I’m going to reorganize this site a bit next year and get some proper menus going so that you can see whole advent calendars on a single page at once as a list of links. Advent calendars have been my way of disciplining myself to write 25 posts in a single month on a single topic, once a year. Advent is a good time to do it, since the whole of Britain shuts down from about November 16th – January 16th the following year so that people can go shopping and have christmas outings. This is a good time for people to read my blog.
Advent 2013: Christmas carols for class
- A christmas ballet class #01: Warm-up – Oh come all ye faithful
- A christmas ballet class #02: Pliés – Away in a manger
- A christmas ballet class #3: Tendus – Oh little town of Bethlehem
- A christmas carol ballet class day #4: Degagés – We Three Kings of Orient Are
- A christmas carol ballet class #5: Battements glissés – In dulci jubilo
- A christmas carol ballet class #6: Ronds de jambe – Stille nacht (Silent night)
- A christmas carol ballet class #7: Fondus – The Holly and the Ivy
- A christmas carol ballet class #8: Battements frappés – Angels from the Realms of Glory
- A christmas carol ballet class #9: Ronds de jambe en l’air – The First Nowell
- A christmas carol ballet class #10: Petits battements – Patapan
- A christmas carol ballet class #11: Adage at the barre – See amid the winter’s snow
- A christmas carol ballet class #12: Grands battements en cloche – Carol of the bells
- A christmas carol ballet class #13: St Lucy’s Day Adage – Santa Lucia
- A christmas carol ballet class #14: Ports de bras – Coventry Carol
- A christmas carol ballet class #15: Tendus in the centre – God rest ye merry gentlemen
- A christmas carol ballet class #16: Fondus – Once in Royal David’s City
- A christmas carol ballet class #17: Battements jetés – Once again in Royal David’s jeté
- A christmas carol ballet class #18: Little pirouette – O Tannenbaum
- A christmas carol ballet class day #19: Little jumps – I saw three ships
- A christmas carol ballet class #20: Little solo – Hark the Herald Angels Sing
- A christmas carol ballet class #21: Ding dong merrily on high
- A christmas carol ballet class day #22: Jumpy thing in 3, A Great and Mighty Wonder
- A christmas carol ballet class day #23: Coda – While shepherds watched their flocks
- A christmas carol ballet class day #24: Grand allegro – Tomorrow will be my dancing day
- A christmas carol ballet class day #25: Révérence – Quem pastores
- Advent calendar day #26: Those extra fouettés and turns in 2nd – Good King Wenceslas
- Happy new year: Auld lang syne for your first class of 2014
- Black Friday – Christmas Carols for Class, Free Download (all 26 tracks)
And if you want to know something about why I chose to do my blog this way this year, read this – my thoughts on copyright, music and blogging after 10 years.