2025 KID SHOW INFO BELOW
Northbrook Court was planning on selling in July and having the renovations start in 2026, this did NOT happen. I’ll keep renting the store until the cranes come.
KID Shows starting Saturday NOV 1st and 2nd
**ALL shows will be on the weekends during the afternoon to early evening. Doing all 18-20 shows in 3 days was a bit much to do and hope go 100% as planned. Then with the mall thinning out and they’re technically closed at 7pm, I can’t risk them shutting down night shows so everyone is now weekends and daytime.
WEEKDAY PRACTICES OCT 14-23rd
* Do NOT Come To My Home For Lessons During The Dates Above/Below
*We are at the Mall in Top Note Music, On Stage For Show Prep
*normal lesson times
**Students that come regularly to their lesson time get STAGE PRIORITY. Plenty of amps in front of stage and headphone amps to use.
RECORDING AT MY HOME OCT 28-29-30
**COME TO MY HOUSE TO RECORD
Since I’m able to move the kid show 1 extra week later in Oct, gives them extra practice too, we will record during the week of the 28th now, then play again at the mall that weekend.
SHOWS INFO
Show Location = Northbrook Court Mall
Stage = Top Note Music House (store is to the right of the Apple Store)
Performance Fee = $60 (100% of the fee goes towards renting the store for 2 full weeks and stage props explode the budget, that’s a free fun bonus I do)
Door Fee = FREE!!!
Invite Your Family and Friends (There is room for at least 60 people to sit, more if you stand)
*Performers Check In = 45 Minutes (Safe), 30 Minutes (Pushing It), 20-Under (Rough)
Enter and Exit at AMC Theaters
*The Mall closes the main doors at 7pm on the weekdays, this means from 6:45pm on everyone must enter at AMC. Weekends the doors are usually open late due to movies times.
You are Welcome to VIDEO AND TAKE PICTURES
Read the 20 for the money article
Come early and stay late to watch the others play
Make sure to put all the show songs on your Cellphone and practice in the back
WEEKEND MALL PRACTICE IS SATURDAY OCT 18th
**Times below are just a loose schedule for now
AT THE MALL
10am = Atticus, Jacob, Jason
11am = Coco, Sahasra, Sri, Urvi
12pm = Aldo, Ethan, Josh, Mike, Yash
1pm = Rowan, Surina
2pm = Atharv, Nikita, Shaan, Vihaan
3pm = LEVEL 1 = Benoit, Bill, Chinyere, Jake, Malik, Pranav, Sam, Shocker
4pm = LEVEL 1-2HR (Andy, Dan C, Dan Z, Evan, Jack, Jim, Jimi, Kacper, Ryan, Steve, Tony, Vadim, Wi)
5pm = LEVEL 1-2HR (Andy, Dan C, Dan Z, Evan, Jack, Jim, Jimi, Kacper, Ryan, Steve, Tony, Vadim, Wi)
6pm = LEVEL 2 (Aaron, Andrew, Dan D, Dan W, Matt, Maxim, Steven)
Saturday NOV 1st
SHOW DATES AND TIMES
*Show Times Are Fluid Until The Week Of Show
I try to accommodate every student, this can create chaos at first, eventually the times are solid.
*BOLD means confirmed
12pm = Rowan, Surina
1:30pm = Atharv, Nikita, Shaan, Vihaan
2:30pm = Alex, Shivi
4pm = Aldo, Josh
530pm = Aaron, Andrew, Maxim
Sunday NOV 2nd
SHOW DATES AND TIMES
*Show Times Are Fluid Until The Week Of Show
I try to accommodate every student, this can create chaos at first, eventually the times are solid.
*BOLD means confirmed
12pm = Aadev, Summer
1pm = Ethan, Mike, Yash
230pm = Sahasra, Urvi
*Might start later due to piano recital
4pm = Coco, Sri
5pm = Atticus, Jacob, Jason
2025 April Stats
Total Student Performers = 54
Total Student Shows = 19
Kid Post Shows = 8 (oh boy)
POST SHOW PRIZES GIVEN AWAY = $710
Unique Songs Played = 55+
KID SHOWS NOVEMBER 1ST & 2ND 2025??
SHOW INFO
Show Location = Northbrook Court Mall
Stage = Top Note Music House (store near the Apple Store)
Performance Fee = (I rent the store for 2 full weeks and show props are expensive LOL)
Door Fee = FREE!!
Invite Your Family and Friends (There is room for at least 60 people to sit, more if you stand)
*Performers Check In = 45 Minutes (Safe), 30 Mins (Pushing It), 20 Mins-Under (Rough)
(Relax and Lower Anxiety, Tune, Warm Up Backstage, Play The Songs, Make Sure Your Guitar Is Ok)
Enter and Exit at AMC Theaters
*Please be quiet during other show intro’s and performances
You can be heard on video if you’re loud during some of the quieter young kid performances. Also the younger kids get easily distracted by talking in the crowd so PLEASE try to be aware of your volume DURING the INTRO and PERFORMANCES down to a minimum.
PLEASE - VIDEO AND TAKE PICTURES
The 15 Tips To Fame article is a checklist to help you and the kids on the day of the show
They need their show intro sheets (they are in the backstage room and I sent them in the email)
Have them play the songs at home on GP8 before they come to the show that day.
WEEKDAY PRACTICES APR 15-24th
* Do NOT Come To My Home For Lessons During The Dates Above/Below
*We are at the Mall in Top Note Music, On Stage For Show Prep
*normal lesson times
**Students that come regularly to their lesson time get STAGE PRIORITY. Plenty of amps in front of stage and headphone amps to use.
WEEKEND MALL PRACTICES SATURDAY OCT 18th
Show Stats April 2024 Shows
Total Student Performers = 53
Total Student Shows = 19
Kid Post Shows = 5
Unique Songs Played = 57
**Sometimes there’s carry over on artist/Genre/Skill/Theory theme’s etc
Estimated Backing Tracks Made For Show/Training = 175+
**Many songs have Combos of = bass, no bass, Guitar, No Guitars, solo, no solo etc
Total Amount Of Files For Backing Track Creation = 500+
**i buy each song, i edit each song in GP8, each song is then broken into 4 files via backing track software, then i edit in Cubase tempo/drums/Mixing etc, different play along versions For Students (3-5 here alone), these files go into 4 different computers/laptops, Dropbox, iTunes etc, it’s a mess
Text Messages Mar 18-Apr 17 = 2963
Text Messages Apr 18-Apr 21st = 650
KIDS SHOW LINKS BELOW
FUTURE Show Dates (STUDENT POLL)
Do you have any conflicts if the shows are = Oct 26 & 27th?
I will try to choose the dates with the least conflicts but for years the show date has ALWAYS BEEN, 3rd weekend of the month. This Semester there’s oddly enough 27 weeks, this means we can bump the show to the 4th weekend of the month and gain the extra week for training. Then we record the following week (really knock out the songs in those sessions) and start on the new semester songs following that.