Leader Dogs For the Blind

Leader Dogs for the Blind urgently needs&nbsp;new volunteer puppy raisers to raise Leader Dog Labrador puppies&nbsp;for the first year of their life. Currently there are four puppies on campus in need of volunteer homes with more coming available in May and June - thanks to Mother Nature!&nbsp;This is a great time to have a puppy in your home!
To find out more, join our online&nbsp;info session on Wednesday, May 1 from 5-7pm (sign up at <a href="https://www.leaderdog.org/volunteer/raise-a-puppy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raise A Puppy - Leader Dogs for the Blind</a>) or call 248-651-9011 and press '7' to reach the volunteer department.

Local Event: Leader Dog Urgently Needs Puppy Raisers - Online Info Session

Rochester-Rochester Hills

Michigan

Leader Dog Urgently Needs Puppy Raisers -...

Wednesday May 1, 2024: Leader Dogs for the Blind urgently needs&nbsp;new volunteer puppy raisers to raise Leader Dog Labrador...

Leader Dog Urgently Needs Puppy Raisers - Online Info Session

T-Mobile Tuesdays app

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Oakland Township-Lake Orion

T-Mobile Tuesdays: Get Delighted Every Week

Tuesday May 7, 2024: T-Mobile customers: download the T Life app and go to T-Mobile Tuesdays to get free stuff and great perks from the...

Varner Hall

String, woodwind, brass, and percussion instrumentalists, ages 7-18, who are interested in advancing their musical skills, are invited to audition for membership in Oakland Youth Orchestras (OYO).
 
OYO is a premier Southeast Michigan Youth Orchestra that serves 350 students in grades two through twelve from 35 communities and seven counties. Merit and financial-need scholarships are available.
 
Audition sign-up for 2024-2025, OYO’s 50th season, is going on now and extends through May 11, 2024. For details about the orchestras and audition schedule visit: <a href="https://oyomi.org/join-oyo/auditions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oyomi.org/join-oyo/auditions/</a>.
Auditions will be held in person at Oakland University Varner Hall. All prospective members must audition for placement into one of OYO’s four orchestras. 

"I loved being able to come to an environment where everyone was so musically motivated and ready to be challenged. The best feelings definitely were right after the concert when all our hard work finally came together."--Isabella Lebert, six year OYO violist.
Join OYO and celebrate 50 years of educating and enriching youth through music. For this special anniversary, OYO commissioned world renowned composer, Catherine McMichael, to write a symphony. The orchestras of OYO will premiere this piece in the upcoming 2024-2025 season. 
McMichael is a Michigan resident whose music reaches across six continents, innumerable students, and professional artists. Five publishers distribute her various pieces, from flute ensembles, piano, string chamber music, symphonic, band, and concert-length choral works.

Local Event: Oakland Youth Orchestras Spring Auditions April 27- May 11, 2024

Oakland Youth Orchestras Spring Auditions April...

Saturday May 11, 2024: String, woodwind, brass, and percussion instrumentalists, ages 7-18, who are interested in advancing their musical...

Oakland Youth Orchestras Spring Auditions April 27- May 11, 2024

St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 620 Romeo Rd, Rochester, MI, 48307

Celebrate the evening of Friday, May 31, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. with The Rochester Symphony Orchestra (RSO) directed by Conductor and Music Director&nbsp;Zeljko Milicevic. Do not miss a tribute to the “Grand Canyon Suite” by Ferdi Grofé and the performance of the Young Artist Competition winner, violinist Matthew Xu. The Symphony will perform at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 620 Romeo Road, Rochester, Michigan. 
The evening begins with “Carnival Overture” by Antonín Dvořák. The “Carnival Overture” was written in 1891, by which time Dvořák was among central Europe’s most respected composers. It was the second of a three-overture cycle, “Nature, Life, and Love.” Life (Carnival), as it was originally called, portrayed life as a vast carnival, full of noisy crowds, vendors, and barkers. 
“The Moldau”, is a <a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/symphonic-poem" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">symphonic poem</a> that evokes the flow of the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Vltava-River" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vltava River</a> or, in German, the Moldau from its source in the mountains of the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Bohemian-Forest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bohemian Forest</a>, through the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Czech-Republic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Czech</a> countryside, to the city of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Prague" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prague</a>. “The Moldau’s” composer, Bedřich Smetana, born 1824 in <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Bohemia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bohemia</a>, was the founder of the Czech national school of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/art/music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">music</a>. He was the first truly important Bohemian nationalist composer. 
Music written about the Grand Canyon contains many themes, including songs celebrating the nature and wildlife of the area. However, one of the most famous and enduring pieces of music inspired by the Grand Canyon is Ferdi Grofé’s “Grand Canyon Suite,” composed between 1929 and 1931 fifteen years after his first glimpse of the Canyon in 1916. It was initially titled “Five Pictures of the Grand Canyon.” It consists of five movements, each an evocation in tone of a particular scene typical of the Grand Canyon. The five pictures or movements are “Sunrise, Painted Desert, On the Trail, Sunset, and Cloudburst.” In 2000, National Public Radio named Grand Canyon Suite one of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th Century.
The winner of the Young Artist Competition is always celebrated each May. This year we congratulate the 2024 winner, Matthew Xu. Matt is from Rockville, Maryland, and a sophomore at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, pursuing dual degrees in Computer Science and Violin Performance. He will perform “The “First movement from the Korngold Violin Concerto” the night of the concert.
This amazingly beautiful concert will be performed on Friday, May 31,2024 at 8:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 620 Romeo Road, Rochester, Michigan. 
Tickets are $30 for Adults and $5 for Students and can be purchased at 248-651-4181 or visit us on our website at <a href="https://www.rochestersymphony.com/event/what-a-wonderful-world/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rochestersymphony....</a>.

Local Event: What a Wonderful World presented by The Rochester Symphony Orchestra

What a Wonderful World presented by The...

Friday May 31, 2024: Celebrate the evening of Friday, May 31, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. with The Rochester Symphony Orchestra (RSO) directed by...

What a Wonderful World presented by The Rochester Symphony Orchestra

🪻*_“If tears of Joy, Love, and Ecstasy have not washed your cheeks, you are yet to experience Life.” - Sadhguru_*🪻
*Soak in Ecstasy of Enlightenment* is not just a program, it is a possibility to be swept away in nameless ecstasies in Sadhguru’s presence.
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Please note: Completion of Inner Engineering (including transmission of Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya) is a prerequisite for this program.

Local Event: Soak in Ecstasy of Enlightenment

Soak in Ecstasy of Enlightenment

Sunday July 7, 2024: 🪻*_“If tears of Joy, Love, and Ecstasy have not washed your cheeks, you are yet to experience Life.” -...

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&#127829; $60 Paid Study on Pizza and Your Experience&nbsp;&#127829; Research America is conducting a research study on the topic of pizza places for those living in or near Rochester, MI . The study will involve 2 steps: an in-person visit to a local take-out restaurant and a follow-up survey regarding your food an experience. All participants who qualify and complete both parts will receive&nbsp;a&nbsp;$20 food allowance and $40 for their&nbsp;valuable time and views - for a total of $60&nbsp;incentive. To see if you qualify, please click the link below: <a href="https://researchamericasurveys.com/SE/?st=Wf%2FlzTXOZuDspSXSYyHt5FoVaNfGSWyCZ39HSmkC%2FI0%3D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://researchamericasurveys...</a> We look forward to your future participation!

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