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less1="<p>Private Lessons</p>";
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less2+="<p>Find your soul's voice in a warm, supportive atmosphere. Study songwriting, music theory, voice or a mixture of each.</p>";
less2+="<p>For more information, email <a class='mainanchor' href='mailto:hi_d@musa212.com'>hi_d@musa212.com</a> or visit my <a class='mainanchor' href='connect.php?convar=1'>contact</a> page.</p>";
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work1="<p>Expressing Your Soul Through Song - Beginners Workshop</p>";
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work2+="<p>Have you ever aspired to shape your inspirations into well-crafted songs?  This workshop focuses on nurturing your creative spirit and building a solid base in the craft of songwriting. In each class, we discuss techniques for composing effective songs, practice exercises to integrate these techniques and analyze songs from a variety of genres. By the final class, each student will write and revise 1-2 songs and have the opportunity to perform them live at a Writer&rsquo;s Voice reading. This class is specifically for beginners or for intermediate songwriters who want to review the basics of songwriting craft.</p>";
work2+="<p><strong>Next Eight-Week workshop begins May 6, 2009, 6:00-8:00pm<br />At The Writer&rsquo;s Voice, 5 West 63rd Street, between Broadway and WEA<br />To register, email Brian Kelly at <a href='mailto:bkelly@ymcanyc.org'>bkelly@ymcanyc.org</a> or call him at 212-875-4124.</strong></p>";
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song1="<p>Expressing Your Soul Through Song - Songwriters Workshop</p>";
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song2+="<p>So you have a good understanding of the basics of songwriting and now you&rsquo;d like to bring your songs to the next level? Each week, participants have the opportunity to present their original pieces and receive constructive, supportive feedback. A variety of songwriting tips are offered, and the group shares information on gigging, recording and the biz. This class is for those already writing songs and ready to workshop them. </p>";
song2+="<p><strong>Next Eight-Week workshop TBD<br />At The Writer&rsquo;s Voice, 5 West 63rd Street, between Broadway and WEA<br />To register, email Brian Kelly at <a href='mailto:bkelly@ymcanyc.org'>bkelly@ymcanyc.org</a> or call him at 212-875-4124.</strong></p>";
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test1="<p>Testimonials</p>";
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test2+="<p>&quot;I really welcomed the supportive environment/workshopping. I loved hearing about structure and hearing new artists every class. It was very rewarding to share my piece and grow more as a songwriter separate from a poet. I feel like I can analyze a song now, far more than just lyrics - now melody, rhythm, etc.&quot;</p>";
test2+="<p>&quot;I liked beginning each class with looking at a popular song and seeing how it was structured and how it worked. I found this &quot;demystifying&quot; the fear that &quot;I can't do that&quot; and inspiring me to want to write more.&quot;</p>";
test2+="<p>&quot;The structure of each class had a specific purpose. I enjoyed the homework, felt it practical and layered naturally, nicely. I'd recommend this class for the flexibility and space to create, the environment is conducive for beginners and advanced alike.&quot;</p>";
test2+="<p>&quot;It was helpful that we had deadlines to meet each week ... always useful to have a goal when one is trying to be creative. I always felt engaged in the class. It was an extremely supportive group and Heidi was excellent in her rapport with each one of us. Since we were all at different levels, it is a class that reaches the beginner as well as the more advanced.&quot;</p>";
test2+="<p>&quot;Nourishing, friendly, fun, exciting way to explore songwriting.&quot;</p>";
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ulp[0]="<h1>FEAR</h1><p>� 2002 Heidi Siegell</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p>Fear<br/>Eats away at our lives<br/>Stops us cold in our tracks<br/>Keeps us apart from ourselves<br/>And each other<br/><br/>Fear<br/>Takes us over<br/>Leaves us shaking<br/>Overwhelming our existence<br/><br/>Fear<br/>Don�t try to scare me with your panic<br/>I will listen to your warnings<br/>And make my own wise decisions<br/><br/>Fear<br/>Turn those terror filled eyes away<br/>Take a breath<br/>And let me live my day</p>";

ulp[1]="<h1>THE WELCOME PRAYER</h1><p>� 1999 Heidi Siegell</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p>I want to welcome you into the world<br/>I want to welcome you home<br/>I want to welcome you into our lives<br/>I want to welcome you home<br/><br/>And I�m not sure if you�re coming to visit<br/>I�m not sure if you�re coming to stay<br/>I want to welcome you into our lives<br/>For that I pray and I pray<br/><br/>�Cause you�re loved<br/>�Cause you�re loved<br/>There�s a place for you here<br/>There�s a room in our home for you<br/><br/>You�ll be loved<br/>Please come to stay<br/>This is the way<br/>Home<br/><br/>I want to welcome you into our lives<br/>I want to welcome you home<br/>I want you to be so comfortable here<br/>Consider this world your own<br/><br/>�Cause we want you here<br/>We want you here<br/>You�re wanted in this world<br/><br/>You�re wanted here<br/>I want to see who you are<br/>I want to see you grow<br/>I want to see you fly<br/>I want to see you live<br/>I want to see you in our lives</p>";

ulp[2]="<h1>WHEN WILL SPRINGTIME COME, MAGGIE?</h1><p>� 2000 Heidi Siegell</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p> On this cold winter day in New York City<br/>I just want to curl up with my kitty, Maggie<br/>And sleep through the day<br/>But I still have bills to pay, come what may<br/><br/>So I bundle myself up and walk out into the cold wind<br/>It�s 4 degrees, no 3, no 2<br/>But the wind chill feels like minus 20<br/><br/>My fingers freeze quickly as I run down the pavement<br/>Bed Sleep Bed Sleep<br/>Runs through my mind<br/><br/>I sit down in the office<br/>Body thawing, mind numb<br/>To a scatter of papers and a soulless computer<br/><br/>I type words, straighten lines, sip some water, act pleasant<br/>But all these things bore me, no meaning. Why bother?<br/>It just seems like a waste of my time.<br/><br/>I want to go home<br/>Where it�s warm and it�s cozy<br/>But when I do, that�s not what I find.<br/><br/>It is chilly, the cool breeze comes right through the closed windows.<br/>I curl up with my Maggie under the covers<br/>Bed sleep bed sleep<br/>Until I can�t sleep but just lay there.<br/><br/>When will springtime come, Maggie?<br/>When will springtime come?<br/>When will winter thaw so I can come out of my hibernation<br/>And feel alive again?<br/><br/>On these cold winter days of dark depression<br/>I find myself wondering if I could just<br/>Change my attitude, as they say<br/><br/>Maybe the job could be positive, if it gave me any energy at all<br/>Maybe the snow would feel wonderful, if it were warm<br/>Maybe the wind would be glorious, if it didn�t send that chill through me<br/><br/>But I appreciate that little bird, in the naked tree<br/>Singing in the morning<br/>He reminds me, he reminds me<br/><br/>Springtime will come, Maggie.<br/>Springtime will come.<br/>Winter will thaw and I will come out of hibernation<br/>And feel alive again.</p>";

ulp[3]="<h1>KATY</h1><p>� 2003 Heidi Siegell</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p>I know so little of you, Katy<br/>Secrets locked in closed lips<br/>Now you�ve gone and all those questions<br/>I had for you won�t be answered on that other day, <br/>That other day, when we could open up<br/>And talk<br/><br/>Where did life take you, Katy?<br/>Little girl, with bobbed red hair<br/>Standing in the field, grass up to her shoulders<br/>Faded sunshine, yellowed picture, long time ago now<br/><br/>Tell me about your father Katy<br/>A struggling brute, a difficult one<br/>I know he loved your mama till she died<br/>And left you all alone with him<br/><br/>How was it with your husband drinking?<br/>Times got tough and off he ran<br/>Until he died at 36<br/>A broken heart, a broken man<br/><br/>Where did life take you, Katy?<br/>Little girl, with bobbed red hair<br/>Standing in the field, grass up to her shoulders<br/>Faded sunshine, yellowed picture, long time ago now<br/><br/>And what about your children, Katy?<br/>You raised them mostly all alone<br/>8 you sang to, now all grown<br/>Their children grown, grandchildren growing<br/>With so much love for you, Katy<br/>Each in their own way, but so much love<br/>Do you know? Do you know?<br/><br/>Your friends have passed within the last years<br/>Maybe you can see them again now Katy<br/>Sissy and Mary, laughing on the stoop<br/>Your mother, brothers and sisters<br/>Waiting to greet you as you go onto better days<br/><br/>Maybe your husband or your father finally whole now<br/>Will take you in his embrace<br/><br/>Where does death take you, Katy?<br/>Little girl, with bobbed red hair<br/>Standing in the field, grass up to her shoulders<br/>Faded sunshine, yellowed picture, long time ago now</p>";

ulp[4]="<h1>SHE SMILES</h1><p>� 2001 Heidi Siegell</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p>Every single day<br/>Of the week she comes<br/>Home and cries<br/>Alone alone alone alone<br/><br/>She watches all the people walk<br/>Quickly to their destinations<br/>Seeing only walls around them<br/>She can�t get through<br/><br/>She never knows just what to say<br/>When people ask �how are you, what�s up?�<br/>So she says<br/>�I�m fine, I�m fine, I�m fine, I�m fine, I�m fine�<br/><br/>And she smiles<br/>She smiles convincingly<br/>And no one guesses, no<br/>No one sees<br/><br/>The tight fist around her heart<br/>Screams out<br/>Screams out<br/>Screams out, screams out<br/><br/>And she doesn�t know what to do<br/>What to do, What to do<br/>What to do, What to do, What to do<br/>Do you?<br/><br/>But she smiles<br/>She smiles convincingly<br/>Do you ever see?<br/>Me<br/><br/>I�m fine, I�m fine, I�m fine, I�m fine, I�m fine</p>";

ulp[5]="<h1>MARY</h1><p>� 2003 Heidi Siegell</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p>When Mary woke up this morning<br/>She didn�t know where her feet were<br/>So Mary put her shoes on her ears<br/>And couldn�t hear a word I said to her<br/><br/>Mary, Mary go round and round and round and round and round again<br/>Mary, Mary go round<br/><br/>Mary asked for a peacock<br/>She wanted coffee, I know that much by now<br/>Then she gave me a hug<br/>And called me Luca from the supamarket<br/><br/> Mary, Mary go round and round and round and round and round again<br/>Mary, Mary go round <br/><br/>Ten years ago Mary could tell you all about politics<br/>20 before and they called her one rosy hot number<br/>Give her ten more years and I swear she�ll teach us all to fly<br/><br/>Mary told me a dog called out<br/>Meowing to her yesterday<br/>Then she sat down and drove her car<br/>That�s what she told me anyway<br/><br/> Mary, Mary go round and round and round and round and round again<br/>Mary, Mary go round<br/><br/>Naked she escaped and small boys<br/>Found her running through the woods<br/>She just laughed and laughed<br/>Our cares away<br/><br/>Last night Mary went around her last night<br/>How I miss my Mary<br/><br/> Mary, Mary go round and round and round and round and round again<br/>Mary, Mary go round</p>";

ulp[6]="<h1>US LONELY PEOPLE</h1><p>� 2001 Heidi Siegell</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p>What if all us lonely people<br/>Opened up our hearts and got together<br/>Ending loneliness forevermore<br/><br/>What if at our loneliest<br/>Our deepest time of misery<br/>We smiled at one another through our tears<br/>And let them be<br/><br/>Let those tears fall down<br/>With our arms around each other<br/>Smoothing out the sharpness<br/>Blowing all our covers<br/>Crack our souls wide open<br/>Breaking all those rules<br/>That say that we must hide<br/>Let�s give it a try<br/><br/>What if our vast crowd of faces<br/>Opened to reveal the hope, the haven<br/>That we crave when we think we�re alone<br/>What if all we fear we share<br/>And each of our disguises fails<br/>To hide the underlying truth<br/>That rises from despair<br/><br/>Rise up, rise up, rise up<br/><br/>Let those tears fall down<br/>With our arms around each other<br/>Smoothing out the sharpness<br/>Blowing all our covers<br/>Crack our souls wide open<br/>Breaking all those rules<br/>That say that we must hide<br/>Let�s give it a try<br/><br/>Let�s give it a try</p>";

ulp[7]="<h1>THE WAY</h1><p>� 2003 Heidi Siegell</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p> </p>";

ulp[8]="<h1>MY WISH FOR YOU</h1><p>� 1999 Heidi Siegell</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p> </p>";

ulp[9]="<h1>MASTERPIECE</h1><p>� 2007 Heidi Siegell, Rolando Gori and Oc�ane Siegell-Gori</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p> </p>";

ulp[10]="<h1>MY DEAR FRIEND</h1><p>� 2003 Heidi Siegell</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p> </p>";

ulp[11]="<h1>Happiness Is Here</h1><p>� 2001 Heidi Siegell</p><h2>Lyrics</h2><p>Happiness is here<br/>If you notice<br/>You're just caught in fear<br/>Breathe<br/>Take a moment<br/>So much life exists within the silence<br/>Bathe those tears in light<br/>Throw your chains away</p>";