Hey everybody, it’s Larry Bigel here, the Director of Tampa Fine Arts Academy, with a brief update. We have some exciting news to share with you.

First off, our virtual recital will be streaming LIVE on our FB page. It starts at 4pm on Saturday April 10th. Just go to our FB page Tampa Fine Arts Academy to see the event. If you are not on Facebook, you can just go to the link www.facebook.com/tampafineartsacademy and scroll through to get the live video streaming.

So, we’re expecting a very busy summer season this year for a variety of factors. One of the main ones being that even though 70 percent of our students have been back in person for quite some time now, we’re going to have a lot of new students that have been cooped up and they’re ready to get started with in person lessons. So, we’re expecting a jamming summer session. What does that mean to you?

Well, a lot of our teachers are already full. They have no spots available. Even though we do have some availability, it just varies instrument to instrument. So, the big thing is what we don’t want to happen is somebody leaves for summer, they try to call us back in August and we have no spots for them. That’s the scenario we want to avoid. So, remember, if you’re a current student or if you want to come on and join us, here is the way we could help you for the summer so that you can keep your day and time with your teacher when August resumes.

We have 3 great options for you. 1, you’re welcome to Zoom in for your lesson. 2, you’re welcome to take advantage of our group makeup offerings and 3, you can sub lease your spot to a family member or friend. But the big thing is, enjoy your summer. Go to the beach for a week, whatever it is you’re going to do and travel. Have a great time. But don’t lose your spot with your teacher by withdrawing because you want to keep that spot, especially a prime time spot between the hours of 3:30 and 7:30. Those are the spots that are in the most demand. So, take advantage of our summer make up options. Get a hold of the office and they can tell you more.

Now we have some exciting things for you in store the next couple of months!

We are so appreciative for all of you and we're so thankful for this great community we live in. And we want to help give back to all of you. So what I did was buy a bunch of gift certficates to various local restaurants, We spent over $1,000 in gift certificates and swag. And we're gonna give them all to you. We got Brunchies, Florida Avenue Brewing Company, Latin Twist, to name a few. So stop on by and spin the wheel for your chance to win one of these great prizes.

On Sunday, May 16th, we're having our 15 year anniversary celebration. It's going to be at Land O Lakes Heritage Park off 41. We got some food trucks, cool bands performing, some open jams as well. We even have a dunk tank where you can dunk yours truly and possibly some teacher - all for a good cause! We also got some giveaways as well. So come on out and enjoy the fun. We have plenty of room in a wide open field. We'd love to see you there.

One of things we love to do in our school is try new things, bring you new programs. We started our Zoom practice sessions. And it's great to see the students out there vying for the prizes we are giving away in our practice challenge. The teachers love seeing the students and I think the students like meeting other kids who play music. If you are a student who hasn't gone to any of these practice sessions, just contact the office and we'll get you the schedule and zoom links. If you are not a student, give us a call at 813-722-0962 or email [email protected] to get more info on how to enroll. 

That's it for now. I’ll see you at the next video update. I cannot wait to see you all at the May 16th 15 year anniversary celebration. And we got a cool venue planned in the late summer/early fall. So stay tuned for that. Thanks again TFAAFAM! Let's keep rocking and rolling making music!