tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34216770034228937002024-03-13T13:57:03.823-07:00MQ WritesA blog about being a teacher, musician, runner, and human being.MQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04073839789427670354noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421677003422893700.post-11257062405859836412013-12-10T17:52:00.006-08:002013-12-10T17:52:59.713-08:005 Little Latkes (classroom version) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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MQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04073839789427670354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421677003422893700.post-80400033523593455562013-12-01T00:36:00.002-08:002013-12-01T00:36:34.502-08:00Winter WonderlandI gotta get back to writing this blog. Here's me singing Winter Wonderland.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The kids at the party were between 1 and 6 years old and all of them were captivated by Mister Q's<span></span>performance. All of the kids joined the fun, sang, danced, twirled, jumped and played with the different instruments and toys that Mister Q brought. Besides having a beautiful voice, Mister Q has a lot of energy and can lead a group of very active kids while being super cool and laid-back. Adults at the party had a lot of fun too!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mister Q is super organized, he answered promptly all our e-mails and made sure we were on the same page. The day of the party, he arrived 15 min before the show to set up, so the entire 45 min performance were dedicated to entertain the kids. He gladly accepts requests and playing the Spider-man song at our son's party was a hit. Thank you Mister Q!"</span></div>
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MQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04073839789427670354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421677003422893700.post-5683461315022620082013-05-30T18:37:00.001-07:002013-05-30T18:37:36.633-07:00Bay Area Parent's Best Children's Birthday Party Entertainer Is...<br />
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MQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04073839789427670354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421677003422893700.post-75150133406126254702013-02-28T14:32:00.002-08:002013-02-28T14:32:42.647-08:00Children's Birthday Party VenueLooking for that perfect venue to celebrate your child's birthday? Well, look no further than San Mateo's very own CuriOdyssey. Check out Sue Choi's article and fabulous pictures regarding this amazing place: <a href="http://www.suechoiphotography.com/blog/2013/2/fun-places-for-birthday-party-6-curiodyssey">http://www.suechoiphotography.com/blog/2013/2/fun-places-for-birthday-party-6-curiodyssey</a>MQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04073839789427670354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421677003422893700.post-63180760158210499622013-01-14T17:06:00.001-08:002013-01-14T17:06:30.552-08:00Vote Mister Q for the 2013 Bay Area Parent Magazine's Best Party Entertainer!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Hello Y'all,</span><br />
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Time to vote for the 2013 Bay Area Parent Magazine's Best of the Best! A vote for Mister Q as best children's party entertainer would be greatly appreciated. The link to the ballot is: <a href="http://sanfrancisco.parenthood.com/content/best-of-the-best-2013.html" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.parenthood.com/content/best-of-the-best-2013.html</a>. All you have to do is write-in "Mister Q" under the heading of "Party Entertainer" which is on the second page of the ballot. Thank you very much for your time, business, and vote!</div>
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After a year of collecting cans while out on my runs<br />
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A goofy, yet entertaining video from Mister Q!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Through music, story, song, and poetry,</span> Thanksgiving with Mister Q<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> explores the history, symbols, and traditions of Thanksgiving and harvest festivals from around the world. </span>Thanksgiving with Mister Q<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> is an educational and entertaining album that your children or students will enjoy.</span></span></div>
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MQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04073839789427670354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421677003422893700.post-78942047003523639182012-10-17T05:15:00.002-07:002012-10-17T05:15:51.857-07:00Mister Q Banners!!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I'm excited to share with all of you two new additions to my live toddler performances. These two banners will stand at about 7ft tall by 2.5ft wide and will bookend my performance area. A big hug and a thanks to my illustrator Andrea for her amazing vision and artistic skills!!! I hope y'all enjoy her artwork as much as I do.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">spook-tacular Halloween month!</span></div>
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<br />MQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04073839789427670354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421677003422893700.post-13147759231766115192012-09-17T14:26:00.002-07:002012-09-17T14:26:49.045-07:00Children's Birthday Parties with Mister Q<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Another fabulous review about children's birthday parties with the one and only Mister Q. Thanks Ben for the awesome review!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">"Mister Q performed at our daughter's first birthday party and thanks to him it was truly a day to remember. The kids (ages 6 months to 3.5 years) loved listening to him sing and play his guitar, they loved singing along, they loved dancing to the music, and they loved playing the instruments that he brought for them. The adults had just as much fun enjoying Mister Q's performance and watching the kids sing, dance, and play. The icing on the cake was that he wrapped up his performance by leading our party in singing "Happy Birthday" to our little Charlotte. Mister Q made the kids' day, which made the adults' day, which made it a great day for everyone! He was on time, set up quickly, performing within a few minutes, and played a full set of music enjoyed by all. Mister Q will make your party an event and a wonderful day to remember. He was worth every penny and we cannot recommend him highly enough."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Ben C.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">San Mateo, CA</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Hi y'all! So I've decided to just start posting the messing around music that I record while recording my new albums. If you want you can even download it for free. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I'll try to post a new/cover song every week or so. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This song is called "Can You Leap Like A Frog?" It's by long time children's music duo Greg and Steve.</span></div>
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You practice all your songs over and over again. You can play them with your eyes close. You rehearse and rehearse until every note, pitch, and rhythm is crisp and in perfect sync. You are prepared and ready to get up in front of that audience and rock the house.<br />
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<b><u>No Excuses</u></b><br />
No matter how prepared you might be for a performance, for all musicians, the fear of bombing in front of an audience is a very real and frightening possibility. There are many elements that a musician can control, however, audience reaction isn't one of them. Maybe you're having an off night? Maybe you have a cold? Maybe you just suck? Unfortunately, the audience could careless about any of those factors, the audience wants to be entertained and they want to be entertained with some good music, a witty performance, and an overall quality that is worthy of being heard by others.<br />
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If you have been a performer long enough, at some point in your career you have probably bombed or are going to bomb. It happened to me the other day. My audience was a group of about 75 K-5th grade kids at a school in Dublin, CA. From the moment the kids walked into the auditorium I had an uneasy feeling about this group. The kids would not settle down. They continued to talk and talk and rough house with each other even after the teachers basically yelled at them to stop. The teachers eventually gave up and just turned the kids over to me. As per my usual, I went through my routine of explaining my expectations and what the kids should expect during the show. I did what I have done a million times in a million schools with a million different kids, however, this time, the show was not falling into to place. The kids booed me and they yelled "Boring!" Hell, the show hadn't even really started yet and I was already getting heckled.<br />
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<b><u>Run and Hide?</u></b><br />
As I continued on with the show it seemed to keep getting worse and worse. The loud talking never stopped. The rough housing got rougher. The teachers were nowhere to be found. At one point walking off stage ran across my mind, however, I've never been one to quit anything and I kept on going. Though I knew not one child (or the teachers for that matter) gave two craps about me or my performance I kept on going. I sang my songs. I presented my content. I performed my show the best that I could. By the end of the 45 minutes I was exhausted. I received no applause, no cheers, and not a single thank you from the students or the teachers. I don't even think the students or the teachers knew that the show had ended. I packed up my gear and left virtually anonymously amongst the screams of kids and yelling of teachers.<br />
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<b><u>Embrace Then Let Go</u></b><br />
When I finally made it back to the sanctuary of my car I let out a big sigh and told myself "I bombed!" In the three years I have been performing my music I have never bombed. I wasn't really sure what it was I was feeling. All I knew was it didn't feel good.<br />
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On the drive back home I thought and thought about what I could have done differently. I have always been able to connect with an audience and entertain and educate for the allotted time. I have never stunk so badly before. Eventually, I realized I did everything I could to entertain that particular group of kids. I let that crappy performance go.<br />
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<b><u>Upon Further Review</u></b><br />
After letting that terrible performance go, I sat back and thought about what changes and contingencies I could put in place so if in a similar situation I would be able to handle it much better. It took a few days, but I realized that being a professional musician/performer/educator is more than just being prepared with scripted content, you also have to be flexible with your audience. If something isn't working mid-performance then you better be able to think on your feet and change what it is you're doing (especially if you're performing for kids). I now have several well thought out contingencies in place in the unlikely circumstance I should face something like that again.<br />
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<b><u>Bombing Is A Fact</u></b><br />
Finally, bombing as performer is a fact of performing. If you are going to put yourself out there to be applauded you also run the risk of being jeered. What I learned from this experience it is a thick and resilient skin is vital to a performer. You can't let one bad performance get you down. All you can do is acknowledge a bad performance happened, figure out what you can do to never let it happen again, and move on.MQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04073839789427670354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421677003422893700.post-90607064736110031812012-07-26T18:14:00.002-07:002012-07-26T18:14:20.493-07:00I Am Michael Quadro<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />MQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04073839789427670354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421677003422893700.post-80041787480695331612012-07-16T19:02:00.003-07:002012-07-16T19:02:38.628-07:00Talkin' With GrandmaInching ever closer to 100 years of age, my Grandma is one amazing lady. Born in 1918 at the tail end of WW1, she has seen more change and more innovation than many of us will see in a lifetime. She has lived through some of the most dark and trying times in our country's history. She has been left behind as a husband, brothers, sons, and nephews went overseas to fight in WW2 and Vietnam. She has lived a long and loved filled life that has resulted in kids, grandkids, great-grandkids, and more great-grandkids on the way. She is by all means the last living link my family has to its long ago past.<br />
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A couple of years ago I made this video for a teaching credential class. Though my Grandma might not talk as much as she used to, or remember as much as she would like, she still has wonderful stories to tell and memories to share. </div>
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I dedicate this video to all of you who have grandparents with lives that are winding down. I encourage all of you to talk with your grandparents, to listen to their stories, and to engage them about times in their past you weren't apart of. </div>
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Grandma you are the toughest and most beautiful person I know and I love you!</div>
</div>MQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04073839789427670354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3421677003422893700.post-84379898324379070362012-06-21T18:48:00.000-07:002012-06-21T19:38:09.770-07:00What I've Learned About Becoming and Being a RunnerI am a runner. For the past 7 years I have consistently averaged about 50 miles a week of running. I have taken a once soft physique and have made it fairly rock solid. I used to wear size 34 pants, I'd be swimming in those now. Size 29 is now where my waistline resides. Running is my muse and catharsis. Without running I would go crazy. Maybe you're thinking about getting into running? Here are a few things that I have learned over the past 7 years about becoming and being a runner.<br />
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<b><u>In No Particular Order</u></b><br />
* The faster you run, the sooner it is over.<br />
* If you want a faster mile time run up hills and on sand.<br />
* If running on the street...run against traffic.<br />
* Spend the money and buy good quality running shoes. Asics are by far the best.<br />
* Running shoes will last much longer than the 300-500 miles the manufactures' say they will. Just change the insoles out every 200 miles or so.<br />
* Never run against the light. If you get hit by a car you want it to be the driver's fault.<br />
* Drivers generally are very distracted people. Before crossing the street make sure you make eye contact.<br />
* Drivers more often than not do not look to their right when turning right onto a street. They will look left until they see that oncoming traffic is clear, and then they might look left (I emphasize MIGHT!).<br />
* You will eventually stop thinking about your breathing.<br />
* Chewing a big wad of gum helps you to forget about tired legs.<br />
* If you're running in a sweatshirt, beanie, and gloves...you ain't running hard enough.<br />
* There is always someone faster than you.<br />
* Some men have an alpha male complex and will get upset if another man passes them while running on the trail. Just run faster than they can keep up to remind them that you are the alpha dog.<br />
* Running in the morning will assure you that you get your running in. If you wait until the evening time you will leave yourself too much time to talk yourself out of running.<br />
* Wear sunscreen. Leather couch skin is not attractive.<br />
* If you're running on the trail stay to the right. Don't be one of those people who have zero clue and walk, ride, or run on the left. It is really annoying.<br />
* If someone running or riding on the wrong side of the trail wants to play chicken with you...stand your ground. Don't be afraid to lower your shoulder into someone.<br />
* Don't over stride. You will destroy your knees.<br />
* When running downhill squat to reduce the impact on your knees.<br />
* If something on your body starts to really hurt STOP! If it only aches, don't be a wuss.<br />
* Try to run on the middle to the balls of your feet. Slamming your heels into the ground will destroy your knees.<br />
* Keep your toenails short.<br />
* Don't make excuses. Excuses are like...well you know the rest.<br />
* Running will melt the fat off of your body.<br />
* Have more than one set of running clothes. Don't smell like a turd that can run.<br />
* When checking out the ladies don't just stare...smile too. You might get a date.<br />
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If you have anythings you would like to add to the list please leave a comment. Happy running y'all!MQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04073839789427670354noreply@blogger.com0