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Check out SkateTherapy Sessions

This is what a typical Saturday morning session looks like! Come and check SkateTherapy out at the Sugarland Ice and Skate Rink on Saturday mornings, between 9.30 AM – 10.30 AM if you’d like to see one of our therapy sessions. This May, we held a charity concert to raise money for SkateTherapy! You can…
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SkateTherapy – Francesca’s Story

Francesca Forsythe and her mom, Angela, spoke at our May concert about how SkateTherapy has helped them. An inspirational story of determination and trust, see what happens when someone is simply given a chance to succeed. If you know someone who could benefit from SkateTherapy, please reach out to us!

How Does Your Voice Work?

While our voice is one of the most important parts of self-expression and our personality, many people don’t actually understand how it works. What is this “voice box” that everyone has talked about before? The phonatory system, or “voice box”, actually works with the respiratory and resonance systems to produce your voice.  The respiratory system,…
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2019 Rhythm on Ice Concert- Thank you!!

Thank you all so much for your support of this fundraiser! We raised around $2500 yesterday, thanks to our wonderful audience and donors! For everyone who came to the concert and donated/ shopped, we hope you enjoyed it. For those that still want to donate, the online fundraiser will be open for a few more…
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Rhythm on Ice 2019 Is On It’s Way!

We are now getting ready for our 4th Annual Rhythm on Ice Fundraiser and we would love for you to encourage us by attending the program and donating to SkateTherapy. For musicians, we have 3 open slots for performances! If you are interested, please reach out to us at chordsforacause.org@gmail.com! We are super lucky to…
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2018 Autumn Leaves Winter Recital!

(Left to Right) Isabelle Lavoie, Rachel Ordiales, Arturo Li, Jewel Parrel, Samuel Heaton, Luisa Bautista, Sandhya Mahesh

7 Reasons Why You Should Quit Violin and Play Viola- A Rant

This is an unedited rant. Excuse grammar and spelling. People bash violas every day and I don’t get it. They are superior in every way to their counterpart, the violin. 1. You (probably) won’t have the fear of your E-String snapping and blinding you. Basically, E-Strings are super thin and super nasty. They go out…
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The best way to learn is to teach

Every Skate Therapy session, I am reminded of the well-known Latin principle Docendo discimus: “The best way to learn is to teach”. Through misunderstandings, challenges, and occasional falls, I have learned so much from the program that will help me as I become an instructor. Being an assistant, I have been given the opportunity to…
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Alzheimer’s? What is that?

I just finished performing at the Memory care facility recently – I knew these senior citizens had memory loss, but I didn’t know why that happened to them. So I decided to look it up and learn a little bit more about these sweet old people and why they are the way they are. Alzheimer’s…
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2016 Rhythm On Ice – Thank you!

We held our second Rhythm on Ice Recital las weekend and it was a major success! So much planning has gone into the event, including designing the invite, rehearsing, setting up our GoFundMe account, and so much more. We are so lucky to have been able to be able to put this program together. One…
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