Melody Makers Tots Jam Music Class

Melody Makers Tots Jam Music Class
JULES MOSS "Do The Shakeroo" @ Huntington Beach Library Theater

Friday, December 5, 2008

Music Therapy: Reaching People in Ways Traditional Therapy Can't

Music Therapy: Reaching People in Ways Traditional Therapy Can't

(ARA) - Even with all the varieties of music out there, most people, at some point in their lives have used music as therapy. Whether it's unwinding to a classical composition or blowing off steam to the beat of a heavy metal song, music can alleviate stress and help people relive memories.

According to www.disaboom.com, the largest online community for people with disabilities, this comes as no surprise as music has a profound effect on the body and mind.

People respond to music differently than to traditional therapy, feeding the growing field of music therapy. According to the American Music Therapy Association, music therapy is formally defined as a clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.

Music therapy can include movement, musical improvisation, song writing, singing, discussing lyrics, dancing, or simply listening to music. For instance, music therapists can help clients who have a hard time talking about or writing out their feelings by composing songs. Clients with physical disabilities may use music therapy to learn to play an instrument for the purpose of improving fine motor skills.

These elements are used to address physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs of people of all ages living with issues including:

* Brain injury
* HIV/AIDS
* Autism and other developmental disabilities
* Emotional trauma
* Hearing impairments
* Mental health issues
* Terminal illness or pain
* Physical disabilities
* Speech and language impairments
* Substance abuse problems
* Abuse
* Visual impairments

What are the effects of music on the mind and body that make this form of therapy so effective? Brainwaves can resonate with music that has a strong beat. Faster beats translate into sharper concentration and more alert thinking while slower tempos promote a calm, meditative state.

When brainwaves change, other areas of the body are affected. Music can alter breathing and heart rates, making them slower or faster and, consequently, helping to relieve issues like chronic stress, promote relaxation and improve overall health. Music has also proven to deliver other health benefits, such as lowering blood pressure (which reduces the likelihood of stroke and other health issues), boosting immunity and easing muscle tension.

Music therapy has truly become a viable tool for helping people get (and stay) healthy. Since its launch in 2007, www.disaboom.com is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with disabilities. .

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Science of Song: Do Lullabies Help Sick Babies?

Science of Song: Do Lullabies Help Sick Babies?
Doctor Uses Music Therapy to Reduce Pain in Premature Babies
By JUJU CHANG and MAGGIE BURBANK
May 29, 2008—

Singing a lullaby to a baby may not sound like cutting-edge scientific research, and to many parents it comes naturally. But one doctor believes a simple melody might actually be a powerful tool in reducing pain and speeding the recovery of premature babies.

"There are millions of babies born every year in the U.S.," said Dr. Mark Tramo, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. "And the number of premature babies that are being born is increasing remarkably, [but] what's being done to ameliorate the pain and suffering that they go through?"

After Tramo's daughter, Cadence, was born three weeks premature, he felt music played a part in helping her recover in intensive care.

"She had a feeding tube," said Tramo, "and I arrived on the scene around three in the morning and I said 'No, no, no. I'll try and feed Cadence.' So I kind of palmed her and held her in my hand. And started feeding her& and like a lot of songs you write it just comes to you. So I started singing 'Bright, bright world, clear, clear day, I'm a little baby drinking.'"

His daughter never needed a feeding tube again, which got Tramo thinking about the relationship between two of his life's passions  medicine and music.


The Medicine of Music
"Well I started playing [guitar] when I was 6," Tramo said. "Beatles arrived when I was 7, and then when I was in medical school we had a rock band at Yale. The entertainment business isn't the most reliable business even if you make it. My parents would have killed me after paying for Yale."

Tramo went on to teach neuroloogy at Harvard Medical School. While there, he conducted an experiment at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children to see whether he could confirm his theory that music is good medicine.

"What we did was find that traditional Western lullabies were able to decrease the stress and pain response to procedures," he said. "Relative to a control group, more than twice as much."


Tramo studied premature babies who routinely have their blood drawn using a painful procedure called a heelstick.

"The procedure itself requires the warming of a heel so that you increase the blood supply," said Peggy Settle, Nursing Director for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and co-author of Tramo's study. "And then they use a lancet to actually a use a pin prick & into the edge of a baby's heel so that you can obtain blood to send off to a blood test. It's a preferred method of obtaining blood in the newborn population."


Quiet Lullaby Quells Baby in Pain
The technique is also very painful, especially for infants. While "Nightline" was visiting the NICU, they observed as a preemie who was less than 24 hours old was administered a heelstick.

"The baby started crying, and the heart rate went up when the heel was punctured," said Tramo. "The heart rate went up about 10 beats per minute. And you could see the stress  this baby's stress response included crying."

Tramo measures a baby's level of pain by behavioral responses such as grimacing or crying, as well as physical responses.

"And what you see is the heart rate go up," said Tramo. "If you're monitoring the blood pressure, that would go up too. [The] respiratory rate could change. So you can use the heart as a window into the brain."

After the nurse bandaged the baby's heel, a speaker was placed in the incubator and a quiet lullaby was played. The baby's heart-rate decreased, a response Tramo has observed in case after case during the course of his study.

"So our study showed the heart rate went down more than twice as much after the heel stick if they got music than if they didn't," said Tramo. "In the realm of measurements we make, more than twice as much is a big effect."


Which Lullabies Work Best?
There is also evidence that premature babies exposed to music may actually get out of intensive care sooner.

"There's some terrific data that's been published in nursing journals," said Tramo. "And what their data show thus far is babies gain weight faster and stay in the intensive care unit environment shorter time if they are receiving some kind of calibrated structured sound, vis a vis music."

But why a lullaby? Why not something edgier, like Guns N' Roses?


"The rhythmic structure is simple, and the tempo's relatively slow," said Tramo. "The melody is diatomic or pentatonic, meaning that it's very simple, so it's relatively easy to digest for the hearing system. [The harmony] is very simple."

Research suggest humans are programmed to respond to music. Proof of this, Tramo says, is that there is no known human culture without music.

"We have an innate predisposition to be able to apprehend an emotion and meaning in music," said Tramo. "When you listen to a baby babble, and they're experimenting with their voice and learning how to make vocal sounds by usuing the vocal apparatus as an instrument  the first musical instrument was voice  they have pitch in their voice, there's melody to what they're doing and some rhythm to it."

Babies Know Good Music
This could explain why mothers across cultures instinctively sing to their babies, even when they aren't actually singing a song at all.

"Well I think we have a lot to learn from mothers, as usual," said Tramo. "[Mothers have] learned to communicate to the baby using the kinds of sounds that the baby makes when the baby babbles or tries to communicate."

Tramo believes that even the youngest humans innately know good music when they hear it.

"I think it's a challenge to think about music as a scientific or music as a therapeutic intervention in this patient population," said Settle. "Many interventions in newborn intensive care units have not been exposed to rigorous scientific study."

He also believes more extensive studies are long overdue.

"It's very hard right now to get any sort of third party payer support for non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions," said Tramo. "Apollo was the god of both music and medicine in the Greek tradition. Music is such an essential part of the human condition, it can't be ignored. It's really something that we need to know about, and it's what makes us human."

This is why for Mark Tramo, reuniting the art of song with the science of healing is his life's calling.

Dr. Mark Tramo will discuss these findings and others that point to the human brain's innate and universal capacity for music on Saturday, May 24 as part of the World Science Festival (CLICK HERE for more information).

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Listening to Music May Make Heart Stronger, Study Finds

Listening to Music May Make Heart Stronger, Study Finds
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

WASHINGTON —

Songs that make our hearts soar can make them stronger too, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. They found that when people listened to their favorite music, their blood vessels dilated in much the same way as when laughing or taking blood medications.
"We have a pretty impressive effect," said Dr. Michael Miller, director of preventive cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
"Blood vessel diameter improved," he said in a telephone interview. "The vessel opened up pretty significantly. You can see the vessels opening up with other activities such as exercise." A similar effect is seen with drugs such as statins and ACE inhibitors.
When blood vessels open more, blood flows more smoothly and is less likely to form the blood clots that cause heart attacks and strokes. Elastic vessels also resist the hardening activity of atherosclerosis.
"We are not saying to stop your statins or not to exercise but to add this to an overall program of heart health," said Miller, who presented his findings to a meeting of the American Heart Association in New Orleans.
Miller's team tested 10 healthy, non-smoking men and women, who were told to bring their favorite music.
They spent half an hour listening to the recordings and half an hour listening to music they said made them feel anxious while the researchers did ultrasound tests designed to show blood vessel function.
Compared to their normal baseline measurements, blood vessel diameter increased 26 percent on average when the volunteers heard their joyful music. Listening to music they disliked — in most cases in this group heavy metal — narrowed blood vessels by six percent, Miller said.
Miller said he came up with the idea after discovering the laughter caused blood to literally flow more smoothly.
"I asked myself what other things make us feel real good, besides calories from dark chocolate of course. Music came to mind. ... It makes me feel real good," he said.
Most of the volunteers chose country music but Miller said the style is not as important as what pleases each individual.


Copyright 2008 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved.

Monday, May 5, 2008

What's it really take to parent a preschooler?

7 qualities you need to be a great parent to a preschooler
Story Highlights:
*Mealtime pickiness is about control; offer a few good choices, and leave it at that
*Strong reaction to unacceptable behavior, language, reinforces it
*Preschool children are developing dexterity; give them small physical tasks

By Julie Tilsner

What's it really take to parent a preschooler? It's pretty simple, once you realize what kids this age can and can't do (and what sets them off and what keeps them happy!). Here are seven qualities that make it much easier to manage all that, and why they're so crucial when you've got an independent-minded, boundary-testing picky eater on your hands.

Resolve:
Preschoolers place great importance on authority figures: teachers, doctors, parents.
We've all heard about the terrible twos. But nobody talks about the tantrum-throwing threes or the ferocious fours. So lots of parents are surprised when their preschooler hurls himself on the floor, screaming, after not getting a coloring book at the supermarket.

Preschoolers, like toddlers, can fall apart when they're tired, hungry, or overwhelmed. We assume that because they have stronger language and reasoning skills, they'll have better control over themselves. But sometimes, they have a harder time settling down (bedtime, for example) because they think they're missing out... on something. Fortunately, kids this age place great importance on figures of authority: teachers, doctors, and you. Use this to your advantage to set clear, firm rules, says Errika Lynch, a preschool teacher and mom of two in Groton, Massachusetts. Like any tough leader, you can't get too mired down in details. That means no negotiation over bedtime. Being steadfast and concise is key, so they know what's expected.

Forethought:
When he's 2 or so, your formerly voracious eater may become so picky you'll worry he's malnourished (who can live off PB&J alone?). Experts say you're dealing with a power struggle and a plea for independence, both playing out at the dinner table. Suddenly, kids realize they can exert total, maddening control by refusing to eat what's in front of them. So you need to think ahead in the kitchen - but that doesn't mean making multiple meals or giving in to their demands. It does mean having a few good choices for everyone, and leaving it at that. "Children will not willingly starve themselves," says Nori Hudson, a nutrition consultant based in Berkeley, California. Parenting.com: How to be a great mom to a toddler

If your child's not getting the entire nutritional food pyramid every day, don't worry. He'll probably have all his nutritional needs met over the course of a week. So watch what he eats and plan accordingly: If he goes for peas one day, offer him cheese or yogurt the next. Another tactic is to get your preschooler involved before dinnertime. Ask him to help you mix the mac and cheese so he feels like he's in control. Or at the market, let him pick out a fruit that he finds interesting-looking. "It's never too early to let kids experience a variety of textures, tastes, and colors," says Hudson. "Eventually they'll grow out of the pickiness."

A sense of fantasy:
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Actors have nothing on preschoolers -- or their moms. On any given day, your child will be a baby elephant, a monster alien, or a fairy ballerina. And you get to play along. "Imagination is critical for their development," says Claire Lerner, director of parenting resources at Zero to Three, a Washington, D.C.--based children's advocacy group. Preschoolers stretch their language skills as they describe complex story plots for you to follow. They hone their logic ("This happened, so this happened, and then this...") and develop social skills playing imaginatively with their peers -- describing how to build the fort, for example, and cooperating to make it happen. "Your role is to become a facilitator," says Lerner. "Be careful not to take over their story. The more they do, the better." Offer her ideas, like "Oh, no, there's an alligator! What are we going to do now?" Playing dress-up? Encourage her to make props out of ordinary stuff around the house (a bowl can make a very nice crown). Just remember you're the supporting actor in this play. Let her direct for now. Parenting.com: Nurturing creativity

Stoicism:
One of the hardest things to do as a parent is to let your child walk alone into the scary world of jungle gyms and new people. But preschool beckons, even for just a few hours a day. "I've hugged more crying parents than I have children on the first day of school," says Allyssa Lamb, a veteran preschool teacher in Berkeley. To quell your queasiness, make sure you feel good about the person you're leaving your child with, and focus on what your child will gain from school. It gives her rules for every task, which kids this age thrive on. It makes her feel proud and independent that she can eat her own snack and throw away her own garbage.

It enables her to be away from you for a while, trust her own decisions, and, hey, have some fun. Preschool can also accomplish a lot of the stuff you're still working on, like ridding your child of her pacifier or lovey. "I couldn't get my daughter to stop using her Binky, put her shoes on by herself, or sleep by herself," says Tressy Pelonis, a mom of 2 ½-year-old Allison, in Long Beach, California. "Since she started preschool, she's like a different kid!" If your child has a hard time adjusting to her new routine, comfort her but don't indulge her fears by letting her stay home or lingering at dropoff. Keep a stiff upper lip and remind her that she's a big kid. Remember, you can cry on your spouse's shoulder when she's not around.

Nonchalance:
Preschoolers know the power of words. From repeating "poop" in between uncontrollable fits of laughter to uttering the most chilling words in the English language -- "I hate you" -- your 3-year-old is beginning to understand that certain language elicits dramatic reactions. That's why it's important not to overreact to potty humor or take hurtful proclamations personally. "It's another form of testing, to see how far they can go," says Lynch. Now that kids have moved on from diapers and think about potty issues more, they sense that these topics are taboo. And taboo = hysterical. The best way to deal? Act like an English monarch, with a blasé, "I am not amused" face. The more you react -- positively or negatively -- the more you reinforce the behavior. Explain that while he can engage in a little bit of toilet humor at home, it's not OK at preschool, a friend's house, or anywhere else in public. Or divert him with a nice clean joke ("What did five say to six? Seven ate nine!").

When it comes to mean words, use the same approach. Kristy Hill's 3-year-old told her to leave the room because he didn't like her. The Keller, Texas, mom says it was hard not to feel upset, but she managed to keep calm and said, "Oh, that's sad because I love you very much." Overreacting will only let your child know that this is a good way to get your attention. As with potty humor, nonchalance is key -- but you do need to make it clear (later, when he's calmer) that language intended only to hurt people is never OK. Parenting.com: How to be a great mom to a baby

Dexterity:
During preschool, kids' motor skills and hand-eye coordination really take off: Witness the one-foot hop and the buttoning of shirts. Your child learns by trying these things out - repeatedly - and it helps immeasurably to be able to see someone as skilled as yourself doing them, too. So crack your knuckles, stretch your calves, and get ready to hop, button, and more.

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A slightly less tiring way to help your child's development is with crafts. Playing with clay or stringing beads is a great way to build up the small muscles in his hands and hone his hand-eye coordination. You can also ask him to do housework with you. He can stir cake mix, plant flowers, or sort laundry by color -- he'll be improving his coordination and having fun. When my son Jack was 3, I gave him a little squirt bottle filled with water and he would "clean" stuff around the house. "This age group lives to help, because they get attention and the praise makes them feel good," says Lynch. "They feel like they've accomplished something, like they're grown-ups."

Empathy:
It's not all about rules and schedules with preschoolers. As much as your child thrives on knowing what to expect, she's also just a little kid. It's hard growing up: There's potty training, a big-kid bed, maybe a new sibling. You try three (or more!) major life changes in one year. That's why it's important to show your child you feel her pain, too. It could mean a hug and a new do when she flips over her hair being braided "all wrong." Or it might mean just understanding that it's tiring to spend a long day at preschool, remembering the rules, getting along with other kids, and generally keeping herself together. Help her decompress with a snack and a chat, and don't rush into chores or errands. Your empathy will not only keep the both of you calmer, it's also a quality well worth modeling. And if you'd be proud to see your child mimic the things you do, then you can definitely call yourself a great mom.

Babies and toddlers need a good talking to, not TV

By Rita Rubin Monday, May 5, 2008

Babies and toddlers need a good talking to, not TV
Who among us hasn't at one time or another plopped a kid down in front of the TV so we could finish some task?

You might rationalize that educational programs or videos are good for them, but a new NIH-funded study suggests that's not necessarily true with very young children, especially if you're not watching with them.

The new study, which focused on 154 pairs of low-income mothers and babies, found that the infants were placed in front of a TV for an average of two hours in every 24-hour period. Half of the time, a program not intended for young children was on the TV, and very little of the programming was specifically directed toward young infants, the researchers write in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

This is not that unusual, the authors note, citing a Kaiser Family Foundation study that found nearly two-thirds of infants and children under age 2 spend an average of an hour and 20 minutes in front of the TV every day. And, the authors of the new study write, there's limited evidence that kids under age 2 benefit even from TV shows or videos or DVDs with educational content. Findings about educational program's effect on infants' language development have been mixed, the authors say, leading me to wonder about all those Baby Einstein products.

The problem is that time spent in front of a TV might cut into time interacting with parents, which can have a "substantial effect" on development in babies and young children. And in the new studies, the moms interacted with their babies while watching fewer than a quarter of the TV programs.

Bottom line: Parents should heed the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation that kids under age 2 shouldn't sit in front of a TV (one recent study linked TV-watching in infancy to childhood obesity). The researchers acknowledged it be difficult for many families to keep the little ones away from the tube. So they suggest parents at least stick with educational programs--not because tots are necessarily going to get anything out of them, but because moms in the study were more likely to interact with kids when educational shows were airing.

Can I see a show of hands of parents who've ever used TV to babysit?

Posted at 06:29 PM/ET, May 05, 2008 in In your head, Kids' health,

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

$10,000 for Child's Birthday Party?

Story Highlights:
*Some parents pay $25,000 for children's birthday parties
*Dad reportedly spent $25 million on daughter's bat mitzvah
*Minnesota parents organize for simplier birthday celebrations
*Frugal mom offers tips on throwing parties for $50

By Anna Jane Grossman

(LifeWire) -- Two years ago, Stephanie Kaster of Manhattan set out to plan the birthday party of a lifetime for her daughter. Granted, little Sophie didn't have many parties under her belt with which to compare it: She was not yet 3.
Elisa Strauss' Confetti Cakes created this $1,500 Coach bag-themed cake for a 10-year-old girl's birthday party.
1 of 2 "I just thought, 'If I go to another paint-a-ceramic-bowl or stuff-a-bear party, I'll shoot myself,'" says Kaster.
So she booked a fondue restaurant, hired a musical troupe to perform as the Wiggles (her daughter's favorite group) and ordered a four-layer cake. Each guest took home a Fisher-Price guitar and custom CD.
The price tag? $5,000.
"I couldn't believe that I'd ended up spending that much," Kaster says.

Some birthday parties now rival weddings in scale and price -- with some costing tens of thousands of dollars. Maybe it's the ever-growing number of millionaires; maybe it's the conspicuous consumption celebrated on reality shows like MTV's "My Super Sweet 16." Whatever the reason, it's keeping Corinne Dinsfriend in business.
She owns Over the Top Productions in Orange County, California, a full-service children's birthday-party planning company. "We really promote a healthy balance of living year round," Dinsfriend says, "but it's OK to indulge your child once a year, because it's about making a memory." Tell us about your parties
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Each Over the Top party has a theme and is run by a team trained in child development, says Dinsfriend. Her events -- from tea parties with fine china to military-themed parties led by former Marines -- usually take six weeks to plan and cost as much as $10,000.

That's small potatoes compared with some celebrations. FAO Schwarz, the New York City toy retailer, rents out its store several nights a week for parties. The base cost is $25,000.

Even more extreme is the $10 million that former defense contractor David H. Brooks of Long Island reportedly spent in 2005 on his daughter's bat mitzvah. That soiree, at the storied Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, featured 50 Cent, Don Henley and Aerosmith, among others.

Other trends: lavishly sculpted confections like those by Elisa Strauss, the designer at Confetti Cakes in Manhattan, who charges at least $1,000 per cake. Invitations are custom-made.
And the activities?
"You can get cotton-candy machines, jumping castles, you can rent a gym or movie theater, or have a real astronaut come, do it at Yankee Stadium ... you can do anything," says Lyss Stern of DivalyssciousMoms.com. She recently organized a fair where 40 high-end birthday-party purveyors pitched their services to parents at the private Park East Day School in New York City.

Wrong message?
Some parents, however, worry that expensive parties for children result in mixed-up values -- and leave many feeling obliged to overspend.
Last year, a group of five parents in St. Paul, Minnesota, started BirthdaysWithoutPressure.org, which promotes simpler celebrations.
"We are trying to raise awareness that lots of parents are feeling pressured to throw bigger parties than they are comfortable with," says co-founder Julie Printz.
"I have friends who've spent $1,000 on a party and then (felt) remorseful. For me, it was more about the insanity in my head. I'd go crazy trying to figure out the perfect craft, special foods, gift bags ... I'd get caught up in this birthday anxiety."

Two years ago when her daughter Emily turned 6, St. Paul stay-at-home mom Laura Forstrom threw her a birthday party for the first time. Emily invited sixteen friends to celebrate at a Color Me Mine ceramics painting center.
"I didn't think all 16 would come, but they did, and it was $15 a person," she said. Add in the cake, favors, pizza and soda, and Forstrom spent over $1,000.
"After we got the bill I was like, 'Oh my God!' It was more expensive than fixing the dog's broken leg. It just got out of control so quickly," she said. "There are so many other things we could've done with the money. ... We haven't had a birthday party for any of our kids since."

This year, Kaster decided to try a slightly simpler approach. For Sophie's party, she booked a small theater that does plays for children, hand-decorated a sheet cake from the supermarket, and got inexpensive favors from a discount store. The whole event cost less than $500, "and everyone said it was the best party they'd ever been to," Kaster says.
"I want to give my children all I can, but it's not a monetary thing," Kaster says. "A $500 party doesn't mean I love them any less than if they had a $5,000 party, as long as they have a good time. And that's what it's all about."

Parties under $50
Lynnae McCoy, of Talent, Oregon, runs BeingFrugal.net and has never spent more than $50 on parties for her two children, ages 5 and 10. Here's her advice:

• Do it at home, even if it means more cleanup.
• Make the cake yourself. Decorating it together can help the kids get excited for their party.
• Limit guests to close friends and family.
• Plan a late-afternoon party to save money on food by serving snacks instead of a meal.
• Find low-cost art projects, like painting pet rocks.
• Use the library as a resource. You could rent a dance instruction video, for example, and have that be your activity.

On the Web

Here are some sites that offer tips on low-cost party planning for kids:
The Dollar Stretcher
FrugalMom.com
FamilyCorner.com
TheDigeratiLife.com
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LifeWire provides original and syndicated lifestyle content to Web publishers. Anna Jane Grossman is a freelance writer in New York..

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

SOC Chamber Meeting Special Speaker: Jules, The Kids Music Man

Speakers Jules, The Kids Music Man and Gary Rothman Healthy Living Specialist

Today’s South Orange County Chamber networkers speakers were Gary Rothman and Jules, The Kids Music Man.

Musician, entertainer, songwriter and early childhood educator Jules Moss with JULES Music & Entertainment 4 Kids specializes in entertaining with music, dance and games @ kids birthday parties, provides his JULES Little Rockers - Rockin' Music Class for Preschoolers and performs JULES Silly Song Sing-A-Long at libraries, book stores, corporate picnics, holiday events and grand openings. He helps the children learn with music and movement through song, dance and lots of laughter!

Today he inspired a room full of grown ups in business attire to sing, move, laugh and get very silly! He totally entertained the whole chamber. Talk about fun!!!! Jules rocks the house - he got a standing ovation.

See JULES live show video clips at www.youtube.com/julesmusic4kids

Go to his website at www.julesmusic.com
Call JULES at 714-847-1992.

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