**NEW at MOO MOO!
We’re KEEPING THE FRIDAY 9:00 am CLASS! Thank you to all of you who asked us to CONTINUE the EARLY, Friday 9:00 am class!

Beginning Friday, Feb. 10, the Friday class at 9:00 will now be an ongoing, regularly priced class. $17 drop-in or you can use your discounted series.

FIVE DOLLAR FRIDAYS:
The “$5 FRIDAY” class will be offered ONLY on “FiRST FRiDAYS! which is, of course, on the First Friday of every MONTH!  Upcoming FiRST FRiDAYS! is Friday, March 2.

NEED A SCHOLARSHIP?
Please JUST ASK!!  Moo Moo has always offered scholarships so that every child feels welcome to come boogie and let their hearts sing with us!

“FiRST FRiDAYS!” on February 3 was a success with a portion of net proceeds going to TREE PEOPLE, creating a sustainable Los Angeles.   www.treepeople.org  Coincidently, TREE PEOPLE just recently donated some 20 fruit trees and cherry blossom trees to local schools;  Beethoven, Broadway and Mark Twain.

MONDAY, Feb. 20, Presidents Day
Yes, THERE WILL BE CLASS on Monday, Feb. 20 at 9:30 am! The elementary schools will be closed, so bring the older siblings…for no extra charge! Siblings are always free.

Hugs from the Moo Moo Team,

JulieAnne, Tiffany, Melissa, Christiane, Joanna, Cindy, Sheeva, Jennifer and Kathleen

Happy 2012 to all of you! Feel like it’s going to be an awesome year!!

*MLK DAY CLASS!
Yes, there will be class on Monday, January 16, 9:30 – 10:30 am at the Electric Lodge.  Please come join us and boogie for Martin Luther Kings Birthday!

*MLK Day For OLDER KIDS:
Venice Del Play Camp for 4 to 10 year olds has a few extra spaces for their camp on Monday, Jan 16th. www.venicedelplay.com

*”FiVE DOLLAR FRiDAYS!”:
January 20 and 27, 9:00 – 9:45 am
There’s still 2 more “$5 FRiDAYS!” classes during the month of January. Please pass the word!

*Upcoming “FiRST FRiDAYS” will be on Friday, FEBRUARY 3 with 2 classes: $5 Fridays at 9:00 and Drawings for FREE PRIZES at the 10:00 class. These Fundraising classes will be for HEAL THE BAY.  www.healthebay.org

*BOOKS AND COOKIES!
Saturday, Jan. 28, 10 am
MOO MOO is delighted to be hosting a MUSICAL EVENT on Saturday, January 28, 10am at BOOKS and COOKIES: Book Store, Bakery and Enrichment Center.
2230 Main Street, Santa Monica. (Main and Strand, near Urth Cafe)  www.BooksandCookiesLA.com

*MOO MOO CLASSES at BUBBLES!
Coming soon! Moo Moo classes at BUBBLES: Children’s Indoor Playground, Spa and Boutique
1421 5th Street, Santa Moncia (near Broadway)  The owner, Marie, is a Moo Moo mom, and has created quite a lovely space with activities for children ages birth to 12 year olds.
www.playatbubbles.com

*DO SOMETHING SATURDAY:
Helping LOCAL HOMELESS
Thanks to all who came to our December Friday classes!  We raised money for DSS, an organization which provides fresh toiletry kits for our local homeless.  Moo Moo staff and friends will help hand them out on Saturday, Feb. 4.  Let us know if you’d like to join us!

Peace and hugs,

The Moo Moo Team
JulieAnne, Christiane, Melissa, Tiffany, Kathleen, Joanna, Sheeva, Jennifer and Cindy

*EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT:
Our very own, Tiffany, from Moo Moo Musica, has Improv & Movie Making Magic Workshops on Saturdays in Santa Monica.  Ages 7-11.  Email: givehugs@gmail.com for more info!

*JULIEANNE is  now “55 and Feeling Alive!”
Come join JulieAnne in Celebrating her Birthday all week Monday, December 12 – Friday, December 16!
~We’ll be handing out temporary tattoos, stickers, balloons and drawings for Jilly Jambo CD’s!

*HOLIDAY CLASS SCHEDULE
We will be holding classes as usual through Friday, December 23rd.
There will be NO CLASS from Monday, December 26 – Thursday, December 29.

*TWO SPECIAL HOLIDAY CLASSES on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30!
9 – 9:45am “$5 FRiDAYS” Class
As always, it’s $5 PER FAMILY for 1, 2 or more kids.
10 – 11am Drawings for FREE GIVEAWAYS CLASS!
Items such as a 2 night stay in a Bed & Breakfast in Big Bear, Massages, Dora/Elmo/Thomas items as well. Definitely more info about this event later on.

*PENNIES, PENNIES, PENNIES!
(and/or loose change, dollars!)
Come watch Elmo dance when your child drops the change in the big jar!! Our jar is about 1/3rd full.
We’ll continue collecting pennies through our Special Holiday Class on December 30.  We’ll put them all together and give the $$ to DO SOMETHING SATURDAY.  It’s a local non-profit run by a former homeless man who takes in donations and creates Toiletry/Hygiene Kits for the homeless in Venice.  Every dollar raised goes to the homeless!  (some outreaches go directly to the homeless with HIV or AIDS)

FAMILY EVENTS with Moo Moo FRIENDS:

Friday, 12/9:  SMASH HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE and ART AFFAIRE (Santa Monica Alternative School House) 11:30 am – 5:30pm
5th and Ocean Park in Santa Monica
Homemade Chili, Yummy Hot Chocolate, and Apple Cider, Live Music, Handmade items to buy such as Cozy Scarves, Jewelry, and of course, lots of Art.  Always sweet and lovely.

Saturday AM, 12/10:  Dramabee’s “Where The WiLD THiNGS Are” Show! Sat., Dec. 10, 10:00 am. ALL AGES WELCOME!! Tickets $5, cash at the door.   Electric Lodge. www.madamechocolate.com  There’ll be a fabulous magical musica pre-show with Moo Moo Friends DidiPop and Birdie of Birdie’s Playhouse.  Dramabee are fun acting workshops for Kids facilitated by very funny, talented Catherine (aka Madame Chocolate) and assisted by our very own Tiffany (from Moo Moo).  Click here to watch the Production Trailer Tiffany created for the WiLD THiNGS… it’s toooo cute!!!

Saturday, PM  12/10  Marina Del Rey Holiday Boat Parade and Fireworks  Dec. 10, 5:55pm Fireworks, 6-8pm Boat Parade.

Sunday, PM,  12/11  Venice Canals Boat Parade Sunday, Dec. 11, 4pm – whenever it ends!

Saturday PM, 12/16  Dramabee’s “A Winter Tale” Show 5:30pm. And again, ALL AGES WELCOME!!  Tickets $5, cash at the door.  Electric Lodge, Venice  See above 12/10 event for more info.

Peace and Holiday Hugs to you,

Moo Moo Musica Team
JulieAnne, Christiane (Moo Moo Canada), Kathleen, Tiffany, Sheeva, Joanna, Melissa, Carmen, Cindy, and Jennifer

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! So many reasons to be grateful…

*NO CLASSES*
Thursday, November 17 through
Friday, November 25
Look forward to seeing you all again starting Monday, November 28!

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UPCOMING “FiRST FRiDAYS!”
Friday, December 2,  9:00 – 11:00 am
Electric Lodge in Venice
We’ll be fundraising for PENNIES FOR PEACE so please bring your PENNIES and/or LOOSE CHANGE. ( www.penniesforpeace.org)
1 penny buys a pencil, 1 dollar buys 100 pencils!  PFP is the children’s version of supporting schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan.  (Greg Mortenson’s “Three Cups of Tea”)

2 CLASSES including Special Guests with Crystal Singing Bowls

9:00 – 9:45 am ONLY “$5 Fridays”  $5 per family, whether you have 1,2 or more kids!
10 – 11:00  am ONLY  “FREE Giveaways!” Many drawings for Jilly Jambo CD’s, Moo Moo classes, Meditation CD’s, massages,  DF Healthy Chef Breakfast Goodies and more!

The PHOTOS ARE HERE! And check out the Specials for Moo Moo Families!
Enjoy the PHOTOS from 10/7, 10/28 and 11/4!   CLICK HERE to get the links to view the images of your beautiful children. A huge thank you to Professional Photographers Britta Francisco* and Wendy Waddell* who generously donated their time to our Friday Fundraising events in the last 6 weeks.  www.brittaphoto.com  and www.wendywaddell.com

PHOTO SPECIALS for Moo Moo Families:
*$50 Holiday Mini Photo Sessions in the Duck Park (11/19-20) with Wendy Waddell Photography
*Book a photo session with Britta Photo and get a FREE 10×12 canvas print

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Here’s what are our MOO MOO FRIENDS are up to!
1 – FREE FAMILY MOVIE at the Electric Lodge in Venice: “Arctic Tale” Friday, November 18 @ 6 pm. Part of the Green Screen Film Festival  livearts@electriclodge.com
2 – Join BIRDIE of Birdie’s Playhouse for the SANTA Arrival Parade:  Friday, Nov. 25, 10:00 – 12noon. Manhattan Village Mall, 3200 Sepulveda Blvd., Manhattan Beach 90266.  Santa will be arriving in a fire truck! Birdie plays at 10:30 am.  http://birdiesplayhouse.com/  310.570-8663

See you just after Thanksgiving.

Peace and hugs,

Moo Moo Musica Team
JulieAnne, Christiane (Moo Moo Canada), Kathleen, Tiffany, Sheeva, Joanna, Melissa, Carmen, Cindy, and Jennifer

In case it rains… or you’re just looking for something to do with the kids on Friday morning November 11th -Veterans Day:

Moo Moo Musica and Venice Del Play Camp are co-hosting 2 very special healers from Mt. Shasta with Crystal Singing Bowls. Unbelievably beautiful, divine sounds!  I love these healers, Michael and Nina.  I feel fortunate to have been around many “healers” from Brazil, Australia,  Easter Island, Europe and North and South America, etc and these two are the real deal.  The bowls are simply transformative for both children and adults.

MOO MOO MUSICA will have our usual 2 Friday classes for babies – 5 year olds:
9 -9:45 am ONLY  =  “$5 FRIDAYS!” $5 per family whether you have 1, 2 or more kids.
10-11 am = More Moo Moo Magic! (You can use your series or drop-in rate of $17 per family)
BOTH CLASSES WILL EXPERIENCE THE CRYSTAL SINGING BOWLS!

AND…
VENICE DEL PLAY BEACH CAMP is running their Veterans Day camp for 4-10 year olds at the Electric Lodge because of the “50% chance of rain”.  So Carmen, my good friend and Venice Mom, is allowing Moo Moo older siblings (mature 4 year olds and up) to come join the Venice Del Play campers to experience the Crystal Healing Bowl show during Moo Moo class times.  Cost is $5.

Carmen and I are trying this out as an experiment at the Electric Lodge and may do this throughout the winter months as well.  Stay tuned!

Friday, November 11,  9 – 11 am
Electric Lodge
1416 Electric Avenue, Venice
between California and Milwood
Free on-site parking

Hope to see some of you there.

Peace,

JulieAnne Searles
www.moomoomusica.com
creating World Peace…one child, one song at a time

THINK PINK!”**
for Breast Cancer Awareness:
Tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 4th, 8:45 – 11:15 am at the Electric Lodge

“FiRST FRiDAYS!” Two Classes:
9 – 9:45 am ONLY “Five Dollar Fridays!”  $5 per family whether you have 1, 2 or more kids
10 – 11 am ONLY drawings for “FREE GIVEAWAYS CLASS”**

**FREE Giveaways:
VENICE DEL PLAY Beach Camp Friday, Nov. 11th for 3 – 8 year olds www.venicedelplay.com VERY COOL CAMP!
MILD HYPERBARIC THERAPY at the OASIS Healing Center.  www.h3therapy.com  AMAZING CUTTING EDGE Therapy
“Pink” items include: Hello Kitty, Dora and Thomas the Tank Engine (ok, so Thomas is not exactly pink…!)
and, of course, Jilly Jambo CD’s.

PHOTO FUN:
8:45 – 11:15 am “LET THEM WEAR PINK!”  Get the children’s photo taken wearing and/or carrrying something pink with Professional Photographer Wendy Waddell. We’ll have lots of pink things on hand in case you forget.

Moo Moo Musica Special:  50% off  Holiday Mini-Sessions with Wendy Waddell Nov. 19 and 20, Venice Canals Duck Park.  It’s a great deal for $50!  We’ll have the sign-up sheet on Nov. 4th and then it will be available on Wendy’s website:
www.wendywaddell.com  (Wendy wouldn’t probably tell you this but she is Molly Ringwald’s personal photographer.)

A percentage of proceeds from this event will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. ( www.komen.org)

Please pass the word. Thanks!

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NEW SCHEDULE:
You asked for it!  We’ve added the Friday 9 – 9:45 am $5 Friday class to our schedule through January, 2012!

Mondays       9:30 – 10:30 am
Tuesdays     11:00 – 12:00 am
Thursdays     3:30 – 4:30 pm
Fridays         9:00 – 9:45 am*
Fridays         10 – 11:00 am

*$5 Class now every Friday through January 2012.

NO CLASS Thursday, November 17 – Friday, November 25   Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Peace and hugs,
Moo Moo Musica Team
JulieAnne, Christiane (Moo Moo Canada), Tiffany, Kathleen, Sheeva, Joanna, Melissa, Carmen, Cindy, and Jennifer

**FRiDAY FuNDRAISING CLASSES THROUGH OCTOBER:

We’ve decided to continue our 2 Friday Fundraising classes through the entire MONTH of October.   The upcoming FRiDAYS FuNDRAISING Classes will be on October 14, 21 and 28.  There will be two Friday classes for the month of October at 9-9:45 am and 10-11 am.  Please check our website for more details at www.moomoomusica.com.  Please pass the word!

Class #1: “$5 FRIDAYS!”
9 – 9:45 AM Friday Class ONLY:
~  It’s $5 per family whether you have 1, 2 or more kids.

Class #2: “FREE GIVEAWAYS!”
10 -11 AM Friday Class ONLY:
~  We’ll also continue the drawings for FREE GIVEAWAYS during this ongoing, regularly priced 10 -11 AM class. This Friday, 10/14,  we’ll be giving away:

** SURF Lessons with LA Surf and Swim -
Coach Sydney (www.lasurfandswim.com)

** Love Your Self MASSAGE -
by Melissa Stander who specializes in massaging mothers and comes to your home! (www.standertherapy.com)

** THOMAS the Tank and DORA Slippers

** JiLLY JAMBO CD’s and T-shirts
~  Thank you to our donors LA Surf and Swim and Melissa Stander.

A portion of net proceeds from BOTH classes on October 14 will go to GREENPEACE, the largest, independent environmental organization in the world. They are just amazing!  www.greenpeace.org

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**PLEASE VOTE for us on the MOST TOTALLY AWESOME MUSIC CLASS AWARDS with Red Tricycle:

We’d love your vote (if you feel like it!) for Moo Moo Musica on the Most Totally Awesome Music Class Awards with Red Tricycle. We just have a couple more days to get all our votes in… THANK YOU! Please Click here:  http://www.redtri.com/awards/local/music-class?city=3