Lake Claire's Got Music!
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August 2010 Newsletter of the Lake Claire Neighbors • A Neighborhood Association • www.LakeClaire.org V.17, #08 Lake Claire’s Got Rhythm! Lake Claire’s Got Music! Yes indeed, we certainly do— in the persons of four talented women who nurture the gifts of rhythm and music in our neigh- borhood’s youngest residents. If you’re a parent, you probably already know Ms. Laura, Ms. April, Ms. Julie, and Ms. Emily. These energetic ladies offer a plethora of classes tailored to the needs of children from newborn through eight years old. From language skills to motor coordination, movement to pitch, these classes lay the treasures of rhythm and music at your chil- dren’s feet. If you don’t already know these ladies, then the Clarion would like to introduce them to you now. Julie Vazquez Musikal Kids (404) 492-5193 www.musikalkids.com Ms. Julie playing instruments with her students. Location: Scott Boulevard Bap- tist Church, 2532 North Decatur Road, Decatur drop-off, with parent participa- own three small kids. Ages: Newborn to eight years tion at the end of class. In This Issue old All of Ms. Julie’s classes are Laura Gary Class length: 30 minutes, 45 designed to develop your child’s Little Songbirds Music minutes, or an hour, according ability to sing in pitch, to keep (678) 462-0237 2 Safety Report to age rhythm, and to create a lifelong Location: Episcopal Church Sessions: 8 weeks, starting in love of music. of the Epiphany or First United 3 Home & Garden Tour August When not teaching classes at Methodist Church of Decatur Cost: $60–$130 the church location, Ms. Julie is Ages: Newborn to four years 3 Meal Share In Ms. Julie’s classes, younger busy teaching music to all of the old children experience class time City of Decatur pre-K classes at Class length: 50 minutes 4 Event Calendar with their parent. Older chil- College Heights and spending Sessions: 6 weeks, starting in dren’s classes are designed for time with her husband and her fall 2010 4 CSM Housing Program Cost: TBD Children and caregivers come 5 Classifieds to Ms. Laura’s classes for mu- sical enrichment, fellowship, 5 Granny Gordon Update and fun. Here they sing, dance, clap, tap, march, chase bubbles, 5 On Legalese swing with scarves, bang drums, use instruments, and employ a 6 Land Trust News number of other props to help bring the physical connection to 7 Winning Egg Recipe music. The superb mix of songs includes tunes for both little ones 8 Mary Lin News and grown-ups, all appropriate and enriching. 9 Dog Park Update Ms. Laura is richly rewarded every day of music class by the 10 Volunteer Corner smiles of joy on the children’s faces. A mother of two young 10 SoulShine Carnival children, ages three and four, she is finishing up a master’s of 11 LCN Minutes arts in teaching. THE CLARION IS PRINTED ON Rhythm! Music! continued on RECYCLED PAPER. Ms. April, top left, with her students and parents. Page 2 Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org August 2010 2 Rhythm! Music! continued from Page 1 Emily Zdan activities specifically designed to Location: Classes held in a pri- She plays trumpet, guitar, and Kindermusik stimulate early childhood devel- vate Lake Claire home piano and has been teaching for (404) 441-1614 opment and strengthen neural Ages: Newborn to four years the Learning Groove in Lake www.kindermusikwithemily pathways in your child’s mind. old Claire for two fun-filled years. zdan.com Ms. Emily truly loves creating Class length: 45 minutes She’s recently a new mom to Location: Leapin’ Lizards, 185 fun, engaging, and educational Sessions: 8 weeks, starting Coltrane, a nine-month-old baby Sams Street, Decatur music classes for families. September 16 boy, and she now knows first- Ages: Newborn to seven years She feels blessed to be able to Cost: $145 hand just how important music Class length: 45 or 60 minutes combine her two passions for These parent/child classes are is in a child’s life! Sessions: 8 to 15 weeks, start- music and children by teaching a joyful way to help your child So the next time your daughter ing in September as a licensed Kindermusik develop his or her full music or son snaps those fingers and Cost: $90–$190 educator! potential, language skills, motor wriggles those toes in time to the Kindermusik is a music and coordination, and so much more! tune wafting through the radio, movement program for infants, April Groom Ms. April is a longtime lover of consider signing up for one of toddlers, preschoolers, and big The Learning Groove music and enjoys teaching, being these delightful classes. kids; you and your child will (404) 216-8459 silly, singing, and connecting As the song says, “Who could play, listen, and dance to musical www.thelearninggroove.com with children and their parents. ask for anything more?” C L T E DESIGN L lan d scapes for life Curb Appeal Projects Privacy Plantings Native Landscapes Patios, Decks, & Courtyards Drainage Resolution Installation Services Call today for your FREE consultation with a Registered Landscape Architect 678.449.9539 TplusEdesign.com locally owned & operated A Kindermusik Halloween music class. Curb Appeal Safety Report June 2010 With the warm weather comes yard work. Some- times major yard work. Here in Lake Claire, we are BURGLARY fortunate to live in a wonderful neighborhood where Mon 6/7 (10:30– we park on the street and have sidewalks and city 10:45 am)—1900 block garbage pickup. Lately, there seems to be a gap be- DeKalb Ave. NE, tween the yard trimmings and the yard waste city parking lot pickup. So when we walk along our sidewalks or try 2002 Ford Explorer to park on our streets, we encounter piles of yard Someone damaged the trimmings. Sometimes these piles stay put for weeks �������������� ������������������ � driver’s side door lock and on end, making the overall curb appeal of the neigh- stole listed items. Taken: borhood decrease. ��������� $1,450 cash. Victim lives Don’t fret! There is a solution, and an easy one. in Stone Mountain. ������������������ There are numbers we can call to report these piles or CARJACKING ������������������� request the city to make a special trip out to retrieve Mon 6/7 (11:36 pm)—300 our yard waste, and even old discarded furniture, block Gordon Ave. NE which is also appearing more frequently with spring ���������������� Victim 1: W/F, 33 YOA cleaning and house reconstruction. ������������������ Victim 2: W/F, 25 YOA For yard and trash pickup: (404) 330-6333, Weapon: Handgun www.atlantaga.gov/media/trashgarbage_ Victims advised they were 102004.aspx ��������������� sitting in their vehicle For curbside recycling: www.atlantaga.gov/ ����������� ����� � at location when 2 B/Ms government/publicworks/dpwrecyclingprogram_ ����������������������������� approached. One of the 08192008.aspx suspects tapped on the Please keep these numbers on hand and use them, window with a handgun either for yourself or for a neighbor who might have �� � � � � ��������������������� � � and said, “Give it up.” misplaced them. And let’s help the city pickup folks Both victims got out of want to keep our streets clean by making it easy for �� � ������������������ � the vehicle, and the two them to pick up our piles: gather sticks and branches suspects got in, along ����������������� into small bundles tied with string and fill yard bags with two other B/Ms who to an appropriate level. Making a conscious commu- got into the backseat. All nity effort to maintain the curb appeal of our eclectic four suspects fled in the and friendly neighborhood can only benefit us by at- victim’s vehicle. ������������������ tracting more conscious and environmentally friendly Taken: 2006 Mazda MZ3, �������������� new neighbors. And it will help us enjoy more scenic GA Tag# AGM9229 ���������������������� walks through the ’hood! Suspects: 4 B/Ms — A neighbor August 2010 Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org 3 Lake Claire Officers for 2010 Newsletter Staff Live, Eat, President: Glenn Frankel, [email protected] Editor: Heidi Hill, [email protected] Share VP, Communications: Tish Ganey, [email protected] Advertising: Emily Veazey, [email protected] A Neighbor Launches the VP, Environment: Elise Cormier, [email protected] Distribution: Katie Brady, [email protected] Lake Claire Meal Share VP, Finance: Cara Stevens, [email protected] Layout: Tim Harrison, [email protected] VP, Safety: Jennifer Horn, [email protected] Webmaster: Tish Ganey, [email protected] Inspired by all the ba- VP, Zoning: Dan White, [email protected] bies being born in the The Clarion is published monthly. The deadline for NPU Rep: Kathy Evans, [email protected]; alternate: neighborhood, Palifox advertising and editorial consideration is the 15th of Jennifer Sams resident and mom of two the month preceding publication. Claudia Tillman has or- Lake Claire Neighbors ganized the Lake Claire P.O. Box 5942 Atlanta, GA 31107 (404) 236-9526 Meal Share. Here’s the Visit www.lakeclaire.org to sign up for the newscasts—timely updates on happenings in Lake Claire! concept, in her words: I would like to intro- duce the Lake Claire Meal From the Editor Share—just an organized We’ve had some changes at the we’ll miss her here. But she’ll trade, so he’s perfectly suited to puz- way to spread neighborly Clarion, and I want to extend a still be contributing in a big way zling out the layout of our paper. love to those who have wel- heartfelt thank-you and a hearty as VP of Communications for Last but not least, Katie Brady comed babies, are battling welcome to three amazing folks. Lake Claire Neighbors. If you has been managing the distribu- illness, or are in some Tish Ganey, our longtime lay- see her around, be sure to say tion of the Clarion for a few months, other need and could use out designer (three-plus years!), thanks for her years of service.