 am - 12 pm EST Memory Bingo: 60s Edition |
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What Does Music Mean? Leonard Bernestein | Composers - R | Piano Lessons For Very Young Children ~ Wunderkeys | January 18 ~ On This Day in Music | Hymn History: Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus | Pender Music: A Prayer for Healing | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Pender's Sanctuary Choir Presented 'Entertain the Angels | The Nicholas Brothers | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 10:30 am - 11 am EST Family Storytime | 10:30 am - 12 pm EST Saturday Family Fun: Puzzle Day | 11 am - 12 pm EST Animal Tea Party | 2 pm - 5 pm EST Burke Centre Boardgames |
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January 19: On This Day in Music | National Popcorn Day | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Giving Thanks: Day Nineteen | Composers - S | Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST Mitten Crafts |
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Martin Luther King Day
Request a Lesson Time | What George Gershwin’s Steinway Teaches Us About Technology | Composers - T | Chopsticks! | January 20: On This Day in Music | How to Create a “Practice Nest” | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | 40 Days of Thankfulness | It All Started With a Train | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | Technic Series: Scales and Arpeggios | 10 am - 11:30 am EST Fun with Music | 10:30 am - 3 pm EST MLK Service and Learning Day | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST Book Squad | 7 pm - 8:30 pm EST Family Movie Night |
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Piano Lesson Registration | Giving Thanks: Day Twenty One | January 21: On This Day in Music | Super Mario Bros Theme for Piano | 5 Things Parents Should Do Before Driving To Piano Lessons | Pender Music: How Beautiful | Kid's Night with Balloon Art | Get your Kids to the Keyboard! | Hymn History: Amazing Grace | Squirrel Appreciation Day | National Hug Day | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | Piano Lessons from the Past | 2 pm - 3 pm EST One-on-One Intro to Cricut | 2 pm - 3 pm EST Social Security: Understanding Your Benefits presented by the AARP | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST Fairfax Knitters |
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Piano Exercises: Hanon | Composers - V | January 22: On This Day in Music | Hymn HIstory: We've a Story to Tell to the Nations | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | National Polka Dot Day | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST Digital Minds | 5 pm - 6 pm EST Family Self Defense | 6 pm - 7 pm EST AA Open Meeting, |
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1752 ~ Muzio Clementi's Birthday | 1837 ~ John Field died | January 23: On This Day in Music | Thanksgiving-ish | Composers - W | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Eating Today? | Jesus, the Boundless Love to Me | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 10:30 am - 12 pm EST Open Playtime | 2 pm - 3 pm EST Knits and Knots | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST Junior Geologists Lab | 5 pm - 6 pm EST Family Self Defense |
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Hymn History: Since Jesus Came into My Heart | Super Mario Bros Piano | Hymn History: Count Your Blessings | January 24: On This Day in Music | National Compliment Day | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Composers - X | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 10:30 am - 11:15 am EST Build with Play-Doh and Pasta | 11 am - 12 pm EST Bubble Dance Party! | 4 pm - 5:45 pm EST Teen Board Game Club |
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10 Pianos – 80 Fingers | January 25: On This Day in Music | Burns Night | Pender Music: Badinerie | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Hands On Harvests Seed Swap | Composers - Y | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 10:30 am - 12 pm EST Create a Vision Board | 11 am - 12 pm EST Korean Lunar New Year Festival | 11 am - 12 pm EST Animal Tea Party | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EST Korean Lunar New Year Festival, | 2 pm - 3 pm EST Lunar New Year Craft: Year of the Snake | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EST Winter Reading Magic Show with Jonathan Austin | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST Simple Science: STEAM Activities |
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In Memory: My Piano Teacher, Howard Lebow | January 26: On This Day in Music | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Composers - Z | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 11:30 am - 12 pm EST Celebrate Lunar New Year with a Lion Dance Performance | 2 pm - 2:30 pm EST Celebrate Lunar New Year with a Lion Dance Performance | 4 pm - 4:30 pm EST Celebrate Lunar New Year with a Lion Dance Performance |
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Request a Lesson Time | Happy Birthday, Mozart! | Happy Birthday, John Schaum! | January 27: On This Day in Music | National Chocolate Cake Day | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Ukrainian National Anthem from Concert for Ukraine | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 10 am - 11:30 am EST Fun with Music | 2 pm - 3:30 pm EST Walkin Tech Clinic | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST Wee Got the Beat at Herndon Library | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST Book Squad |
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Piano Lesson Registration | January 28: On This Day in Music | Don't Miss Out! | Music and Mathematics: The Fibonacci sequence | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | The Widor Toccata Organ Symphony Movement V from Concert for Ukraine | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | Beethoven’s Archduke Trio | What You Need to Know about Sheet Music | 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 Paper Star Jars for Teens | 6:30 pm - 8 pm EST Fairfax Knitters | 7 pm - 8:30 pm EST Kingstowne Crafters: Herringbone Art |
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January 29: On This Day in Music | Hymn History: Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart | Hymn History: Here I Am, Lord | Piano For Very Young Children | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Harp: En bateau (Sailing) from Concert for Ukraine | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST Teen Kindness Rock Painting | 2 pm - 3 pm EST Animal Portrait Painting Party | 3 pm - 4 pm EST Hungry Hungry Hippos LIVE! | 3:30 pm - 5 pm EST Celebrating Winter with STEM! | 5 pm - 6 pm EST Family Self Defense | 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 | January 30: On This Day in Music | Composers - I | Pender Music: Military Polonaise Op. 40 No. 1 in A Major | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | 10:30 am - 12 pm EST Open Playtime | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST Builders Play | 2 pm - 3 pm EST Knits and Knots | 5 pm - 6 pm EST Family Self Defense | 7 pm - 8:30 pm EST Centreville Sewciety: Sewing Club for All Levels |
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Playing the Piano is Hard? | January 31: On This Day in Music | Hymn History: It Is Well With My Soul | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | A Parent’s Guide to Piano Maestro | Winter Mitten Scavenger Hunt | Billy Connolly and the William Tell Overture | 2 pm - 3 pm EST Hands-Only CPR Class |
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Composers - A | “Suite for Woodwind Quintet” by Scott Pender from Concert for Ukraine | February 1: On This Day in Music | Pender Music: Where There is Love | Teens! Sign up for Pender's Poetry Slam | 10:30 am - 11:30 am EST Family Valentine’s Storytime! | 12 pm - 3 pm EST Black History Month at the Meeting House | 2 pm - 3 pm EST Valentine STEAM |
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