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For some students at the Suzuki String School. lear- ning the violin is just plain frustrating! Mary Teresa Flanagan Girl guide receives Canada cord Music, where encourage- ment and a positive ap- proach to learning is the key tosuccess. Brian Bishop. Richard Carty, and Jim Way played The Parkway Ford Atom soccer team scored a con- vmcmg victory over Cam- bridge in a League game played on July 6. The Wa- terloo side opened up a 5-0 lead in the first half on three goals by John Vrablic and 1 each by Scott MacDonald and Peter Granic. The final score was 6-2 with Don Oberle scoring for Waterloo in the second half, The ghole atmosphere is really quite informal. Parents Join their children during their music-lessons and both learn to play by memory as opposed to rea- ding" music. The boys and girls are between the ages of four and nine and are as comfortable playing before a large group as they are in their private lessons. What does all this add up to? The Last October, Jo-Anne McDowell and Francis Greer brought some orien- tal flavor into Kitchener- Waterloo' when they in- troduced Dr. Suzuki's meth- od of teaching youngsters how to play the violin and cello. Dr. Suzuki, a native of Japan, believes in in- troducing children' to the world of music at a very young age. In Japan they start students at two years of age. The children play strictly by memory and lis- tening is a key element. Stu- dents listen to a daily reper- toire and reading notes comes much later. K-W Suzuki strinischoot of "The children don't drop a Receiving the red and white cord has been Mary Teresa's goal for some time. Requirements included successfully acquiring five emblems and completing a research project. The recipient also had to have earned the blue and white All Around Cord. Mary Teresa received hers two years ago. Why are so few guides' presented with the Canada cord? According to this girl guide. “it's a lot of work and people Just don't put it in. ". Mary Teresa Flanagan of 564 Glen Manor Blvd., Waterloo. has spent eight of her 15 years serving the community as a brownie, girl guide and more recent- ly. a ranger. Twenty-eight badges and five emblems later. Mary Teresa received the highest honor ever bestowed on a girl guide from the First North District of Waterloo. On June l, Commissioner Mida Betty Lecocq presented her with the Canada Cord. Parkway Ford Soccer team score a victory Where a positive _ . approach is 'the key to. success.. By Terry James Fond by' the Suzuki- In§titu- tion in the United Stats. a strong defensive game and were supported by the solid goalkeeping of Jason Shar- ran, Parents are asked to en- courage their children and emphasize their ac- complishments as opposed to scolding them for mis- takes. They are required to take part in the private les- sons and learn the in.. strument with their child. It is not a pre-requisite for parent or child to have taken music lessons before. The teachers are pleased with the response they re- ceived from the community and can only handle approx- imately 10 to 15 more violin students and six to eight cello students. For more in- formation phone 885-4194 or "By studying and playing together the younger chil- dren get a chance to listen to the older ehiidrett's ae- complishments,” said Ms. Greer. "This is quite an ad- vantage in itself. " piece once they learn it," said Ms., McDowell. "They play every piece. " . The children take part in both group and private les- Prior to establishing the school, both Ms. McDowell and Ms. Greet took part in a teaching workshop spon- Parkway Fords next game will be this Thursday (July 13) against Waterloo's other League team. the cemtration. For others it requires nothing more than a little con- As a member of the 10th Waterloo Guides, Mary Teresa accumulated well earned badges after com- pleting programs in outdoor cooking, fitness, swim- ming, snowshoeing, child care, flower arranging and sewing. Still other badges denote her as being a camp- fire leader, emergency helper, pathfinder and advent- urer. From the time Mary Teresa took her first oath as a Brownie to the day she became a ranger. she has had a lot of learning and growing up to do. Today she is a responsible Mr-year-old who has found it necessary to secure a part time job. This presents a problem time- wise and in the near future she will be forced to put away her guide and ranger uniforms and the Canada cord and her numerous badges and emblems will all become part of a pleasant childhood memory. When asked what she enjoyed the most, Mary Tere- sis eyes lit up and there was no hesitation. Her grea- test love is camping. _ Team Sports Atoms. In their previous league meeting Parkway Ford won a close contest 4-3.