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Topic: Weirdest Chistmas gift a student gave you...  (Read 1991 times)

Offline mattgreenecomposer

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Weirdest Chistmas gift a student gave you...
on: December 19, 2007, 02:42:36 PM
Now that the holidays have started, whats the most bizarre Christmas gift (or Hanukkah gift) that you have recieved from a piano student?
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Offline Bob

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Re: Weirdest Chistmas gift a student gave you...
Reply #1 on: December 19, 2007, 11:18:21 PM
A used kazoo.   "Oh thank you.  You even wrapped this yourself, didn't you?"
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Re: Weirdest Chistmas gift a student gave you...
Reply #2 on: December 24, 2007, 06:07:02 PM
Normally I get cheesy music-themed notepads and such, but this Christmas I got NICE gifts from a few students - an oversized warm fleece blanket, $25 Simon Visa gift card, cookies, and a Mozart mug from B&N.  Yay for good piano student gifts!

Unfortunately the weird Christmas gifts come from distant relatives (actually only one) - bread clips, halloween makeup, and one of those used plastic souvenir cups from a football game (not sure she even washed it out first).
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Re: Weirdest Chistmas gift a student gave you...
Reply #3 on: December 27, 2007, 04:30:24 PM
I had 2 (unframed) photos of seaweed in the shape of a treble and a bass clef held up against the sea -rather nice, definitely weird! ::) ::)
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