admin | May 19, 2010 | 11:00 am
Hello Everyone!
…feeling blessed by the recent rain…
#1. FREE Demo Class @ UCLA Family Commons:
Wednesday, May 19th, 10:15 – 11:15am
1221 2nd Street, Santa Monica
(Between Arizona & Wilshire, across from First Pres. Preschool)
Lots of parking nearby.
You can stop by the Farmers Market before or after class!
PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!!
To register: 310. 395-5650 or www.uclacommons.com
This demo class is ONLY for families who have never been to the Commons before.
Next 5 CLASS SERIES starts Wednesday, MAY 26th and ends
JUNE 22nd.
#2. AARON NIGEL SMITH, (our sweet, talented producer of Moo Moo’s upcoming CD!), is bringing his Palisades Children Choir to the Electric Lodge this SUNDAY, MAY 23rd @ 5:00pm. Tickets are $10.
Rumor has it (from a very reliable source!) that special guest, ZIGGY MARLEY, will be there to sing along as well!
Should be a very cool concert…
#3. VERY last 2 shows for PRINCESS BEAN, (quirky, fun, upbeat musical for 3 to 10 year olds), this Saturday, MAY 22nd, 1:00 and 3:30pm @ the Electric Lodge!! Then they’re off to NYC to film it!
Jasper and I hope to see you there!
Namaste to all,
JulieAnne and the Moo Moo Team
Kathryn, Christiane, Kathleen, Joanna, Sarah, Tiffany and Sheeva
admin | May 2, 2010 | 8:00 am
Hi Everyone,
TWO FREE EVENTS: (One of them is TONIGHT!)
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#1: MOO MOO MUSICA, VENICE DEL PLAY and THE ELECTRIC LODGE are teaming up again and offering another FREE FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT*, TONIGHT, SUNDAY, MAY 2nd – 5:00-8:00pm.
*It’s a BRING YOUR OWN PILLOW AND BLANKET kind of evening.
*FOOD: Taco Truck, Organic Hot Chocolate and Delicious Homemade Cookies.
*WHAT: 5:00 – 6:00 pm MOO MOO MUSICA Mini-Concert
HEAL THE BAY short
6:15 – 7:40 pm MOVIE: MONKEY TROUBLE
(with Harvey Keitel, Mimi Rogers, Christopher MacDonald and a very young Thora Birch!)
*WHERE: Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Lodge, Venice (Between California and Milwood)
(free on-site parking)
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#2: MOTHERS DAY CELEBRATION at UCLA Family Commons
FREE 2 day event
May 7th and 8th
Moo Moo Musica – FREE class: 12 – 1pm on Friday, May 7th
There’s also Eco-Crafting, Yoga, Fun and Fitness for Preschoolers, Chair Massage and more!
Enjoy!
JulieAnne Searles and the Moo Moo Musica Team
www.moomoomusica.com
admin | March 21, 2010 | 7:00 am
Hi all,
Perfect weather for the LA Marathon runners today!
They’ll be finishing the race at the SANTA MONICA PIER (some I’m sure have already finished!) all day long. There’ll be festivities there at the Pier ALL DAY LONG, mostly on the North side…bands, food, all sorts of fun, etc.
Well, MOO MOO MUSICA has partnered with HEAL THE BAY and they are in turn partnered with the LA MARATHON so….we’ll be at the SM Pier as well (SOUTH SIDE – Where it will be a bit quieter) all afternoon till about 6 pm.
If you enjoy the beach and crowds please join us at our tents for YOGA classes, beach clean-up (and prizes!). We’re encouraging people to bring their stashed ONE-TIME-USE PLASTIC BAGS for beach clean-ups and we’ll use them in out future clean-ups. Prizes will be given for the most amount of bags brought in. We’ll be continuing this for several months so you can bring the bags into Moo Moo classes at the Electric Lodge or UCLA Family Commons during class times…please! OR join us for one of our next HEAL THE BEACH Clean-ups IN APRIL and MAY!
A warning about PARKING today…this is first year the LA Marathon has arranged this sort of event and they expect Huge crowds. Walk, Bike or Stroll in if possible!
THANK YOU TO SM COOP, ONE LIFE MARKET, FU-YOGA and SANTA MONICA YOGA for their generous donations of time and prizes for today’s event.
Cheers to all, JulieAnne Searles, MFT
admin | March 3, 2010 | 1:30 am
HEAL THE BAY & MOO MOO
& our beach buddies….
Venice del Play & LA Surf & Swim
come together to help our local beach and Marine life. Yep! We officially adopted a section of our local beach this year (between Lifeguard Station #26 and #27)and will be organizing several opportunities for everyone to come help make it safer/cleaner for our children and local marine life.
BEACH CLEANUP #1
SAT. MARCH 6th – 10:00am – 12:00pm
* 2600 Barnard Way (end of Ocean Park Blvd), Santa Monica
* Temporary/Short-term Parking Lot to the Right – near Grass and Palm Trees ($2/2 hour parking)
* All Day Parking Lot if you go straight ($7)
* Follow the Beach Deck (in between the bathrooms) out to the Red & Blue Tents near Lifeguard Tower #26
admin | February 27, 2010 | 1:07 pm
Hi Everyone!
With this crazy weather…
We have officially rescheduled BEACH CLEANUP #1 with HEAL THE BAY until next week,
SATURDAY – MARCH 6th @ 10-12noon.
admin | January 17, 2010 | 2:12 pm
Happy MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY!
1. CLASS ON MONDAY, 1/18
Yes… there will definitely be class on Monday, January 18th @ 9:30am.
2. HAITI RELIEF Many ways to help..
We would like to help Haiti by donating Moo Moo Musica T-shirts for sale during the next week of class. The money we receive will be donated to ARTISTS FOR PEACE and JUSTICE. (www.artistsforpeaceandjustice.org) 100% of donations given to this organization actually reaches those in need. On the board are artists such as Oliver Stone, Charlize Theron, and Diane Lane.
There are many other organizations doing excellent work;
Doctors Without Borders, Operation USA (www.opusa.org), Partners in Health (www.pih.org) are some examples. You can deliver gently used shoes to Sport Chalet (or bring them to class and we’ll take them for you) and
“SOLES 4 SOULS” will deliver them to Haiti next month. Sport Chalet will take donations until Jan. 31st.
3. PENNIES FOR PEACE (Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea and Stones Into Schools)
We are, of course, still collecting pennies…(over $650 worth so far!) for schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Most of the schools are for girls as the Taliban do not allow them to be educated.
SEE GREG MORTENSON ON PBS with Bill Moyers to understand what this incredible organization is doing. http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/01152010/watch2.html You can also hear Greg speak on Tuesday, Feb. 2nd, 7:00-8:15pm at Loyola Marymount. It’s FREE, however, you need to make a reservation. (lmu.edu then go to the Community Section)
Thank you so much to all of you who have brought in pennies and dollars, and/or bought our donated juices and slippers. It really does add up! 1 penny buys a pencil, 1 dollar buys an entire month of aducation for a child. An amazingly simple way to help our little sisters in these two countries.
4. NEW CLASSES at UCLA Family Commons in Santa Monica!
Moo Moo Musica is honored to have been invited to this beautiful new center in Santa Monica on 2nd and Wilshire (right across from First Presbyterian Preschool). We will be starting the first week of February and will post the completed schedule on our website very soon.
5. New BIRTHDAY PARTY COORDINATOR!
Kathryn Farren, who co-teaches our John Muir Elementary music program, has happily taken on the role of Birthday Party Coordinator. She can help with all aspects of planning from finding spaces (not always easy on the Westside) to helping with which activites/songs would be most fun and memorable for your little ones special day! Welcome Kathryn!!
Happy 2010,
JulieAnne & The Moo Moo Musica Team
admin | December 3, 2009 | 2:10 pm
1. NEW WINTER SCHEDULE STARTS DECEMBER 7th:
Monday 9:30am
Tuesday 11:00 am
Thursday 10:45am
Thursday 3:30pm
Friday 10:00am
2. BIRTHDAY DRUMMING
Join us in Celebrating JulieAnne’s Birthday (Whee! She’s 53!) with Te’Amir, our Afro-Brazilian Drummer
Tomorrow, Friday, 12/4, for both 9:00am and 10:00am classes
Monday, 12/7 9:30am
3. SIBLINGS COME FOR FREE
Just a reminder, twins and triplets come for the price of one.
Siblings come for free… so you can bring your baby, toddler and preschooler/kindergartner or older ALL KIDS COME FOR THE PRICE OF ONE CHILD.
4. UPCOMING EVENTS:
Friday, 12/4; 12:30 – 5:00pm SMASH Holiday Boutique, Food, arts and crafts, lots to do and buy, Ocean Park & 5th, SM
Saturday, 12/5; 10-4pm; COEUR D’ALENE Elementary Holiday Fair, in Venice
Sunday, 12/6; @ 11:00am; Peter Himmelman Kids Concert, Air Conditioned Supper Club, Lincoln & Vernon in Venice
Saturday, 12/12 and 12/19; @ 12:30pm PRINCESS BEAN’S MESSY WORLD, the Children’s Musical at the Electric Lodge (no perf. on 12/5) www.princessbean.net
Saturday, 12/12; 5-7pm, Holiday Family Dance Jam
Saturday, 12/12; @ 5:55pm, Holiday Boat Parade in Marina Del Rey
Saturday, 12/12; 11am-12pm, Childrens Concert, Namaste Womens Choir, 4464 Sepulveda, Culver City www.namastewomenschoir.org $5-child, $10-adult
Sunday, 12/13; Evening, Venice Canals Boat Parade Sunday
JulieAnne & The Moo Moo Musica Staff
admin | November 25, 2009 | 2:09 pm
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
1. Here’s the Thanksgiving schedule… NO classes on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day (11/26). THERE WILL BE CLASS ON FRIDAY, (11/27) … 10:00 am ONLY. There will be no 9:00am class. Check our website for the Winter Schedule…
2. WHEE! JulieAnne is turning 53! Come celebrate JulieAnne’s Birthday with Te’Amir and his Afro-Brazilian drumming:
Friday,December 4, 9:00 and 10:00 am
Monday, December 7, 9:30am
3. Check out the Website www.moomoomusica.com for the Moo Moo Musica Mooovie! You may see your child!
4. PRINCESS BEAN, a very fun, “politically correct” rock musical for 2-12 year old boys and girls is coming back to the Electric Lodge! Showtimes are Saturdays, December 5, 12 and 19 @ 12:30 AND you’ll receive a FREE CD of their fun, rockin’ music! Directed by Clare Carey, a fellow Moo Moo Musica mom (Lucy and James mom).
JulieAnne & The Moo Moo Team
admin | November 17, 2009 | 12:42 pm
In Case you are looking for something FUN to do this Thursday Night…
We’re showing “Flipper” at 6:00pm and before that we’ll be having fun with a couple of the tunes from Moo Moo Musica’s upcoming CD and then Tom Freund with HUG TREES will play a mini-concert for everyone. There’ll be a bouncer, sparkle temporary tattoos and yummy Hot Cocoa from Whole Foods and delicious food from the Green Truck (the cocoa and food cost a little something).We were planning to have it outside (“Sustainable Drive-In”) but it looks like it might be cold so we’ll go upstairs to the theater inside. Hope you can join us for Flipper and all the rest!
JulieAnne & Moo Moo Musica Team
For more information about all Green Screen Environmental Events taking place at the Electric Lodge, November 19-22, please visit greenscreenfilmfestival.com
admin | October 31, 2009 | 12:37 pm
Moo Moo Musica wishes everyone a very safe, fun Halloween!
*Halloween Carnival!
The Electric Lodge in Venice (include link to E. Lodge here) is hosting a Halloween Carnival on Saturday, October 31 from 2 -5 pm. There will be games ( my son, Jasper, will be helping with those!), lots of food, videos, fun with costumes, etc. Should be a good time … We hope to see there!
*Super Saturday classes (9:45 am)
We have just a few Saturday classes left (10/31, 11/7, 11/14) before the Holiday schedule kicks in. Starting in December we hope to have one Saturday morning class each month with LIVE MUSIC! Very exciting! We’ll let you know as it all unfolds!
*Let’s All Stay Healthy!
Just a reminder to all during these especially challenging (health-wise) times…
PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR CHILD TO CLASS IF THEY HAVE A RUNNY NOSE (OR OTHER OBVIOUS HEALTH ISSUE) Sometimes a child that seems “unusually quiet or tired” may be struggling with a health issue.
Our generous policy of “come to any class, whenever it feels right for you and your child” was to ENCOURAGE ADULT NURTURERS TO NOT TREAT THEMSELVES OR THEIR CHILDREN LIKE OBJECTS and come to class when they were extremely tired or sick. to As a mother and a psychotherapist, it seemed absolutely natural and necessary (!) to offer a more nurturer-and-child-friendly policy than what was currently available when we started almost 8 years ago.
Thank you for having respect and compassion for yourselves, these gorgeous children and our wonderful community and LET’S ALL STAY HEALTHY!
Namaste, (the Highest in me bows to the Highest in you)
JulieAnne Searles and the Moo Moo Musica Team
