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them regardless of language.”<br />
This is key for Kathy Bolanos of Randolph.<br />
She brings her grandson, Alexander, who is 18<br />
months old. “It’s a blessing when you have little<br />
ones, and I love it,” she said. “I can take him<br />
to classes, teach him in Spanish and English<br />
with different music.” She’s reliving being a<br />
parent—as a grandparent. “There are games<br />
and songs that I remember from when my kids<br />
were little.”<br />
Schmidt has a musical family but only<br />
participated casually in choirs in high school<br />
and college. It’s the flexibility of skill levels and<br />
schedules that makes her classes work. “That’s<br />
the beauty of it. There are opera singers that<br />
do Music Together. One of my teachers was in<br />
a rock band at night, and he would do Music<br />
Together in the morning.”<br />
In the end, it’s about fun and family and<br />
experiencing something that will have lifelong<br />
benefits.<br />
“Usually, he’s running out of the car to come<br />
to this,” said Mountain Lakes resident Ben<br />
Weintraub of his son, JJ, who is 3. “Our little<br />
one, she’s only 8 months and she loves it, too.<br />
It’s adorable. Everyone is just really great and<br />
engaging and it’s getting them into the fun side<br />
of music at a very early age.”<br />
For more information about Music<br />
Together in the Morris County area visit www.<br />
merrymusicians.com.<br />
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