WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE! 

HOPE YOUR HOLIDAYS HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE

PEACEFUL, PRODUCTIVE, AND PLAYFUL.

Here are some suggestions

for some great music games and dances

to celebrate Hanukah (Dec. 20-27) & Christmas: 

On CD#1/DVD#1, the easy dreidl dance,  "Sevivon,"

and the adaptable partner dance, "Jingle Bells." 

On CD1-1/2, the amusing Hawai'ian hula,

"Here Comes Santa in a Red Canoe" (also on DVD#1)

and the circle hora, "Oh Hanukah."

 Our website is in the process of being renewed--same song, different look coming soon.

SANNA'S UPCOMING AND RECENT WORKSHOPS

I had such a great week with my Silver Burdett/Pearson "family" at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C.,  (my 11th year), June 20-24. Maybe you could join us June 18-22, 2012! (see Pearson Education information below)

In August, I taught a workshop again for Chicago Public School teachers with the excellent Ravinia Music Institute, and an in-service for the Glenview, Illinois, faculty.

In the fall, I was with music ed students and teachers at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and with "family" at the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA) Conference in Pittsburgh.

I am looking forward to being with my friends at the San Diego Orff chapter, Feb. 4, 2012 (thanks for inviting us Chicago people to southern California in February!), and with my friends at the TRIKE Kodaly chapter in Columbus, Ohio, April 14, 2012. 

For details soon, click on "Workshops" above.

SANNA IN CHINA AND TAIWAN

Our trip to China in November 2010 was amazing.  Professor Zhuoya Xu of the Pre-school Education Research Institute and Pre-school Education Department at Nanjing Normal University invited me to give workshops in Nanjing and Dongguan, and then sent us on tours to Xi'an and Shanghai, after which we visited friends in Taipei and Beijing.  There will be stories on my blog. 

 
DANCE WITH SANNA ON THE PEARSON EDUCATION WEBSITE

A longtime author and clinician of the Silver Burdett music education series, I was asked in November 2008 to be the "dance partner" of Pearson Education, publisher of Silver Burdett's excellent Making Music K-8 textbooks.  Check out www.pearsonschool.com/music2008 to see how to download a couple of my dances, as well as several from the Making Music series.

JOIN US AT THE NEXT POURPARLER IN SALT LAKE CITY

Our Pourparler in Dallas-Ft. Worth area, Sept. 22-25, 2011, was, as usual, very special.  All who teach dance are invited to join us at the 2012 Pourparler in SLC, Utah, Sept. 27-30.  Contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for info, and read about it on www.NFO-USA.org.